Know when to fold em - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Back Beach · 08-31-2009, 09:11 AM

High skies and a full moon...good week for a surf man to catch up with the other things in life...hit it hard starting next weekend...
Kudos to those who produce this week from the shore.

Sea Dangles · 08-31-2009, 09:26 AM

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Back Beach · 08-31-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

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I'm talking bass from shore, not tuna from a boat, you read?

cheferson · 08-31-2009, 10:23 AM

Full moon??? A bright moon is just another excuse for those who did not catch......

Sea Dangles · 08-31-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

I'm talking bass from shore, not tuna from a boat, you read?

I read it Yoda but I'm having trouble following the logic.
Or lack thereof.

Sea Dangles · 09-01-2009, 03:18 AM

Just got in,far from disappointed. From the first cast we had consistent action for the last 4 hours of the ebb. No monsters but one that will have Nojo laying awake for a couple hours,maybe days. If tonight was an indicator then I suggest a recon mission regardless of moon.

Back Beach · 09-01-2009, 05:13 AM

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Just got in,far from disappointed. From the first cast we had consistent action for the last 4 hours of the ebb. No monsters but one that will have Nojo laying awake for a couple hours,maybe days. If tonight was an indicator then I suggest a recon mission regardless of moon.

3:18 AM? You must have been pining away the entire night waiting to post this so you could bust my chops. Thanks for the invite....oh wait, I'll get the call when the place is full of runts...

ProfessorM · 08-31-2009, 09:30 AM

I'm thinking from the boat though, with this wind direction this week and comm. done, it could be good on Thursday at a spot one day before the full. I just hope the bluefish have gone elsewhere though or it could get old fast.

Back Beach · 08-31-2009, 10:09 AM

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I'm thinking from the boat though, with this wind direction this week and comm. done, it could be good on Thursday at a spot one day before the full. I just hope the bluefish have gone elsewhere though or it could get old fast.

Boat should be real good this week. Surf may be tough if it doesn't cloud up. I'm thinking daybreak at the canal may be hot later in the week if some fish drop in from the bay.

DZ · 08-31-2009, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

High skies and a full moon...good week for a surf man to catch up with the other things in life...hit it hard starting next weekend...
Kudos to those who produce this week from the shore.

Mike,
I should have folded last week when I spent time casting with your brother Brian. Great guy - I enjoyed his company.

I have to fish hard this week bright moon or not - heading to Austria next week for 2 weeks of eating worst and strudel instead chasing mullet and bass.

DZ

Krispy · 08-31-2009, 10:51 AM

Easy to say when your casting into 25'+ feet of water. In CT, it'll be a bluefish bonanza unless there's a heavy cloud cover
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Flaptail · 08-31-2009, 11:56 AM

Actually I was out last night as the 2/3rds full moon broke out and fishing was better than last week in the pitch black with 110% of the bioluminescence in the water.

The other thing is that bait has finally shown alongshore. This next couple weeks the feed bag will go on. The school fish have started to chow down but as always I am not so sure if it is the beginning of the fall feeding or just opportunistic feeding because some bait happened along.

Friday night/Saturday in the wee hours as the waves started to rise and the wind and rain started to get stronger we had very good luck on sinking needles and Superstrike plastic needles cast into the white water. It really seemd like fall fishing then. Fish were not huge but lots of small legals which were very fat and a couple larger.

Rockfish9 · 09-02-2009, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Krispy

Easy to say when your casting into 25'+ feet of water. In CT, it'll be a bluefish bonanza unless there's a heavy cloud cover
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

I havent taken a bass in 25' of water in years....last curl of the wave.. my biggest fish of the year each season ( and my life) are/were taken under a bright full moon...

the dark of the new requires total different tactics, the light of the full moon allows for faster retrievs and larger baits.... darkenss reqires more stealth and slower retrieves and or smaller baits...

the ultimate bonus of the moon is the eraser of fire....bring on the full...

Just my observations and opinion...

Back Beach · 09-02-2009, 08:46 AM

I would say as an add on to the above you can throw all this stuff out the window as we get later in the season. As the fall binge sets in its just a matter of being out there and conditions become secondary.

I'm still taking a few nights off and blaming it on the moon, though...

bart · 09-02-2009, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

I would say as an add on to the above you can throw all this stuff out the window as we get later in the season. As the fall binge sets in its just a matter of being out there and conditions become secondary.

