i don't know - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

stiff tip · 10-19-2008, 05:18 AM

i've been fishing hard the last few wks.canal, beach/boat, fished w? flap and eric fri night on inside beachs , caught chit , no bait ,no fish . went to the canal , fished two spots , at dawn only a few brakes flap the schoolie king caught bass from 12 to 17inchs every 3 cast , on a grasshopper lure.all small fish everywhere. water temp 60# .over to leo's for food ,and swap stories w/ group . bob, george and us .bob from orleans says the beach sucks... no bait or fish , plenty of seals ??geo, boat fishing the islands and his honey holes , says same think slow . i talk to professer M on fri he says no bait or fish in b-harbor and out front ....wtf...i cant beleave the fall run is over for the canal and gen area. but the migration should be happening by know. does any one know if the fish are moving up north.. maine or nh ....what do u think?????????????

stiff tip · 10-19-2008, 05:30 AM

dont tell anybody

but it STIFF TIPS:

birthday.

.... 57 going on 18 ,

the hard way .....now u know y i'm nuts

UserRemoved1 · 10-19-2008, 06:01 AM

I saw several blitzes offshore yesterday off York beach. There's still fish up there Stiffy. It's been slow though. We had a huge school of pogies about 3 weeks ago in the Damariscotta but it's been quiet the last two trips up there too.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STIFFTIP

Raven · 10-19-2008, 06:04 AM

you crazy 57 yr ole fisherman...

i think the water is to warm still...

but heavy frost #2 up my way....

might get things movin...

Have a great day .... you teenager... you

BassDawg · 10-19-2008, 06:28 AM

Happy Birthday, stifftip!!

have yet to sea any BLITZES,,,,,,,,,,,

but i haven't been in the surf for weeeks!
i agree with Raven, still too warm~~~

but it won't be long now, gents!!

Flaptail · 10-19-2008, 06:30 AM

Happy Birthday you bastage! And those fish were 18 to 26 inches and you wuz just jealous over my ability to hit the g-spot with a 9 foot rod, wrong reel for the canal and a toona jig,

BTW, Sh!t Luck Charters will be in business next season.

Can I use you for a reference?

Sea Dangles · 10-19-2008, 07:49 AM

A different car in the lot at Leo's had a skinny 36# in the cooler. Maybe too much talking and not enough fishing.Try to recalibrate the convertatron from schoolies to cows.

numbskull · 10-19-2008, 09:25 AM

Happy birthday, Dave. You're not getting old........just decrepit.

ProfessorM · 10-19-2008, 09:25 AM

Happy B-day Dave. Not givin up yet but if this cold wind keeps up I may. Strong winds all this upcoming week from the north with a little respite from the west on Tues. If something is going to happen in the Bay into the canal I would think it would happen sometime this week, but I am just speculating.

vineyardblues · 10-19-2008, 11:07 AM

Happy B-Day Dave.

VB

fishbones · 10-19-2008, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stiff tip

i've been fishing hard the last few wks.canal, beach/boat, fished w? flap and eric fri night on inside beachs , caught chit , no bait ,no fish . went to the canal , fished two spots , at dawn only a few brakes flap the schoolie king caught bass from 12 to 17inchs every 3 cast , on a grasshopper lure.all small fish everywhere. water temp 60# .over to leo's for food ,and swap stories w/ group . bob, george and us .bob from orleans says the beach sucks... no bait or fish , plenty of seals ??geo, boat fishing the islands and his honey holes , says same think slow . i talk to professer M on fri he says no bait or fish in b-harbor and out front ....wtf...i cant beleave the fall run is over for the canal and gen area. but the migration should be happening by know. does any one know if the fish are moving up north.. maine or nh ....what do u think?????????????

Happy Birthday! I don't think the migration has even gotten into full swing yet. I fished 2 spots on the cape yesterday and there are fish around. Nothing big, but around 24" which are usually the scouts before the bigger fish come through. In one spot you mentioned there were plenty of dinks around, but the water looked like coffee because of the wind. I left that area after a while and went somewhere where the wind wasn't as bad. I had just missed a push of mid 20 inch fish, and then it went slack and shut down. But, there was plenty of bait in the water and some birds working out of casting range.

On a side note, as I arrived at one spot there was a guy walking to his truck with a fish that looked pretty small. I said hi to him and asked how the fishing was and he said it was pretty good. Then I noticed the size of the fish he was holding and asked him how big it was. All of a sudden he forgot how to speak English. He kept nodding and saying "thank you, thank you"? When I got to the shore, someone there said they measured it for him and it was only 25". It's getting ridiculous with people poaching.

Slipknot · 10-19-2008, 11:56 AM

HBD Dave
It ain't over, not close
water too warm
one wave of fish went thru, plenty more to come
have faith , be in the right spot
go deep

stripercrazy · 10-19-2008, 12:12 PM

time.....if it don't happen in the next 2 weeks it ain't going too

no bait in rhode...silverside

last year 3 week of nov miles of peanuts on beaches and no gamefish on them....week of turkeyday big school of adult pogys.where I work no gamefish....if the blueback herring don't show in soco...stick a fork in us

beaver · 10-19-2008, 01:00 PM

Happy BDay. Good to see some numbers of small fish in the canal yesterday. Watched a boater hit a few schools in the canal for quite some time...where was the patrol man or CG? Pogies and scattered larger fish to around 36". Maybe the peanuts and herring are getting too smart and are hanging around inside until all the stripers go bye bye. I'd like to think we still have 3 more weeks....hopefully