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10-23-2009, 05:13 PM
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Location: Sturbridge MA
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Block report
Just got back from a 4 day on the island. Fish at almost every spot i tried. Only one skunking and that was only for about an hour, the place had a bad wind. Shockingly, most of the fish were caught on green needles and eels! They were liking the dannys also. Nothin too huge, biggest was 22 lbs, and a lot close to that size. The biggest of out group was a 31 lb. What is the deal with green needles out there? I did have a brand new vmc 5/0 siwash bent and lost the fish that was attached. I couldn't turn that fish. Put the 1201L in the truck for the duration of the trip after that happened. I probably could have sold green red gills out there for 10 bucks each.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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10-23-2009, 05:36 PM
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Soggy Bottom Boy
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Billerica, Ma.
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Thanks for the report, lets hope the fish hold there for 2 weeks when I go over,
lime green needles work and that's all we need to know
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Surfcasting Full Throttle
Don't judge me Monkey 
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10-23-2009, 06:34 PM
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Location: Connecticut/Rhody Shore
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nice report.  |
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10-24-2009, 12:41 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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lime green needles work and that's all we need to know[/QUOTE]
DZ, the secret is out
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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10-23-2009, 09:19 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
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Green Needlefish and Red Gills....they work but so do a lot of newer things also. I used just a small 4-slot plug bag out there and eels. Usually, the people fishing the traditional stuff are the people with either experience, or they are with someone who is. Five and ten feet either way from where you like to stand, the distance cast, etc, all can make a big difference out there also.
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10-23-2009, 11:41 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler
What is the deal with green needles out there?
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Seriously??? Sorry are you serious??? you have never heard the term BI Green before??? Umm yea green needles, not just any green though gotta be BRIGHT NEON green... hmmm and people wonder why I got that big afterhours needle that day with a lime green a goldish color.... and yes redfins ya drill a hole load em and send em...  |
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10-24-2009, 09:00 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Islander77
Seriously??? Sorry are you serious??? you have never heard the term BI Green before??? Umm yea green needles, not just any green though gotta be BRIGHT NEON green... hmmm and people wonder why I got that big afterhours needle that day with a lime green a goldish color.... and yes redfins ya drill a hole load em and send em... |
I was serious in a joking way, i know they work out there, everyone does. But what the hell is so special about em there. I brought 4 different greenies but used a super strike about 80% of the time. When i got into a run of smaller fish, < 32" i switched over to a pollack cowboy and a herring danny and culled out the bigger fish. I got a massive tail smack on a 10" AH needle in white, she never came back for seconds though. |
Everything is better on the rocks.
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10-24-2009, 11:46 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler
I probably could have sold green red gills out there for 10 bucks each.
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Rob,
Love to hear it. Red Gills working means the island is loaded with sand eels. Islander77 knows about Block Island Green - his dad was one of if not the first to use that pattern. The color works everywhere not just Block - I'm always amazed why guys don't use it more on the mainland. I have one of Tagger's Spofford Needles in neon green and it's on the third set of trebles this season - bass can't leave it alone!
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"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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10-24-2009, 01:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DZ
Rob,
Love to hear it. Red Gills working means the island is loaded with sand eels. Islander77 knows about Block Island Green - his dad was one of if not the first to use that pattern. The color works everywhere not just Block - I'm always amazed why guys don't use it more on the mainland. I have one of Tagger's Spofford Needles in neon green and it's on the third set of trebles this season - bass can't leave it alone!
DZ
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SHHHHH DZ greens dont work on this side of the pond... lol and Ivan I paint and generally the bottom coat darkens or brightens the top... lol I gotta get over there soon and see the grandfather so.... |
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10-24-2009, 03:38 PM
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Ya mean like this....?
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Why even try......... 
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10-24-2009, 04:25 PM
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something like that flaptail.. the top one any how...
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10-24-2009, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Flaptail
Ya mean like this....?
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damm how much you want for that northbar? |
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10-24-2009, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jdr365
damm how much you want for that northbar?
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If you would quit buying %$%$%$%$e maybe just maybe we could make it back over to were that color rules????? WTF over??
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10-24-2009, 12:23 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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I have a can of the absolute BRIGHTEST neon green spray paint available, (not easy to find) and being an artist, have a trick that makes it even brighter... Long gone are my days of searching for a certain plug in a certain color... I have also had luck on neon needles... but I have to say that any night they were killing the green needle, they were smashing all the other colors as well... I think its usually more about PROFILE then COLOR...
