First Leg Today - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Clammer · 05-31-2003, 10:22 PM

Went to the first leg today to meet the guys & gals ,Eat <eat < See Don,s new shop==thanks Don & good luck
as usual great get together
good thing FWW has a sense of humor////
I left when everyone else left to fish =it was pouring
Made a stop
When I came home =no rain , no wind, decided to take a short ride===WOW what a couple of warm does will do , the bait thats been in the middle of the bay decides to come near shore,. & so did the bass!!!!! everywhere & no one but me , Had three rods with me & took turns catching fish on each , stopped to call the others & at least one 37" fish had just released
I could have had 3 digits if I took the boat , but it was tooo much fun where I was =caught my largest double header tonight , usually when I hook two good ones they pull against each other & brake off=========
got to enjoy the good times ,because of the bad times//
hope the others did well /////////////////
v

TheSpecialist · 06-01-2003, 04:15 AM

I got a 38 1/4" , 24 1/2 lb on a homemade Danny. I lost another 2 nice fish on a homemade pikie. I also had a bass slap the danny out of the water. I had a great time.

fishweewee · 06-01-2003, 07:57 AM

Had to roll meself outta there before I exploded - stuffed myself silly. Bruce and Milo are mean grillmeisters!

Clamdiggah - you missed the helicopter that picked me up with my change of wardrobe?

Hung out with a good group of fellas and watched Bruce and Milo land some nice fish on a windy rockpile. Man, what was up with that shifting wind? We had a nice S/SW that turned NE on us around 10 p.m.

Hope everyone made it home safe last night - I saw a lot of car wrecks coming home, some of them pretty nasty.

-WW

Bill L · 06-01-2003, 08:35 AM

The food was AWESOME, boy was I stuffed! Thanks to everybody, especillay the grill meisters and Don for hosting us

Glad to hear somebody caught some friekin fish

Slipknot · 06-01-2003, 08:47 AM

Ya, Thanks a bunch Don

I had a blast too. So much food

Nice to meet a few more members and see lots of the gang also.
I had a couple on my homemade darter and another twinkee on plastic. Milo did have the hotspot with 4 fish to 36". Good fishing with you again Fishweewee

as you said the tide slacked and wind shifted and the bite dropped right off, not that there were tons of fish at that rockpile but it noticeably dropped off. Gotta hit that spot when high tide is around11- midnight sometime near a new moon again. Good to see mrmacey doing some rockhopping once he got his line situation cleared up

and good fishing with you Fishpart.

Good going Specialist!

fishweewee · 06-01-2003, 08:52 AM

Yeah, I forgot to mention Don's shop was Da Bomb.

He certainly showed me a few unique "easter eggs" that sure "teased" the heck outta me.

A gem with a wealth of local knowledge. Wish we had more proprietors like Don in CT. Oh wait, we DO!

-WW

mrmacey · 06-01-2003, 08:54 AM

met alot of good people thank you don for the use of the facilities really good food steak shrimp oysters those chicken wings were awsome whoever brought them i think you did ben. I give you guys credit that climb about the rocks at night we fished a spot that was like a hurricane 2-4 foot waves, rain I cant catch a fish on a calm sunny day I dont know what I was thinkin being out there in the dark on those rocks, but it was all good I was with some experienced guys and I was real cautious of my surroundings didnt catch any fish but what excitement when it started pouring, It was like what am i doin out here!!! thanks guys for letting me tag along I got alot of enjoyment seeing how the shore guys do it at night. cant wait till the 21st to do it again

Fishpart · 06-01-2003, 09:10 AM

Had a great time even though I hit the road early, started to pour the minute I pulled in the driveway. Rinsed the gear on the side of the house overnight.

weewee, milo and slip, give me a call some time when you want to hit that spot again. I've always wanted to fish there, had a good time. Bet sunrise would be good there

At least I went away with a couple of hits, too bad no fish.

CSK · 06-01-2003, 09:17 AM

Great time last night/this AM. It was good meeting a bunch of you guys.

Sprinkles Rocks!

TheSpecialist · 06-01-2003, 09:24 AM

JohnR · 06-01-2003, 09:53 AM

Thanks to everyone for braving the elements and a big thanks to the elements that really went easy on us for the most part - only a little lightning where we were

... Don, appreciate the misuse of your shop

, great host as usual.... Great Ledgerunner goodie bag for the site - thanks Got Stripers!

