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schoolie monster · 10-12-2004, 01:46 PM

So, how are the boston folks doing so far?

I am just back from two weeks off work primarily to fish the run. My dad was up for a week, then I fished a couple days on the Vineyard, then I finished up with a few more days fishing Boston again.

Two weeks ago, my dad and I found all kinds of bait (herring and tinker macs) and found some fish to play, but I saw no evidence of the normal fall blitzes. We took one 20#er and some smaller keepers and a bunch of shorts before the hurricane (jeanne) came thru.

The next few days were awful. Bait was mostly gone, fish were awol. We just managed a couple schoolies in an evening and took a skunk the next day despite getting a few good live baits. That was my first boat skunk of the year. We pounded structure, rips and searched for birds. We each had a couple runs on bait, but didn't connect.

The vineyard was cool. It was my first trip there in the fall. JohnR, fisherwoman, baitcaster and a bunch more MSBA'ers were there. Picked up a bunch of albies in the surf. That was a blast. IT was a cool change to get after something different. I had caught just a couple albies in Nantucket 2 years ago, so getting 13 in two days was sweet. If those things were up here, I wouldn't do much bass fishing.

When I got back, the fishing was still slow in Boston Harbor. I found a nice blitz of 6-8lb blues inside and took a few there, but could only manage one small keeper bass fishing structure. But that piece of structure had a few fish on it and I grabbed a dozen fish off there on my next two trips out, with a 34" and 38" on small ledgerunners and bass assassins.

Then finally, Sunday late evening after my daughter and I got that 38"er, we ran inside and found a nice blitz in Quincy bay. It was the first sustained striper blitz I've seen pretty much all season. We took a couple fish, but I was mainly trying to get my daughter a fish on her own cast. She was kinda freakin' out with all those fish around us.

So, what's up? Do we think this is just gettin' started late, or did we just have a very weak run this year? or am I the only one struggling to put a few fish in the boat... ?

I've heard on several occassions that there are still fish in Maine and points north.....

I hope the fish I ran into Sunday night hang out for a couple weeks... I need one more keeper to set my personal high for a season.

10-12-2004, 01:46 PM	#1
schoolie monster Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,195	Fall Run in Boston???? So, how are the boston folks doing so far? I am just back from two weeks off work primarily to fish the run. My dad was up for a week, then I fished a couple days on the Vineyard, then I finished up with a few more days fishing Boston again. Two weeks ago, my dad and I found all kinds of bait (herring and tinker macs) and found some fish to play, but I saw no evidence of the normal fall blitzes. We took one 20#er and some smaller keepers and a bunch of shorts before the hurricane (jeanne) came thru. The next few days were awful. Bait was mostly gone, fish were awol. We just managed a couple schoolies in an evening and took a skunk the next day despite getting a few good live baits. That was my first boat skunk of the year. We pounded structure, rips and searched for birds. We each had a couple runs on bait, but didn't connect. The vineyard was cool. It was my first trip there in the fall. JohnR, fisherwoman, baitcaster and a bunch more MSBA'ers were there. Picked up a bunch of albies in the surf. That was a blast. IT was a cool change to get after something different. I had caught just a couple albies in Nantucket 2 years ago, so getting 13 in two days was sweet. If those things were up here, I wouldn't do much bass fishing. When I got back, the fishing was still slow in Boston Harbor. I found a nice blitz of 6-8lb blues inside and took a few there, but could only manage one small keeper bass fishing structure. But that piece of structure had a few fish on it and I grabbed a dozen fish off there on my next two trips out, with a 34" and 38" on small ledgerunners and bass assassins. Then finally, Sunday late evening after my daughter and I got that 38"er, we ran inside and found a nice blitz in Quincy bay. It was the first sustained striper blitz I've seen pretty much all season. We took a couple fish, but I was mainly trying to get my daughter a fish on her own cast. She was kinda freakin' out with all those fish around us. So, what's up? Do we think this is just gettin' started late, or did we just have a very weak run this year? or am I the only one struggling to put a few fish in the boat... ? I've heard on several occassions that there are still fish in Maine and points north..... I hope the fish I ran into Sunday night hang out for a couple weeks... I need one more keeper to set my personal high for a season.