FIRST 40 POUNDER OF THE YEAR !!!!! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

IRL · 05-04-2002, 08:09 AM

My fishing partner beat me to the punch this year !!!!
40 pounds 48" from the canal last night, live herring

Got Stripers · 05-04-2002, 08:22 AM

Cool, that's a nice fish.

Slipknot · 05-04-2002, 06:51 PM

IRL, I guess he beat alot of us to that 40 lb mark, good for him

I guess I need to get going now that I'm back from vacation.

JohnR · 05-05-2002, 07:26 AM

Slip - welcome back... IRL - Hat's off to yer buddy!

I did get about a 25# fish yesterday

and the fella I was fishing with, Trayder, got one a tick smaller ...

Christian · 05-05-2002, 08:16 AM

Nice way to start off the season! i fished off the Nut Island pier in Quincy to catch a few keeper fish, and a keeper cod. nothing near the size of that! does anyone know if they are hitting them at Plum Island?

bassmaster · 05-05-2002, 07:52 PM

wow

kayaman · 05-05-2002, 09:28 PM

Stripers are definetly at plum Island

IRL · 05-06-2002, 09:34 AM

we should plan a group trip to plum
there is a campgroung in salsbury.
anyone interested????

Steve K · 05-06-2002, 09:36 AM

I would meet up at PI.

surfhunter · 05-06-2002, 09:52 AM

Congrats to your friend on the 40. The fishing was solid all weekend 'til the wind made for some problems on the Cape. Plenty of keepers landed but nothing to write home about.

IRL · 05-06-2002, 10:03 AM

yup slow we had all 30 to 36" fish
where were you on sunday what time?

for plum island we should plan it for the 25and 26th.

Christian · 05-06-2002, 02:11 PM

i fished yesterday by the Powder Point bridge in duxbury to catch a few short fish. windy as heck. im going to be heading up to Plum soon and tell you what the big sandbar in the river looks like. it seems to change every year. last year the only good parts of the river were open for maybe about a 30 mins on the low tide and the tide moves in fast. o well ill check it out. im not much of a plum island beach front person, but that will change due to my father buying an SUV.

kayaman · 05-07-2002, 06:08 AM

only problem with suv at plum is the plovers

IRL · 05-07-2002, 09:18 AM

are you kidding they are delicious

Christian · 05-07-2002, 01:56 PM

my favorite bumper sticker "piping plovers taste like chicken"

IRL · 05-07-2002, 02:21 PM

They taste like bald eagle to me.

but enough about that what is everyones prefered method for big fish up there and location... the sand bar .. beach .. toothpic ..

Christian · 05-07-2002, 02:38 PM

i fish the river mouth, and only the river mouth. on the out going i like to wade out onto the bar and cast heavy buck tails or clams. at the turn of the tide, early on the incoming i like to get off the bar and walk towards the jetty casting a mombo minnow. i reel it in so it doesnt even leave the surface and just sort of makes its own little wake

IRL · 05-07-2002, 02:43 PM

what when where time for the plum!!

Ilove the biggest wroms i can find carolina riged over the bar w/ an evening droping tide.

close second is drifting fresh clams in almost the same way.

I have used live herring and macs there but haven't done as well
I caught lots of fish but not as big.

anyone else?????

Christian · 05-07-2002, 04:51 PM

Hey IRL so you use an egg sinker, the ones with the hole in the middle, stick the line through and put on a swivel and then a hook? if so, i do the same exact thing. i even have my favorite plum hook. the gamagatsu #4 or 5. they are the perfect size for clams. hey do you ever fish that bowl that occurs inside the bar? eels work in side that too. no weight . theres some bigger fish that stay in the bowl. whats your fav. lure there, mines the mambo minnow.

IRL · 05-07-2002, 04:59 PM

yup...... thats the setup I use worms with
do you mean to the left of the bar ?
fav. lure is 1oz spro jigs tiped w fin-s-fish /big danny

Christian · 05-08-2002, 02:15 PM

its pretty hard to just say to the left or to the right. so ill try and put it this way. you park in the lot and walk out to the beach. you then put your self in line with the transmitting tower you see behind you. you walk out onto the bar and face the salsbury side of the river. turn to the right about 150 degrees and there along the beach that leads up to the jetty is the "bowl" its hard to give directions in words.

IRL · 05-08-2002, 03:45 PM

where it coves in before you get to the jetty right ?
I usually fish befor that. I'm going to lawrence tonight you game ?

Christian · 05-08-2002, 07:20 PM

yeah u got the location. i cant go i gots things to do. school. im only 15. but dont judge my fishing capabilities by my age. i out fish all of my friends and family(my father, 20 year old cousin, and just about every one i go fishing with).