Met some new people yesterday and good to see many of the usual suspects today, after burning some food it was off to the races... GS, CSK, Budfan, Sprinkles, and myself hit a good spot near the Narrow River (Carl - thought you were coming with us, whered'ya go??) and had a slow tun at some fish but there were some nice fish for a ranny last day of May.... GS had some bumps on plastic and I had a good bass whack on a BM Pikie then the long wait... Switched up on lures for a bit and no takers. Once the sky started to darken I thru on an eel and had a good hit in close and grabbed a 20# or so fish - 37 inches & good enough to get on the board for the 4 leg (didn't know at the time that Specialist already had a 38.5" bass). Hit another spot on the way home which had an acre of bass whacking some kind of baits but we couldn't extract a hit no matter what we thru. Went home in the wee hours of the morning and just woke up

Great fishing in the monsoon last night, can still taste saltwater on the goatee.

Thanks to everyone that brought stuff, came to the Leg & had a good time! See ya in a few weeks!

denis · 06-01-2003, 10:01 AM

Don thanks and good luck with the shop, to the grillmasters Bruce and Milo thanks great job,nice to meet some new s-b members and the regulars,best part after the food ,some good fish were caught,congrats to those who pick the right spot.

Till the next one,good fishing to all.

Clamer now I know where they went.

And thanks to everyone the brought some food great job.

milo · 06-01-2003, 10:37 AM

GREAT time ,as usual at these gatherins',met a few more new faces,nice turnout.NO need to thank us for cookin',SLIP and I were starvin,so we attacked the grill,and then he said "chit look at all this food and we gotta get out of here by 5".So he just kept on throwin' the food on and I kept dishin it out.All the food was great(too much to mention).SCOTCH,my wife said thanx for the OYSTERS.THANX DON for the shop any everyone who ate all that food(or else we would of never got out of there).OH YEA the fishing....I think we got there about 2 hrs too late cause we hit fish as soon as we got there for about an hr, then it slacked off with a few here and there.WEEWEE and I saw a decent fish bout 40'' when it tried to hit my plug,just as the wave was breakin,saw the whole fish come right up with the wave,what a sight.And slip,weewee fishpart,and mrmacy thank for the awesome company.CLAMMA nice to see ya got to fish.THANX LADIES AND GENTS,SEE YA IN A FEW WEEKS

thewaterfordstriper · 06-01-2003, 10:59 AM

thank you don. nice job hosting. awesome food etc. i ate a ton. i ended up catching 1 big 16" striper that i hooked in the dorsal fin. what a fight. tobias had to help me land it.

chris L · 06-01-2003, 11:05 AM

thanks Don and John . Milo and bruce thanks for burning the grub . And who ever brought the steak tips mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm good . I had a good time and a nice ride . I thought about fishing ! the further west I went the harder the rain . Im cape bound next weekend .

TheSpecialist · 06-01-2003, 12:38 PM

John looks tasty.......

Raven · 06-01-2003, 12:39 PM

It was really great to meet the whole gang at the first leg at Don M's shop and the Beckster was real happy getting a Nice new Striper Rod. Nils C ,Myself, and Becki went over to the breachway to fish eels in the rip and i have to very much thank him BIGTIME for showing us all the hotspots as we were completely new to the area. He was so damn funny it was hilarious. I was looking backwards and Nils C was last in line as we headed for the bridge to fish the slack tide but was walking so funny he seemed KINDA drunk but in reallity he had his eel bucket swaying off his butt and was JUST man trolling his eel as we went!
Damn! ALL that food was So very good and i was so VERY stuffed that i even had a little trouble getting into my waders. Unfortunately despite fishing in a category five rain storm we all got skunked. Becki and i were laughing like children this morning when WAKING UP,as we slept on a futon in our blazer at Don's lot rather than drive home that late->SO .... tired , in the rain.
This morning we went over to M&D'S shop (WAREHAM) to see Mike and picked up a smack it lure and some red circle hooks. We can't wait to do it again in just three weeks. Interestingly Many people, because of my 3d avatar thought i was a younger man who fished in a black leather coat in the surf which completely demonstrates the pyschology of ->>>>> AVATARS.
Each wave that came in on the end of the breachway rolled in so large that it was reminded me of how scary it was when" King Kong " smashed his way through the jungle to get his door prize.
Mr Macey is a very intelligent man and definately deserves his title of Mister . He has an incredible mind of very good buisness ideas and i'm sure he will be living in a shore side mansion before long, where he can pull into his slip at night after striper fishing.
We came home with a allot of fine memories, great tackle and made MANY new friends, so all in all we had a FANTASTIC TIME!
Becki fished like a pro for her first time out (now officially hooked on stripers)and was very impressed with Nils C's expertise and Norwegen manners. well time to water the garden now

