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05-07-2014, 04:23 PM
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Formerly the_shocker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: ricca
Posts: 730
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North Shore Guys
Is anyone catching yet from shore? I'm starting to get itchy and waiting for the water to warm up may take til June.  |
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05-07-2014, 07:39 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Birds were busy in Marblehead harbor as I came across causeway after work at 7:30pm tonight. Couldn't make out what they were on, but is a good sign it is finally starting to turn. No local reports to pass along.
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05-08-2014, 09:16 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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haven't heard anything - I usually start mother's day weekend every year, but life is going to postpone me until the following week, which may be when things start to get going here anyway
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05-08-2014, 09:24 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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Haven't been out yet....haven't heard anything from the usual suspects around here either as to anything happening yet.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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05-08-2014, 10:12 AM
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Not Jack
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Other Cape
Posts: 1,239
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I've seen some effort, but haven't heard of catches.
The bite in RI was great a couple of weeks ago, though. They are en route
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05-08-2014, 10:51 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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it's 11:45AM ...just came back from watching 3 fly fishermen fishing the Annisquam behind Nichols Candy off of rt.128....watched for 1/2 hr., no fish being caught on out going tide.....  |
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05-08-2014, 12:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Gloucester
Posts: 33
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Heard today from a lobster guy that the Macs are thick outside the harbor?
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05-08-2014, 01:08 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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I've been hearing reports of macks being around as well.. sounds like the bass just haven't found them yet! can't wait to liveline! Just got a fancy new livewell for the kayak!  |
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05-08-2014, 09:03 PM
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Work hard. Fish harder.
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 764
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockport24
I've been hearing reports of macks being around as well.. sounds like the bass just haven't found them yet! can't wait to liveline! Just got a fancy new livewell for the kayak! |
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05-09-2014, 07:24 AM
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Is it May yet?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Gloucester Ma
Posts: 1,238
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Lots of feed in and around the harbor here. This weekends forecast should warm things up just enough to start the season rolling.
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"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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05-09-2014, 09:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Beverly
Posts: 513
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Thanks for the update fellas. I'm back on the North Shore now (bought a house) hoping to pick up where I left off a few years back.
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"You should have been here yesterday"
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05-10-2014, 06:43 AM
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Formerly the_shocker
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: ricca
Posts: 730
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thanks guys. maybe it will turn up in a week or two when the water hits 50. i think its at 46/47 now.
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05-10-2014, 07:45 AM
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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 JackK
I've seen some effort, but haven't heard of catches.
The bite in RI was great a couple of weeks ago, though. They are en route
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Jack, maybe I'm crazy but the bite, as far as I know, has sucked in RI. Few schoolies in Wickford, West Wall and EG Bay but nothing to get hot and bothered about.
I have been from Warwick Cove to Omega Dam in Seekonk, to Potters Cove on Prudence and Bristol Harbor and, although we found pogies, we haven't found any decent bass yet.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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05-10-2014, 08:07 AM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
Posts: 669
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seen a few pics of friends catching in Boston Harbor, nothing crazy, but a few keepers w/lice. Gonna head out in the next few nights to reacquaint myself with my gear and check out a few haunts to see what the winter did to them.
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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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05-10-2014, 03:54 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: north shore
Posts: 624
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...i will start in earnest next week...
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05-10-2014, 11:38 PM
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Not Jack
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Other Cape
Posts: 1,239
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Quote:
Originally Posted by piemma
Jack, maybe I'm crazy but the bite, as far as I know, has sucked in RI. Few schoolies in Wickford, West Wall and EG Bay but nothing to get hot and bothered about.
I have been from Warwick Cove to Omega Dam in Seekonk, to Potters Cove on Prudence and Bristol Harbor and, although we found pogies, we haven't found any decent bass yet.
Sorry to disagree
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Sorry for the confusion Paul. I meant the schoolie bite. I was down there for one evening, my buddy got a dozen or so in an hour and a half and I caught one (with around half a dozen dropped! Argh!). Qualified as a great bite for me after a long winter!! I have no idea what the action is like on fish of decent size. |
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05-11-2014, 03:17 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Not a problem Jack. Just didn't want a bunch of guys driving down and finding nothing. I'm headed out now. I'll post a report later today.
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No boat, back in the suds.
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05-11-2014, 09:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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report from a few commercial guys say no mac's around gloucester at this time
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05-11-2014, 10:58 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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When I can see the clouds of pollen blowing by like today, it is a good bet the season is ready to open. Pine trees are really unloading.... Plan is to uncover the boat this week. Rebuild tilt motor seals and new sending gauge in fuel tank.
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05-12-2014, 11:16 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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saw a positive report this morning - Let's hope this warm weather is going to get things going - I'll head out for the first time this weekend.
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05-13-2014, 06:40 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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Mac's have been reported outside the Gloucester breakwater.....small stripers being taken in the Annisquam River...what a difference a day makes
Last edited by Fly Rod; 05-13-2014 at 07:56 AM..
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05-13-2014, 07:33 AM
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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 Fly Rod
Mac's have been reported outside the Gloucester breakwater.....small stripers being taken in the Annisquam River...what a difference a day makes
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And so it begins....
Tight lines to all, let's hope for a productive season-
Catch & Release!
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"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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05-13-2014, 09:18 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! I love this time of year...
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05-13-2014, 04:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: guilford CT
Posts: 858
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockport24
I've been hearing reports of macks being around as well.. sounds like the bass just haven't found them yet! can't wait to liveline! Just got a fancy new livewell for the kayak! |
the "macks are just outside the....________"(fill in the blank) has been around for years. I'm waiting for that fabled school to actually show up someday  |
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05-14-2014, 09:59 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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Maybe - but I know Fly Rod is in that area
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05-14-2014, 01:00 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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That "fabled" school shows up in our neck of the woods every year
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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05-14-2014, 01:49 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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oh yeah just noticed you are in CT - you guys get pogies, we get macks..
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05-14-2014, 03:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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for the past several years Mac's have been here for most of the summer....problem is to be successful most of the time U need a boat.... normally around here, "Mother's Day is Striper Day." ...now we just need to find the cows....check the farm lands, they may be grazing.LOL |
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05-14-2014, 04:53 PM
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Annisquam Assassin
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Peabody, MA
Posts: 669
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I was up in Gloucester wetting a line last night. Tons of bait in the water, lots of macs....no stripers.  |
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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05-15-2014, 07:27 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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coffee shop talk this morning...very avid striper fisherman fishing from boat has been catching small stripers.
Always best around here to get Mac's at first light and troll till ya get a hit if any at all in 15 feet of water...stop and fish if ya get a cow...MOO!... |
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