New moon all-night skunk in South County

[Jamie M]

Planned Sat night a month ago to fish the new moon all night. Got to Scarborough around 11:00 Sat night and fished ----------- until dead low about 1 AM. Then fished most of the incoming at Pt Judith - covered every inch all the way to the end of the East Wall. Threw mostly eels, some Danny and needle plugs. Not even a tap all night.

At first light, we headed over to the avenues we threw some surface plugs for an hour. Not even a look-sie.

Fished the new moon, good tides, very hard from 11 PM until 7:30 AM. Not even a TAP!! Didn't see anyone else catch a thing, but I was surprised at how few fishermen I saw. Maybe you all knew something I didn't, because i was expecting a good night.

Enough to make me convert to the dark side (boat fishing) for good.

Hope you all fared better...

[BrianS]

We spent some quality time at the canal... beautiful night.. but el skunko as well...

I am beginning to think certain people are bad juju for certain things..
Like, dont gamble if my wife is around..

In this case its,

Dont fish if my buddies GF is around

[Nebe]

please delete specific spot names. some of us fish there and would appreceiate keeping those places quiet.

thanks...

oh and sorry you got skunked

[spence]

Uh oh...Eben Van Policeman is on duty

Skunko for me Sunday night as well. Too bad as the surf was really honkin, but several places were very weedy. Nearly unfishable with plugs.

-spence

[fishaholic18]

At least now we know where not to go...

[piemma]

21 lber and 2 others in the 13 to 15 lb range early Sunday morning in Narragansett. 15lb this morning in Narragnsett. All on eels.

[Jamie M]

Eben -

I considered being more generic in my spot names, but since I got skunked, I didn't think my message was going to result in huge crowds.

Piemma - you are the man. Based on my observations, the whole Narragansett shore was completely devoid of life. I went to a seafood market to buy fish on the way home, and I was half-expecting to be told that they didn't want my business.

Sure was beautiful out there though.

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by piemma

21 lber and 2 others in the 13 to 15 lb range early Sunday morning in Narragansett. 15lb this morning in Narragnsett. All on eels.

Piemma, please give specific spots for us....

[Pete F.]

Maine was weird also.
Not a skunk by any means, but spotty in a place that usually on June moon tides is fish after fish. No Baitfish around either. However there were fish in all the summer spots already.
I think the combination of the cool weather and large rainfall amounts have made the conditions such that the baitfish do not yet need to come to the esturary mouths to feed and therefore the predators don't either. I think if you had access to satelite photos that showed the plumes of water coming off the major rivers they would look quite different than normal. All the stuff carried out by the rivers is what the filter feeders come to get when they show up in rivers or outside the mouth. This year they can still feed offshore, at least that's my guess.

[bart]

last night i dropped an absolute slob in SoCo. this fish took line faster than anything i've ever hooked into before. last october i caught my personal best, a 30 pounder in current and this fish put the 30 to shame with no current. i'm guessing she was 40 +. saw her hit on the surface, do a little dance and then she ripped off about 75 yards of line in a matter of seconds and had me around a rock before i could do anything. i felt totally violated.

[Hooper]

We fished Nantucket's and Vineyard Sound on Saturday too and we got a couple keepers, but real quiet too. Funny how it was dead all over...

[spence]

Wasn't quiet for Piemma

Although I heard that he's really getting his fish from Arc Bait

-spence

[Strider]

hmmmm....from the numbers / lbs. caught in the tourney, I would have to say it wasn't all that quiet in Rhody this past weekend.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by bjs

Dont fish if my buddies GF is around

If this is who I think you're talking about, shouldn't it be the other way around?

And little debbie is smiting you about your diet.

[basswipe]

I dropped two nice fish lastnight but it was still the 'ol goose egg as far as bass
go.

Hopefully tonight will produce.

[kennebecstriper]

Slayed them all weekend long on bucktails. Insane herring run going on right now i had a fish a cast for my first 18 casts last night. Granted my fish were averaging about 24 to 27 inches. Did pick up a few in the 36" range though.............HIT 100 ALREADY

[rizzo]

theres very small windows of opportunity depending on all the variables like weather, wind, tide, and moon. just because you fish a spot hard for the whole incoming tide doesnt mean that there are no fish around. maybe they were around at some point of the drop, or maybe they moved through a small specific area at a certain point of a tide and you just happened to be fishing 25 yards to the left of the right spot. burning a spot is one thing, but those small windows of opportunity at a particular spot is the what its all about.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Jamie M

Eben -

I considered being more generic in my spot names, but since I got skunked, I didn't think my message was going to result in huge crowds.

My and others feelings is that simply mentioning names of spots has a negative impact. no hard feelings, i just dont want 10 guys standing on my favorite rock.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by rizzo

theres very small windows of opportunity depending on all the variables like weather, wind, tide, and moon. just because you fish a spot hard for the whole incoming tide doesnt mean that there are no fish around. maybe they were around at some point of the drop, or maybe they moved through a small specific area at a certain point of a tide and you just happened to be fishing 25 yards to the left of the right spot. burning a spot is one thing, but those small windows of opportunity at a particular spot is the what its all about.

This applied almost every night last week where I was fishing. Complete chaos one night for about an hour with 5 or so guys fishing and a 15 to 30# fish coming out of the water every 5 minutes. Bigger fish were lost as well. But it was dead before and after that short window.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Jamie M

Enough to make me convert to the dark side (boat fishing) for good.

use the force.......

[Clammer]

Saturday /was my best night of the year ///

Fished hard tonight /great strong ass wind against the tide // 7 schoolies /// if ya all read the pro/jo -its a no brainer where alot of the large are>>>.

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by Clammer

Saturday /was my best night of the year ///

Fished hard tonight /great strong ass wind against the tide // 7 schoolies /// if ya all read the pro/jo -its a no brainer where alot of the large are>>>.

Ya found them Mike?????

[Clammer]

Dave lets say I know where the large are /// doesn,t mean I went after them /// Saturday was where you didn,t want to go Friday

Saw some descent fish last night & good fish tonight /caught off shore in [Warwick]

[lurch]

Originally Posted by Eben

My and others feelings is that simply mentioning names of spots has a negative impact. no hard feelings, i just dont want 10 guys standing on my favorite rock.

I like that...."my favorite rock"