Got Stripers · 06-01-2003, 01:45 PM

Thanks Don for the opportunity and everyone that bought rubber to have safe fishing

. Sweet spot John took us too, but not much happening and I decided to bolt home (too early I guess). Busy day today and I needed some sleep. What a nightmare drive into Boston today with my Dad, can you say MAKE THIS RAIN GO AWAY..........AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

ThrowingTimber · 06-01-2003, 02:04 PM

I'm glad it was a fun time for you guys! I couldnt make it Family obligations. : (

mar t · 06-01-2003, 02:19 PM

what a great time i had theres some really nice guys on this board and it was nice to meet some of them. don again i have to thank you for letting me pitch my tent crawled in there about 3am went to the breech way with joe but no action tried the pond at the end of the breechway still nothing so off to the state beach were i did finally land 3 fish all schoolie's 25" 26" 26"
mar t
marty

thanks don m.

Scotch Bonnet · 06-01-2003, 04:13 PM

It was good to see everyone. Thanks to Don for putting us up. Good food and good people. The South Shore was slow all night, shoulda fished the Bay.

The rumor in South County is - there must be some big fish at the Ocean Mist due to all the anglers fishing there saturday night

bud8fan · 06-01-2003, 04:15 PM

Thanks to Don for the hospitality and the clippers!
Great meeting new people and seeing others whom I had already met! John it was great to finally fish together! Definitely have to do it again soon!
Overall the rain cooperated with us to make it a great time!!

Look's like Sprinkle's caught the biggest fish of the night!
Nice job Bill!!

Russ

TheSpecialist · 06-01-2003, 04:42 PM

shore manic · 06-01-2003, 05:55 PM

WOW! what a great time!! thanks again steve.wished we could have fished longer the rain and weariness finally caught up!! well to those i met slip,milo and fnally mr.macey,wee wee, great talking with ya! mar t thanks for the fog. steve k. bud8 and the rest at the tent.raven and becki i'm still laughing. nils, would love to hook up and fish with ya and talk more!! newell and the mrs.nice chat and surf bag w/ goodies.sweetie face says it all!!!and to those i forgot sorry.think we were the first to bail and head off to weakee.no luck but not for lack of trying threw every thing i had not one hit! good thing for the schoolie in the morn. i didn't leave skunked.man what a beautiful place to fish. gotta get to that breachway next and the other 20 spots from the tour. john and don thank you!!! missed the last train home from south station so off i went to fish boston harbor at midnite with 50 lbs. of gear in hand when the sky fell again and the gear now full of soaken clothes is 80lbs. back to so. station an
wait for the morning train. met some new people(shore manic and the rest of the paranoid schitzo's who frequent there at 2:00am, wish i had my camera. finally i made it home at 10am. can't wait t do it all over again on the 21st.
see ya all then!!!!!

JohnR · 06-01-2003, 07:26 PM

Again it was a blast - from the time Slip & Milo took charge at the grille to when I slipped onto the couch at 4am

...

Spec/C-Man/CSK/Red - anything at that last spot after I left?

Still have some people we have not heard from: NG & his wife, Joe angler, Saltheart, SF, and Dad of SF... Waiting for some details...

Nobody went to jail right?

CSK · 06-01-2003, 07:46 PM

We got the big Doughnut after you left John.

Hit the road just as the sky really started opening up. Thanks again for putting everything together.

JohnR · 06-01-2003, 07:50 PM

CSK - glad to do it and had a ball! We'll fish that spot once or twice more this year when conditions are favorable - whaddya & Sprinkles think about that

Carl · 06-01-2003, 09:10 PM

It was great to see,eat and fish with a bunch of great people. The food was great as usual. Unfortunately, the fish didn't hear the dinner bell. I followed Toonic and Scotch to the Ocean Mist and later met up with Saltheart. After a while, I headed to Central Beach with the same results and later headed to Weekapaug BW to find Nils telling a story about the one that got away

. I fished the inside from the bridge to end and back and then lead Raven back to Don's place and went home.

John - didn't mean to mislead ya. Maybe another time?

Thanks to Don for putting up with us again. Good luck with the new place.

TheSpecialist · 06-01-2003, 09:12 PM

Sprinkles likey , now can I have another Donut please?

RickBomba · 06-01-2003, 09:16 PM

Sorry I couldn't make it guys,
Busy trying to get the wife back into the house. Today it worked; she's like a 60 incher Sprinkles!!!
I'll see you guys at Mike's; Chris, pm me and I'll come down to see you this Sunday with Ol' Dirty Bastard.
Later,
Rick