How to Fish a Hurricane ? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

cow tamer · 08-19-2009, 08:45 AM

Best to fish it just before the surf kicks up, days after (allowing the water to clear) ?
Let's not even talk about during.

Clammer · 08-19-2009, 11:37 AM

before & during ::

WoodyCT · 08-19-2009, 11:48 AM

Skishing during.

Bronko · 08-19-2009, 12:08 PM

I actually like the way the weekend is shaping up. Decent bait around, dropping barometer, fish starting to stretch their legs for the fall, new moon.....

Maybe I can finally get rid of the rats and log a decent fish for the club.

Stripersurg · 08-19-2009, 02:13 PM

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Skishing during.

Moses · 08-19-2009, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Bronko

Maybe I can finally get rid of the rats and log a decent fish for the club.

I HEAR that!

Thumper · 08-19-2009, 05:10 PM

it is shaping up to be nice there saying 10ft swells

shadow · 08-19-2009, 05:36 PM

This is one time when fishing in the day time will be more productive then fishing at night at least in the surf.

piemma · 08-20-2009, 02:37 AM

Hurricane Bob Aug 16 1991. We fished the day after the storm at Deep Hole and CRUSHED fish. This was right after the moritorium so a 30# fish made headlines. We had fish in the 40s!!!
Water was still up and the rollers were huge but if you jumped the waves you could fish. I remember getting knocked down a dozen times but the fishing was so good we didn't care.

nightfighter · 08-20-2009, 05:21 AM

Current forecast looks to make for some good fishing with big tides and building surf for Saturday's North Shore Leg out of Plum Island......

mrstriper · 08-20-2009, 06:20 AM

large bottle plugs????
maybe a 3-4 oz.bank sinker with 4 foot leader attached to a redgill/teaser...

Crafty Angler · 08-20-2009, 08:53 AM

Probably the smartest thing you can do is write down your next-of-kin info on your forearm with a permanent marker for this swell that's coming - unless you can find semi-sheltered water...

slow eddie · 08-20-2009, 09:56 AM

someone will go down for the count this weekend in so.co. do not let it be you. if you do insist on fishing the rocks, please put me in your will. i do need the moey
thank you very much.

likwid · 08-20-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jdr365

it is shaping up to be nice there saying 10ft swells

10ft @ 14 seconds ground swells will heave up much bigger than that.

I'd suggest staying out of the surf.

Thumper · 08-20-2009, 04:30 PM

i might be out on the rocks sat am depending on how bad it is then. who knows, i havent been out much since i got a job but we will see.

2boxers · 08-20-2009, 05:25 PM

I am going to fish saturday, but i am not going in the water, guy I am going with dosent like going in the water anyway

HESH2 · 08-21-2009, 07:04 AM

hurricane felix fished cape cod after the storm had passed.morning and afternoon tides there were bait,birds and bass 30 feet off shore and fish futher out.fished nauset lite beach throwing tin and it was every cast a bass.then walk folling school and repeat it all over again.did this for 3 days straight both tides,during 3 days got worn out and just crashed on beach.when we would come in to fish morning tide you could see drag marks on sand and scales on steps down to beach where guys tied rope on fish and dragged then back to lot.never caught so many bass 2 tides for 3 days in my life.during this time got only i bluefish it was all bass.released everything caught .same with son and 2 friends.all fish probably 15-20 lbs type fish.

The Iceman 6 · 08-21-2009, 08:12 AM

Was a few years back and I was fishing hurricane Charlie @ X breachway. Took bass there all night long. Last year, September in SoCo, wasn't a hurricane but one hell of a Noreaster, it was very snotty out there on the rocks. Between me, my brother, and a friend, we bailed fish after fish over 40 inches. Went back for the morning tide and repeated the process. Morning tide was even snottier. Never seen conditions that bad. We the same X breachway all to ourselves for 24 hours. Was a great sesssion. I still think about it.

http://striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/...7;27+soco+rain

BassDawg · 08-21-2009, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by cow tamer

Best to fish it just before the surf kicks up, days after (allowing the water to clear) ?
Let's not even talk about during.

i think that would be "spot" sensitive,
dependent upon the direction of wind and direction of spot,

although, gimmee the storm related SURF~~~~and i am GTG
from many udl's along the NShore,,,,,,,,,,each one having its preferences~~~before, during, and after!!! i have one spot that is good for ALL, within itself, and faces 3 directions loaded with reefs, structure, rips, and boulder strewn bottoms!!!!

for me the trick is to keep moving, based on my best read of the storm's effect to each particular locale. many places are simply unfishable, but many places will deliver in spite of/due to the storm.

spinncognito · 08-21-2009, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by BassDawg

i think that would be "spot" sensitive,
dependent upon the direction of wind and direction of spot,

although, gimmee the storm related SURF~~~~and i am GTG
from many udl's along the NShore,,,,,,,,,,each one having its preferences~~~before, during, and after!!! i have one spot that is good for ALL, within itself, and faces 3 directions loaded with reefs, structure, rips, and boulder strewn bottoms!!!!

for me the trick is to keep moving, based on my best read of the storm's effect to each particular locale. many places are simply unfishable, but many places will deliver in spite of/due to the storm.

Nice to have this "island" to fish in any conditions. Me thinks the trick it to fish a place where the wind is IN YOUR FACE but was not blowin that way several hours prior. As the storm passes and the wind direction changes, unfishable becomes not only fishable but often times ultra-productive as all the churned-up morsels get scmacked up against the perches we fish from. E to NE to N will keep me moving up the coast to get the gusts gusting in my face...

Fish_Eye · 08-21-2009, 12:15 PM

I'll be out there during the storm; should get some great video.