So? How Is Your Fall Shaping Up?

[BigFish]

I try to put in more time this time of the year as we all do! Its time for me to freeze enough striper so I can make my famous "Striper Chowdah" 4 or 5 times over the winter! Nothing like it on a cold, snowy winters day! Anyway....how are you finding the fishing is my question? My own experience tells me its just heating up...the next few weeks should be good! I do remember all the disappointed souls who fish the canal last Fall it seemed like the fish took the long way home around the Cape? Seems same this year?? September is over and they have not shown in great, epic numbers? I hope that changes soon.......so how are you folks doing?

[Sea of Atlas]

It has been a slow and dissapointing fall up here in Maine. Haven't seen any large in quite a few weeks. Hoping for one more push of fish as some years it's decent in early October.
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[redlite]

Hard to find but the once or twice a week that i get out away from the kiddos has been pretty epic.......so far.....hopefully only gonna get better. Still a week left of good tides and hopefully crowds will thin out during week
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[numbskull]

I've been lazy and mostly boat fished which has been decent.

[Back Beach]

This will be the week we remember fondly when sitting around the hot stove this winter. I can just feel it in my nuggets.
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[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

This will be the week we remember fondly when sitting around the hot stove this winter. I can just feel it in my nuggets.
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You're married and have kids. Your nuggets should have fallen off by now. That's probably what you're feeling.

[Sea Dangles]

My nuggets liked last week.

[chefchris401]

If the last two weeks are any sign of the fall run it's going to be great.

Lots of bait around, spearing, mullet and even some big pogies.

Day time blitzes for the after work bite.

Toughest part is choosing when to go. The false dawn into daybreak is getting real good while the late night bite is slowing down.

Hoping it continues to built and I'm fishing in Soco til mid/late December like in 2011
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[ProfessorM]

If it wasn't for numbskull my fishing would be mediocre at best so far. Hopefully this upcoming week will reverse that.
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[Slipknot]

I'll let you know how it's going if I catch a fish this fall. So far 3 trips, 3 skunks. But I did catch fish in the summer.
I hope things turn around for me this week, if not, I'll have to try different places.

[Zeno]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

I'll let you know how it's going if I catch a fish this fall. So far 3 trips, 3 skunks. But I did catch fish in the summer.
I hope things turn around for me this week, if not, I'll have to try different places.

Slip..don't bother coming by me. Never seen anything like it

[ProfessorM]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

I'll let you know how it's going if I catch a fish this fall. So far 3 trips, 3 skunks. But I did catch fish in the summer.
I hope things turn around for me this week, if not, I'll have to try different places.

hopefully I will be calling you this upcoming week to tell you it's on.

[nightfighter]

Nothing from the shore at dusk worth mentioning for weeks. But have only been at dusk to about 8:30 or 9pm. Boat has been poor for past five weeks, but has just begun to pick up last weekend and yesterday. Live macks. Have to chunk/chum if macks are too big to get them eating. I put the boat really tight to the rocks, and the swell and surge lately has put me close a few times. But that is where they are. Had my second largest fish of the season yesterday that I couldn't revive... Besides two small lobsters, it had a stone in its gut about 1.75 inches around! Someone once told me they will eat stones to help keep themselves lower in the water column. Any thoughts on that? Cod have shown up inshore. Got eight keepers today. Was a little dicey getting out to the Ledge in that fog this morning though....
Lobster guys are still getting eggers, so I think everything is late this year.

[RickBomba]

I was out near you today, Ross. Sloooooow going there until about 10 AM.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by ProfessorM

hopefully I will be calling you this upcoming week to tell you it's on.

you know I don't want to know after the fact , I'll be fishing by tomorrow night or wed. AM hopefully


Z, sorry it's so bad down your way, I hope some fish swim by soon for you. We have had some pushes of fish go thru already but nothing like the past. I just hope this fall is not like last fall

[DZ]

Up until Friday night pretty slow for larger fish - but 30 minutes doesn't make the Fall. Just small bass otherwise, very few bluefish.
DZ

[Zeno]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

you know I don't want to know after the fact , I'll be fishing by tomorrow night or wed. AM hopefully


Z, sorry it's so bad down your way, I hope some fish swim by soon for you. We have had some pushes of fish go thru already but nothing like the past. I just hope this fall is not like last fall

Slip..i trade my left nut for the last fall right now, as awful as it was
I'd say I am getting skunked about 80% of time in September, regardless if I try back bays, Montauk or up front
yup, that bad

[N.ShoreFisher]

crappy, I only have the time to fish at night, and so far no fish in the past few weeks. I also hate the cold, so it's been harder to justify not staying in the basement and getting things ready for an all out plug war this winter with my lathe!

