bass so thick you could walk on them... - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Mr. Sandman · 07-19-2005, 01:10 PM

The other morning I am fishing a remote spot...as the sun creeps up I see the fins all around me. Damn...they are bass! All sizes but mostly in the keeper range a few smaller a few larger but there were some larger fish in the mix. Finning like sharks. They were feeding on the tons of krill like shrimp about 1/4-1/2 in in lenght. The beach was covered with them you could scoop them up by the handful still alive. The water was rich with these critters and the bass were keyed in on them. I saw many schools of fish all moving slowly with their mouth open gulping these down. Lots of swirls and splashes all night. It was quite a site. (no camera

) and pretty frustrating. I tried everything in my bag and put plug(s) right in front of them 10' off the beach and they didn't even budge. Eels were being mostly ignored. I did manage a couple bumps and two modest fish but there were A LOT of fish there feeding on this stuff. I may go back with a flyrod.

eelman · 07-19-2005, 01:36 PM

I watched this show on fishing new england where this guy with a flyrod was hawking big bass it was amazing to me! it looked like a trout stream and huge bass were just broaching in the skinny water it was unreal!! I would give my left arm to find that spot, it looked to me in the show that it was early fall, Anyone see this show?? man it was awesome

UserRemoved1 · 07-19-2005, 01:42 PM

Jim I seen that two years in a row now where there is cow bass just cruising with their mouths wide open. That is the coolest thing to watch. Last year when I saw that I had a BASSALO in 3' of water on an olive white popper on a north facing beach

Hey you seeing bonito out there with regularity?

blue oyster · 07-19-2005, 02:10 PM

did you try a small teaser ?

Mr. Sandman · 07-19-2005, 02:18 PM

#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, Yes I think I saw that show. The fellow was trying for a world record on some 2# fly rod tippet and was hooking up with 20# fish. I think, I think he was on the cape. I saw him break off three times. These fish I saw were just swimming around with thier mouths open...their upper lip was out of the water along with the dorsal and tail fins. Weird sight to see groups of 50+ fish swimmig like that and you drag a small minnow like plug thru them and it goes unmolested.

Scott, yeah that was what they were doing. I couldn't buy a fish that morning, they looked like basking sharks feeding. It was flat clam in 3-7' of water. Re:bonito I made my first bone trial the other day and all I got were blues. They do pop up here and there but I think there is only one body of fish around here just now. Give it a couple more weeks. there was 2-days of activity with blitzs at times at the famed hotspot but it is not a sure thing right now.

blue, I only had mostly big fish stuff (no teaser) with me as I had to walk a long way.I bet a fly would nab a few of the smaller fish.

Nebe · 07-19-2005, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&

it looked like a trout stream and huge bass were just broaching in the skinny water it was unreal!! I would give my left arm to find that spot

JHABS · 07-19-2005, 02:44 PM

Sandman, I have something for You........................

Mr. Sandman · 07-19-2005, 02:50 PM

thanks for the reminder..

bassmaster · 07-19-2005, 02:50 PM

what about me U friggen Bum

JHABS · 07-19-2005, 02:57 PM

BM, Don't worry I have something for You Also. A nice Floater

Nebe · 07-19-2005, 02:59 PM

sandman- tie a crab fly about 12 inches off the tail of a needlefish. leave the flyrod at home

Sea Dangles · 07-19-2005, 03:01 PM

ship him the anaconda that was left on the overlook.

Slingah · 07-19-2005, 03:41 PM

had it happen to me two years in a row...I think I posted about it last year redlite was with me.....threw it all..so many bass I thought I would at least snag one...redlite sustained a knee injury in all the comotion

MartinD18 · 07-19-2005, 07:51 PM

I know the spot that was on Fishing New England. I can tell you that the fish aren't always there like that, but they are often...the amazing thing is that they have to come up a stream that it about four feet wide and two feet deep, about 300 hundred yrads long, then go through a #$%^ to get to that pond. The guy was catching them as the tide flooded through the #&^%. I can say that it is on the Cape, but if I say more I WILL be killed in my sleep. I guess the bottom line is...do some exploring and never underestimate stripers!

eelman · 07-19-2005, 11:09 PM

[QUOTE=MartinD18]I know the spot that was on Fishing New England. I can tell you that the fish aren't always there like that, but they are often...the amazing thing is that they have to come up a stream that it about four feet wide and two feet deep, about 300 hundred yrads long, then go through a %$^& to get to that pond. The guy was catching them as the tide flooded through the %$^&^. I can say that it is on the Cape, but if I say more I WILL be killed in my sleep. I guess the bottom line is...do some exploring and never underestimate stripers![/QUOTE

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