Summer 01

[Striper1]

This was one of two fish I got over 25 pounds this year.
The fishing has been good this year for me.
I fish Boston harbor most of the time.

Over the last 5 years I can say the big stripers are still around(to me 25 pounds is big) but this year I did not see the big schools in the harbor yea there where small schools with the birds but not the big schools I have seen in the past going for 1 or two miles long.

I hope the poiges come back next year !!!

I know it's not over but what did you guys see this year?

[TheSpecialist]

I fished the harbor on a charter 7 times this year. Of the 7 times out, I had 2 slow trips. On the other 5 trips stripers were plentifull. I too hope that the pogies make a comeback. There were alot of herring , and mackeral around. I hope to fish more next year. I am looking into buying a 18-23' center console for next year. I have been fishing Umass from shore the last couple of weeks. It has been good there right around high slack till about 3 hours oof outgoing. Have been staying away from Nut island too many people.

[Got Stripers]

I'd rate this as the worst year for population of all sizes of stripers in recent memory. Last year started off the same, but we had a killer fall, so that made up for it, but this year the fall run hasn't really materialized. I hope that more restrictive regulations go on the books, both for size and number and recreational and commercial.

[Clammer]

,glad to see you havn;t changed your view of this year!!
Hope you make it down for the RI 4th leg/// later

[Got Stripers]

Yup, still beating that same drum . I'm hoping to, but not if the weather is like this past weekend. I know my gear will get me by if the weather isn't blowing a gale, but I'd have been sadly outgunned at the SOL fling this weekend. I spent it turning over lawn/garden in prep for next year and just taking it easy. I wish I'd called you John to grab that extra Pat's ticket, after tuning in for the last 4 minutes. I had to do a double take on the score, because of who they were playing and the fact Bledsoe wasn't playing. Could it be the end of Bledsoe as the head dog?