[blondterror]

fished hard the past 3 days on the vineyard ... both yak daytime fishing and surfcasting at night. Decent Albie blitzs off Edgartown lighthouse every morning ... went 1 landed for 3 hookups on friday morning off the yak. Skunked off Squibby on Thursday afternoon off the yak and thursday night off Lobsterville beach. Yak fished Menemsha to Brickyard on Friday on caught. blues and 1 albie in the afternoon. walked same area at night on Friday night and found a few stripers up to 30" on lobsta darter. Yak fished sat out pof Menemsha off Gayhead and found blitzs at the point area on rainbait. A few small skiffs and me and 2-3 surfcasters had a blast for about 90 minutes catching 28-32" bass.... Plenty of blues around as well.

[5/0]

No complaints on my end...
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[Bronko]

Haven't had much time (see Backbeaches nuggets) but managed a decent one last time out.
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[brianmoc]

There has been NO NO fall run this year in Gloucester MA north or south. Ipswich bay, No fish off shore, no fish at all for the last 3 weeks ( well a few but schoolies and one or two 32" fish a day ) enjoy the fall run because the full month of September has been devoid of fish where they normally pool up for the run south... This is the saddest thing you could ever watch. The water is still 60 so maybe? but oct 18 is the late cut off point for fish in this area.

all is well!

oh? whats a bluefish? 3 all summer.

[N.ShoreFisher]

Originally Posted by brianmoc

There has been NO NO fall run this year in Gloucester MA north or south. Ipswich bay, No fish off shore, no fish at all for the last 3 weeks ( well a few but schoolies and one or two 32" fish a day ) enjoy the fall run because the full month of September has been devoid of fish where they normally pool up for the run south... This is the saddest thing you could ever watch. The water is still 60 so maybe? but oct 18 is the late cut off point for fish in this area.

all is well!

oh? whats a bluefish? 3 all summer.

Moc, you still throwing the Micah sand eel? I have one that hasn't seen any action. Just curious if it's been working this year for you?

[Back Beach]

My nuggets didn't fail me, at least for one night.

9/29 turned out to be a barnburner for my brother and I with about 25 fish beached between us and many were 20# class and up. Last two fish of the night were on a double header. My brother's fish was 49" and well built, which he put back. My guess is it was a low 40# class fish, which dwarfed the 35# or so fish I released.

Went back 5 more trips this past week but all we could find were small ones each trip. I should have just quit for the year after that night.

It's almost over....

[ivanputski]

... edited, but still meant what I said.

[FishermanTim]

it's sucked worse than any other year.

Last night at the east end was dead, I mean COMPLETELY DEAD!
My closest catch last night was catching another guys line that decided to start fishing 10 feet down current from my drift.

I still have a couple of days planned fo somefishing, and I plan on mixing it up to see which produces better:fresh or salt?

I'm just glad someone is catching something.

[goosefish]

It's been a desert. I've spent literally hours in the water the past three weeks and have seen very few bass. One decent fish at the Lighthouse before this wind set in. A lot of blackfish though. Some triggers. A few big fluke. Scup and more scup and loads of little black sea bass.

PLease don't drive and fish the Great Island Bridge. It'd be a huge waste of your time. Though some decent killifish and sticklebacks, maybe some snapper blues.

[goosefish]

Originally Posted by ivanputski

If this is a joke, your sense of humor needs to be recalibrated...

If its true and you really cant seem to "get away from the big bass", the crowds you are sending there now will certainly keep you away from them.

Great job, either way.

I apologize. I was kidding.

[onecastmike2003]

Your not the only one getting getting skunked tide after tide.
I thought I was losing my touch
Kinda scary to see just dinks coming down with out any blues too.
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[BigFish]

I HAVE NOT CAUGHT A SINGLE BLUEFISH ALL SEASON....FIRST TIME EVER!