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06-16-2014, 12:17 PM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
Posts: 3,781
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North Shore guy check in
How's the fishing been? haven't been able to get out as much as I would like, but seems slower this year for who knows why - got one decent one last week (well for me, maybe 15 pounds), got out yesterday and only smalls. Usually have multiple keepers a trip by this time.. tell me it's just me! Feels like fish are still moving into the area as they all have sea lice
Not hearing much from other sources either..
Last edited by Rockport24; 06-16-2014 at 12:24 PM..
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06-16-2014, 12:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 91
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went out of kernwood yesterday, hard a hard time picking up macks one her one there, then the wind kicked up and had to move in shore nothing going on in salem harbor and did nothing around back towards kernwood I should of brought some worms and went looking for flounder. Buddies of mine have been finding fish in deep water outside 80'-180' ft
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06-16-2014, 01:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: north shore
Posts: 624
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i agree matt...small and plentiful but not picking up larger fish and i have been at it every day...lots of bait around...
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06-16-2014, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
Posts: 2,407
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slow for me.
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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06-16-2014, 02:11 PM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 4,516
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The river was below average for me this year and not for lack of bait either.
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seals + plovers = 
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06-16-2014, 03:20 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
Posts: 6,588
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slow until this weekend. guns blazin now
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06-16-2014, 05:54 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Got out at the Castle for an hour Saturday evening. Very low tide, but I needed to get a line wet before the Cuttyhunk trip this coming weekend. One small 13" fish. Yes, the first time out this year..... Hoping to get the engine back on the boat this week and launch when I get back from the island trip.
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06-16-2014, 07:07 PM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
Posts: 669
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horrible for me. My tricks aren't working and my spots aren't producing. Probably just me....but had 1 bump. That's it.  |
Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. ~Paul Schullery
There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
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06-16-2014, 07:20 PM
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Is it May yet?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Gloucester Ma
Posts: 1,238
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Lots of small fish with an occasional small keeper in my area. The chunkers are getting fish up to 43 inches in the harbor. Macs abundant and still a ton of feed around. Squid absent so far as well.
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"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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06-23-2014, 07:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Gloucester, MA
Posts: 404
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Finally got a line wet
been a little while since I got the boat wet. Was able to find macs outside Glo. harbor and proceeded north. Picked up a half dozen fish in the mid-thirty inch range in some of the boulder fields. A few cooperative flounder and lobsters made it a good day.
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06-23-2014, 08:10 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,748
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So I don't type the whole thing againhttp://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/showthread.php?t=86158..
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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06-23-2014, 09:23 AM
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Formerly the_shocker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: ricca
Posts: 730
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endangered species
It's slow. I can only get out about once a week, if that. Small fish and only 1 keeper size so far.
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06-23-2014, 10:51 AM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
Posts: 3,781
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockfish9
So I don't type the whole thing againhttp://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/showthread.php?t=86158..
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damn that is not good news! |
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06-25-2014, 06:21 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,748
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4 hours last night fighting the wind... should have left after the first cast...one fish first cast 27 lbs...then the anchor/chunk crew moved into my drift( as I was netting my fish). Never could hit the edge again properly once they took position ... there were a few fish around but nothing else that could eat a 18" eel...hopefully the wind dies and I can fish where there aint no people...or at least the ones that do have manners..
water in the river is warming up.... it's up to 60 at high tide ..
I forgot to mention... the chunk crew is doing a bang up job of killing babies... I saw over a dozen dead ( short) fish between my dock and in the tide rips.... sure wish they would discover circle hooks..or just cut the line...I have a sneaky suspicion this is related to the start of the selling season... just a guess....
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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06-25-2014, 01:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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off of cape Ann fish were tight to shore early and then moved 2 miles out for a couple small fish too...nothing to brag about 35- 38 inch fish....Mac's were slow for us on Sunday and we nailed them early Monday....friend of mine had a 40 pounder fishing from the rocks.
