South Cape Report

[pbrown]

Well, my buddy Paul and I fished the Cape yesterday. I have never seen so many Bluefish in my life. Five of us caught blues for three hours or so. The fish averaged between four and twelve pounds with the smaller ones most common. We did well using ranger plugs and atom poppers. I will say one of the guys fishing had a yellow ranger, he out fished everyone with that thing. Anyway that's whats up, I'll be eat bluefish for dinner tonight. PB

[CSK]

It's great you had a succesfull day on the water, but,please, please, please try not to be so specific on the posting of reports.

[RIROCKHOUND]

CSK... respectivly....
What the heck was specific about that? Yellow rangers...? the cape is a big place, as is the south cape.. so I would say chill out... It's like me saying bluefish caught on the south shore of Rhode Island... better luck fishing 2.7oz hopkins with a bucktail, so what...

If he said "we slammed at Nobska light" or something spatially specific, then you have grounds....

[zacs]

Help me understand because I am new here. What was so specific about that post? Type/color of lure?

_zac_

[Rappin Mikey]

Either he was joking. Or he was the guy with the yellow ranger, and doesn't want his secret weapon taken off the shelves. Although, you could catch a blue with a bouger on a safety pin.

[rwilhelm]

Here we go again That post was fine IMO.

[CSK]

Apparently South Cape doesn't mean the same thing to some people as others.

And, there is a specific report section on the board.

Enjoy

[chubsdad]

HEY pbrown we were the two guys to your right i was useing the yellow. and yes it was a ball. hows your arms yee ha

[striprman]

You guys are to funny.

Anyone that cares to give specific locations, must be able to do so, if they are so inclined. That way, other fishermen can also share and enjoy the good fishing at that particular spot, as well as the comaraderie one enjoys when fishing with their fellow sportsmen.

[fishweewee]

Originally posted by CSK
It's great you had a succesfull day on the water, but,please, please, please try not to be so specific on the posting of reports.

I think CSK had tongue in cheek there.

[ProfessorM]

What is the big deal? Southwest wind, May, Blues at south cape every year at this time no secret there. Anyone who fishes the Cape knows that. P. M.

[partsjay]

There Back!!!

[KJLane]

agreed professor. its been a while since i've heard of folks trying to horde to themselves a top secret bluefish spot anyways!

Don't get me wrong, they're fun. But I'm more than happy to tell a fellow fisherman where the blues are hitting...

[fishaholic18]

I'll tell ya exactly where to catch the Blues if I want!!!!

And while your doin that, I'll be catchin' cow Bass.

Everyone to the South Cape to catch Blues!!!

I'm on my way.

[Tagger]

I'd like to slay blues with big dave ... thanks..good report .. South Cape . Big Secret

[MEATHEAD]

If anybody would like to give me sum secret spots on the north shore like5-20miles north of boston area please do..i go to 3 lame old spots lookin for sumtin new. the easier to acces the area the better. usually have the wife and kid taggin along . ive ben out almost nightly , catchin Skate's and seaweed getting stressed any info will help

[fishaholic18]

Originally posted by MEATHEAD
If anybody would like to give me sum secret spots on the north shore like5-20miles north of boston area please do..i go to 3 lame old spots lookin for sumtin new. the easier to acces the area the better. usually have the wife and kid taggin along . ive ben out almost nightly , catchin Skate's and seaweed getting stressed any info will help

Blues on South Cape, OOOOOPS

[fishdog13]

lynn lynn the city of cin never come out the way u went in

[JohnR]

Striprman - you just don't comprehend or maybe you simply don't care about how posting on the internet can overwhelm a spot. It doesn't happen every day or on any post but it happens A LOT. I can't stress this enough, the Internet does not give up secret spots, just like most everyone says. But it DOES overwhelm them when they're mentioned. I've seen it a hundred times.

What the Internet DOES do is flood a spot with people. You get 500 to over a thousand people here per day looking at stuff, several hundred on one of the North Shore sites, close to a grand on the LI Sound site and a couple grand on the Jersey site, add that to the papers, and the shop reports and you can RUIN a location.

We're trying here to be both responsible here AND to share knowledge that will help people catch more fish. Not put someone on a rock or bar and say "cast there". That doesn't help people out. There is much more to learning than that. Telling people that Spot X is pukin' up large doesn't do that.

If people want to share spot with someone, PLEASE, I encourage you do it by a PM or something. Otherwise please speak in generalities.

Now with all that said, CSK, bad boy , he was fairly generic with that....

[mrmacey]

South Cape Cod

[fishaholic18]

Mike, go to Cape Cod and go south.
I hear there are a lot of blues there.