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10-25-2009, 10:21 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ivanputski
I have a can of the absolute BRIGHTEST neon green spray paint available, (not easy to find) and being an artist, have a trick that makes it even brighter... Long gone are my days of searching for a certain plug in a certain color... I have also had luck on neon needles... but I have to say that any night they were killing the green needle, they were smashing all the other colors as well... I think its usually more about PROFILE then COLOR...
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You are right but I'll tell you guys a little secret. I was searching for the Neon green everywhere. Happened to walk into an Ace hardware in Warwick (Saks) and yep, they got it. Kinda pricey at $7.00 a rattle can but worth the price. |
No boat, back in the suds.
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10-26-2009, 06:22 AM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cape Cod,MA.
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Where's the fish porn  |
Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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10-24-2009, 04:36 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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you need a green that looks like an 80's skiing outfit... I dont have hundreds and hundreds of plugs... so I'm constantly painting and re-painting plugs based on what i need them for... (long enough before fishing so they no longer smell...)
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10-26-2009, 08:52 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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The block island ferry schedule for this time of month S U C K S!!!! I had plans to go tomorrow right after work, figuring there's got to be a ferry around 6pm... all packed up, plans made, come to find out there's only 2 ferries per day, and the LAST one is at 2:30pm... I would figure if youre only going to have 2 per day, you'd have one morning, one evening... oh well...
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10-26-2009, 09:31 PM
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Welcome to OFF SEASON there Ivan... Yea tourists dry up so does ferry service.... I am assuming from the point think NL and Newport are done for year...........
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10-26-2009, 09:42 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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yeah... only pt judith... just checked and realized the high speed ferry runs til 5:30 pm... but I still wouldnt make it... 6pm I could make, 5:30 and I'd probably watch it exit the west gap from my car... I'll make it happen one more time this season, somehow, alone if I have to...
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10-26-2009, 09:44 PM
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lol Yea was gonna go other day didint make it and now its up in the air so...
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10-26-2009, 10:02 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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or worse yet, you make it onto the ferry in the nick of time, just to realize your plug bag or korkers are in the car!!! (hasnt happened, but this is the type of thing that could easily happen when it comes down to minutes and seconds...
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10-27-2009, 01:13 AM
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Plug bag for me... I dont own corkers  ... lmao |
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10-27-2009, 04:34 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Bridgewater, MA
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Heading down to a buddies RI house thurs night and fishing BI all day friday. Could be my last hoorah so hopefully it'll be memorable.
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10-27-2009, 04:42 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
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going in the am....  |
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10-27-2009, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by afterhours
going in the am.... |
Don ... is that your resched from the previous blow out? If so, enjoy. |
"It was the blackest night! There was no moon in sight! (You know the stars ain't shinnin cause the sky's too tight) "
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10-29-2009, 07:29 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
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When mentioning the ferry is "full", I'm assuming you mean cars, and not passengers, right? Last I checked, traditional ferry does not take reservations for walk ons... just cars.... Some comments are causing me to second -guess... I was planning on heading there with my bike (bicycle)
Last edited by ivanputski; 10-29-2009 at 08:09 PM..
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10-30-2009, 12:48 AM
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Yes Ivan the ferry only takes reservations for VEHICLES so by full he means you and your bike will go.. on a bright note for me I am getting to see my son this weekend and we will be on island sat to trick or treat and fish.. I have not seen him since this summer so I am very excited, and yes he fishes also so hes getting a great deal this weekend we get to spend time together he gets to see his great grandfather and gets to fish the island... Ivan if your gonna be there sat let me know
Last edited by Islander77; 10-30-2009 at 12:50 AM..
Reason: spelling
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10-30-2009, 06:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Islander77
Yes Ivan the ferry only takes reservations for VEHICLES so by full he means you and your bike will go.. on a bright note for me I am getting to see my son this weekend and we will be on island sat to trick or treat and fish.. I have not seen him since this summer so I am very excited, and yes he fishes also so hes getting a great deal this weekend we get to spend time together he gets to see his great grandfather and gets to fish the island... Ivan if your gonna be there sat let me know
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Islander77,
Halloween on the Block - can't get better than that - love the island traditions. Throw some TP on Rebecca at the Well for me.
Enjoy casting with your son.
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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10-30-2009, 10:22 AM
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Roger DZ will do... Im tempted to post this pic for you seeing as i know you mentioned my father and new him its recent also so.... ahh helll it aint striper but enjoy... and the ones who know me in person here no comment bout how much i look like my pops he is the one on the right... dads tuna.jpg
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