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06-30-2014, 11:44 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Reading Mass/Newburyport/merrimack river
Posts: 3,748
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last week ended ( Thursday) on a better note... I managed to find a small pod of fish that ranged between 20lbs and a top fish of 33lbs ( weighed on a digital scale) .. live eels enticed 9 in just under 3 hours.. had I stayed for the drop I'm sure I would have got a few more.. in-between were numerous 10lb class fish...I never saw another boat until it was over... so things are improving.. but who knows to what end..
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A good run is better than a bad stand!
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06-30-2014, 01:53 PM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
Posts: 3,781
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Seems to be picking up from what I have been experiencing and hearing lately as well. Got skunked in my usual spot on Sat, switched it up and hit some decent fish on Sunday. Still - shouldn't be getting skunked this time of year in my go-to spots!
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06-30-2014, 04:42 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 460
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they should have respected your drift. next time 2 oz sinker, no hook. couple cast usually does it. it's a last resort tactic that sounds douchie but you were there first, on fish, enough said
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I LOVE it when MY WIFE lets me fish
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06-30-2014, 07:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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some nice fish being caught of of Cape Ann....yesterday had a 25 and a 17 lb fish....been fishing deep....tide has not ben right to fish close to shore.
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07-01-2014, 09:05 AM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
Posts: 3,781
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yeah Fly Rod, I think that is definitely part of the problem, at least for me - the fish are just not in tight to the rocks like they usually are by now. When you say deep, I assume you are talking out a ways..which I just don't feel comfortable doing on my kayak!
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07-01-2014, 11:34 AM
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Is it May yet?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Gloucester Ma
Posts: 1,238
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This hot weather may drive them deeper but..... if this tropical storm gets close enough to stir up the surf there could be a few solid days of great fishing this weekend even from the rocks. (be safe if you get out there!)
Can say for certain now that the squid have returned in big numbers and size. Had a few over 18" this past weekend.
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"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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07-01-2014, 11:43 AM
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President - S-B Chapter - Kelly Clarkson Fan Club
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Rowley
Posts: 3,781
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Nice Spinni!
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07-01-2014, 01:40 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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Nice on the Squid Front.....
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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07-03-2014, 11:05 AM
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must find the fish
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Shore Ma
Posts: 712
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Im not doing so great. One short up at that fruity island. Couple missed fish in salem harbor area. Haven't been out much though.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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07-03-2014, 12:06 PM
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Is it May yet?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Gloucester Ma
Posts: 1,238
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Bass were intercepting squid as they tried to get out into harbor this morning. Pretty fricken neat to see squid fly and pop straight outta the water 3 feet high. Had a large bass inhale my jumping minnow along with the clump of seaweed it was stuck to. Screaming drag but she went right under the bridge and broke me off on a barnacles-laden piling. Definitely some bigger fish around now.
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"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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07-03-2014, 01:28 PM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spinncognito
Bass were intercepting squid as they tried to get out into harbor this morning. Pretty fricken neat to see squid fly and pop straight outta the water 3 feet high. Had a large bass inhale my jumping minnow along with the clump of seaweed it was stuck to. Screaming drag but she went right under the bridge and broke me off on a barnacles-laden piling. Definitely some bigger fish around now.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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07-03-2014, 03:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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Skunked this morning for the first time...4 hrs. of trolling the deep water....fog was P soup ....was a little bewildered, but not lost...no sea monsters...  |
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07-03-2014, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Glad the GREY'S didn't visit ya
can't see a grey ship in grey fog
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....i am hoping for everyone's sake
that hurricane or tropical storm Arthur
currents will push some bigger fish northward
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07-05-2014, 05:06 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 16
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spinncognito
Bass were intercepting squid as they tried to get out into harbor this morning. Pretty fricken neat to see squid fly and pop straight outta the water 3 feet high. Had a large bass inhale my jumping minnow along with the clump of seaweed it was stuck to. Screaming drag but she went right under the bridge and broke me off on a barnacles-laden piling. Definitely some bigger fish around
now.
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LACK OF SKILL! P*** |
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07-05-2014, 05:18 PM
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Is it May yet?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Gloucester Ma
Posts: 1,238
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brianmoc
LACK OF SKILL! P*** |
Absolutely Brian, you offering lessons?  |
"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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