[striprman]

Where the sea meets the sand you will find him, rod in hand, searching, searching for his prey...the elusive striped bass. He can see the silver and black stripes in my minds eye, imagine the sound of the surf as it crashes the shoreline . His nostrels flair, detecting the slight smell of watermellon... they are here. He stride confidently to the waters edge with weapon in hand, casting with confidence, as he has thousands of times before.
The fish, sees movement, detects the presence of its quarry, always searching for it's next meal, hungry.
The fisherman casts again, this time a little harder, moving the presentation out just a little further...perfect.
The fish is aware, there is it's quarry. The broad tail slashes the water. A strike.
The fisherman, always ready feels the fish strike, his rod doubles over, the drag screams. This is no ordinary fish, this is what all fishermen pray for.
The fish makes a long run, takes 100 or more feet of line and then sits on the bottom. The fisherman is unable to move such a large fish, but keeps steady pressure on the rod. 10 minutes pass.
The fish slowly starts to move, but sensing the sting in its mouth knows something is wrong. Again, it swipes its tail, all fins fully erect, fighting, fighting with all its strength.
Another 50 feet of line have been removed from the fishermans reel. Only another 50 feet left on the reel. The fisherman keeps steady pressure on the fish, the line "sings" under the weight and movement. The fisheman can feel the rod throb as the fish shakes its huge head, but the fish is no longer taking line.
The fish is now tired. The thing in its mouth is slowly bringing it towards the shoreline. It now swims with the pressure it feels, the sting less painful.
The fisherman can feel the fish moving, he has regained the 50 feet from the second run. The fish has been on for 15 minutes.
Another run strips 20 feet of line, the fish realizes that it is fighting for its life, but the pain in its mouth is unrelenting and it again follows its source for relief.
The fisherman knows that this fish is like no other that he has ever hooked, a magnificent creature that the fisheman has outwitted, man against nature, millions of years of evolution come down to these minutes.
The fish is now very tired, it had encountered such a sensation three times before.... but there were rocks. this time the rocks could not be found, only sand and seaweed. The fish now just follows the strange sensation, pressure, and follows the sensation to the shorelone. What is this strange creature that lives in the air?
The fisherman, beads of sweat on his brow now has the fish at his feet. It is like nothing he has ever caught before, its huge white belly showing as the moon rises and Venus twinkles as the evening star. Life is good.

[MEATHEAD]

Ahh sorry to bug ya for askin for sum new holes to fish at . i juzz noticed peeps givin up a little info so i figured id ask . no problem i no what ya mean by how the word travels of a good spot . lost my hole 1 season by tellin a guy at the bait store. were i was catchin sum monsters . next thing i no he was tellin other customers my spot ..and it filled up fast...anyways i caught a big eel tonight in a mouth of a river abought 16" or so .. would those thing's make for a good piece of live bait.. or are they juzz a pain in the butt s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& on my bait?

[bassmaster]

[JohnR]

You catch a 16" eel - fish it

[J-golden]

South Cape is great......if all you want is 5 lb blues

[macojoe]

I tell all were what when and how if they want to no!!

Pleanty of room on the 20' rock I go to!!! It can be any where from Vinyard sound to P-Town on any given day!

[striprman]

Originally posted by JohnR
Striprman - you just don't comprehend or maybe you simply don't care about how posting on the internet can overwhelm a spot. It doesn't happen every day or on any post but it happens A LOT. I can't stress this enough, the Internet does not give up secret spots, just like most everyone says. But it DOES overwhelm them when they're mentioned. I've seen it a hundred times.

What the Internet DOES do is flood a spot with people. You get 500 to over a thousand people here per day looking at stuff, several hundred on one of the North Shore sites, close to a grand on the LI Sound site and a couple grand on the Jersey site, add that to the papers, and the shop reports and you can RUIN a location.

We're trying here to be both responsible here AND to share knowledge that will help people catch more fish. Not put someone on a rock or bar and say "cast there". That doesn't help people out. There is much more to learning than that. Telling people that Spot X is pukin' up large doesn't do that.

If people want to share spot with someone, PLEASE, I encourage you do it by a PM or something. Otherwise please speak in generalities.

Now with all that said, CSK, bad boy , he was fairly generic with that....

You would think that with a web site with the name "striped-bass.com" that the web site would encourage persons looking for knowledge and information about striper fishing would be pleased that friendly fishermen would share their information about specific fishing spots and methods with the internet community.

I find it strangely ironic that this isn't the case.
I find it strangely ironic that persons are happy to say what they caught, but not where.
I find it strangely ironic that a person that puts up a web site about fishing for striped bass, is actually asking, if not forbidding, others not to state where and when good catches have and will be made.

I caught a big fish, but I'm not telling you where...
then why bother telling the internet world in the first place? so you can gloat and bask in your glory?

Paranoid secrecy
Is this what "striped-bass.com" is all about?

[CSK]

Striprman, it's great that you want to share fishing knowledge with people, but it can be done in a more discreet manner. All it takes is one well-intentioned post mentioning good action at spot x and the great night/morning/afternoon you previously spent either by yourself or with a couple other fisherman, now becomes a crowded, littered disaster.


South Cape means something fairly specific to me, and I fully realize that it's mentioned often in guide books and Newspapers. But one man's South Cape is another man's quiet solace on his/her one chance during a given week to get out on the water given his/her busy schedule.


There's no paranoid secerecy,no cabal, no thought control. All I'm asking for is a modicum of discretion,i.e the reports sections that you have to be logged into to view, when it comes to the posting of spots.

Selah

[Steve K]

Paranoid secrecy

It is not paranoia when it is true that you have to keep you spots secret on the WWW.