I'm still taking a few nights off and blaming it on the moon, though...

who you kidding? you'll be out.....fish nazi

MAKAI · 09-02-2009, 09:40 AM

Best beach nite of my life
full moon, clear, flat calm
go figure
All nite fish 20 to 50 lbs.
white needles with small teasers
Bastard blues showed around 4am... game over.

Back Beach · 09-03-2009, 02:42 PM

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One thing is for certain. No fish will be caught driving a desk

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Originally Posted by bart

who you kidding? you'll be out.....fish nazi

I'm heading out tonight, desk and all...

Theres just a nagging pull that never ceases this time of year, I can't explain it. Next six weeks is why I exist from a fishing standpoint.

ray · 09-06-2009, 08:13 AM

1 Rocks
2 fullmoon
3 bucket of eel
4 fish on!

Joe · 09-02-2009, 09:59 AM

Pretty significant change in the weather lately. I know it does not effect water temps quickly, and I have no data to back up my claim, but it seems when the wind swings back into the southwest after the first significant cool-down of the year, things really turn on.

DaveS · 09-02-2009, 11:26 AM

I love when guys stay home because of the moon, almost always guarantees me the best rocks to fish from anyplace I go. When the moon is big and bright, I like to get down low, work the bottom, black bucktail with red porkrind has caught me some nicer fish.

piemma · 09-04-2009, 02:46 AM

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Pretty significant change in the weather lately. I know it does not effect water temps quickly, and I have no data to back up my claim, but it seems when the wind swings back into the southwest after the first significant cool-down of the year, things really turn on.

Listen to the man!

bassballer · 08-31-2009, 12:06 PM

i got nothing else to catch up on, so Ill be heading out tonight and wed. Better chance of going big on the water than on my couch.

Brian L · 08-31-2009, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

High skies and a full moon...good week for a surf man to catch up with the other things in life...

Yeah, like sweetwater fishing for Jumbo largemouths with your brother.

bart · 08-31-2009, 04:24 PM

did well on the last full moon. nothing huge, but the fishing was consistent...

Sea Flat · 09-03-2009, 12:00 PM

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did well on the last full moon. nothing huge, but the fishing was consistent...

I did too. I got some large too, my PB in fact, with two others not too far behind.

I am going to hit real early tomorrow.

Fish_Eye · 09-02-2009, 03:19 AM

I hate the full moon and so does every captain I've ever spoken to around the world. However, it was near a full moon when I had the best day of bass fishing in my life...due in good part to the fact that ALL the other conditions were just right. The moral of the story is go fishing and make history...and save the excuses for AFTER.

BassDawg · 09-02-2009, 05:05 AM

thanks, Dangler of Sea Thangs!

ahhhh, to no avail, no bumps, nor narry

a hint of fish~~~so THAT shorely means~~~

the BIGGS bite,,,,,,,,,,,,,,she goes down tonight,
hey! it's free to dream, and carry the torch of HOPE ~right?

Back Beach · 09-02-2009, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Fish_Eye

I hate the full moon and so does every captain I've ever spoken to around the world. However, it was near a full moon when I had the best day of bass fishing in my life...due in good part to the fact that ALL the other conditions were just right. The moral of the story is go fishing and make history...and save the excuses for AFTER.

Good advice. I've had great success in the boat, but I can't convey a single anecdotal account of a good surf trip. I know its just me, therefore I started this thread in order to simply wallow in self pity with the help of a few good friends...looks like a few clouds may roll in Friday so I'll be back at it.

Brian L · 09-02-2009, 05:57 AM

Talked about this while standing on the rocks in Newport with DZ last week. We both agreed it's got more to do with light intensity than it does the moon cycle. Seems that as long as there's low light or a cloud cover, you're going to catch better than when it's not. I'm sure most here would agree.

Never had many problems catching in the boat during bright nights, and I wonder why that is. Depth of water better conceals the line perhaps? I dunno. I rarely fish water deeper than 25 ft. in the boat and have caught the overwhelming majority of my big boat fish during the day time. I would think if they're line wary during night time, they'd be the same during the day with even better visibility. I'll size my line down and tie direct to a conventional to compensate and it usually works out.

Watching fish on the flats in Ninigret will quickly showed me how skittish bass are in shallow water. The fish you need to be perfect to catch in 5ft of water indiscriminately smash a bait in 20 ft at the same time of day.

JohnR · 09-02-2009, 06:43 AM

One thing is for certain. No fish will be caught driving a desk