Lets do some spot burning....... - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Back Beach · 12-13-2006, 11:55 AM

Burn some spots,but not in the same sense that the internet fishing heroes/geeks get all up in arms over.

Talk about some of the attributes of your favorite locations...timing, tide, wind,structure, with no more specifics than that.What makes your favorite locations your favorite locations? Could be a one time catch,the solitude, or the consisitency factor. Lets hear them, and surf only please.

For me last year it was a rocky point with shoal water on the right and a bowl on the left. Low, incoming tide with a westerly wind, water moving right to left, flowing into the bowl. Several of my best fish last year came from this location.

Karl F · 12-13-2006, 12:05 PM

a sandbar that went straight out from the beach approx 200 yards, then sharp turn to the right and extended another 100 yards, large bowl to right, and behind bar (back & towards shore), front and left of bar, fast moving water over flats, leading to estuary.. last two hours of drop, first two hours of incoming...most consistent place I had this year, nothing large, but was productive.. most of the times alone (a big plus), and a great place to be from dusk till dawn.. but the aforementioned times of tide, were the best.. held various bait, at different times of the season.. sand eels, silversides, herring fry, small macs, and bunker, were all present there over the course of the season.

Sluggoslinger · 12-13-2006, 12:06 PM

Mid July an hr after low drifting north and it is on. Hardly anyone around because a couple miles up you have about 100 boats on one rip packed tight on top of spooked fish. With fresh bait it is the closest thing to a fish guarentee you can get...

bart · 12-13-2006, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

Burn some spots,but not in the same sense that the internet fishing heroes/geeks get all up in arms over.

Talk about some of the attributes of your favorite locations...timing, tide, wind,structure, with no more specifics than that.What makes your favorite locations your favorite locations? Could be a one time catch,the solitude, or the consisitency factor. Lets hear them, and surf only please.

For me last year it was a rocky point with shoal water on the right and a bowl on the left. Low, incoming tide with a westerly wind, water moving right to left, flowing into the bowl. Several of my best fish last year came from this location.

for 50 bucks and a MAC danny i'll give this spot up

spinncognito · 12-13-2006, 12:21 PM

Further supporting the old adage, "It's not WHAT you know but WHO you know", I gained some sweet private access to a rocky point on the N. Shore this past season. This place had everything you could possibly want in a spot. Very steep drop-offs from the rocks (not quite Australian) but I'd say 30-40ft of water at your feet, rock Islands withing casting distance, monster swells on some nights and flat calm on other and plenty of baitfish. Learned it this past season while not getting too many large but this next season... Watch Out!

bart · 12-13-2006, 12:23 PM

i have 2 favorite spots:

one is an outflow in SoCo that is always consistent; sometimes packed, sometimes barren, but always productive. slack low, light SW winds are my favorite conditions...

second one is a cove (no not the one you're thinking of Nebe) that at low water a prominent rock shows in the middle. right in front of this rock is a deep hole that the fish stack up in on a SW breeze. chef and i, well really chef, had a good run of fish here a couple years ago. but i mostly like this spot for the solitude...

cheferson · 12-13-2006, 12:32 PM

Back Beach · 12-13-2006, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bart

chef and i, well really chef, had a good run of fish here a couple years ago. but i mostly like this spot for the solitude...

If anyone wants to know where, just shoot me a pm. No plugs or money needed.

cheferson · 12-13-2006, 01:15 PM

Public parking, access and no one else there

RIJIMMY · 12-13-2006, 01:19 PM

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Public parking, access and no one else there

Those are the best qualities of any spot !!

Sluggoslinger · 12-13-2006, 01:36 PM

Docks by the boston harbor hotel... good luck getting in there with your rod though!

Krispy · 12-13-2006, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cheferson

Public parking, access and no one else there

Ooh ooh, I know where, I know where!!
This is fun

fishpoopoo · 12-13-2006, 02:21 PM

http://www.neaq.org/index.flash4.html

bart · 12-13-2006, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Krispy

Ooh ooh, I know where, I know where!!
This is fun

krispy, i believe one of your favorite spots falls under those categories as well if not mistaken

Krispy · 12-13-2006, 02:44 PM

Same place??

fishsmith · 12-13-2006, 02:46 PM

Early May with mackeral, I like snipping a bit off their tail, then i get in nice an tight to shore on an outgoing tide and get pulled out to the channel, if I make to the channel before the reel screams, I'll start over and do it again.

Canalman · 12-13-2006, 02:52 PM

Uhhhh... nah it's just too sacred

Back Beach · 12-13-2006, 03:24 PM

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Uhhhh... nah it's just too sacred

Puke it.....just a tidbit.....nobody cares.

capesams · 12-13-2006, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Karl F

a sandbar that went straight out from the beach approx 200 yards, then sharp turn to the right and extended another 100 yards, large bowl to right, and behind bar (back & towards shore), front and left of bar, fast moving water over flats, leading to estuary.. last two hours of drop, first two hours of incoming...most consistent place I had this year, nothing large, but was productive.. most of the times alone (a big plus), and a great place to be from dusk till dawn.. but the aforementioned times of tide, were the best.. held various bait, at different times of the season.. sand eels, silversides, herring fry, small macs, and bunker, were all present there over the course of the season.

Jr. flew over that spot this summer..got some nice pic's of that SPOT

You want to see those pic's?I can post them up if ya want.

Tagger · 12-13-2006, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

For me last year it was a rocky point with shoal water on the right and a bowl on the left. Low, incoming tide with a westerly wind, water moving right to left, flowing into the bowl. Several of my best fish last year came from this location.

I bet you I fish that ... sounds very familar ...
I fish another rocky point too ,,, Inlet to the left... Channel out in front .. Thats where I catch my largest "Rock Fish" ...

Karl F · 12-13-2006, 04:02 PM

Fire Away CS.. it shapes up different every year out there.. as U know

..could be a toilet bowl next year.
I bet it looks Real Juicy from above

.. I know when I first saw it, at dead low, early this year.. from shore.. I was justabout overcome...

capesams · 12-13-2006, 04:19 PM

nnaaa! wouldn't do to ya,,But you can zoom in to any spot in the pic..4 people sitting in chairs on the beach..zoom in and you see what beer their drinking...talk about an eye in the sky...nothing is safe.

Canalman · 12-13-2006, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

Puke it.....just a tidbit.....nobody cares.

A tidbit.... it has rocks

Sluggoslinger · 12-13-2006, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Karl F

Fire Away CS.. it shapes up different every year out there.. as U know

..could be a toilet bowl next year.
I bet it looks Real Juicy from above

.. I know when I first saw it, at dead low, early this year.. from shore.. I was justabout overcome...

Oh I think I know where this one is

Nebe · 12-13-2006, 08:18 PM

ahh one of my favorites is one of south county's jetties. throw out some rubber and hang on.. any tide- any time. too easy

Bass tend to hang along the rocks to casts that are almost paralell to the jetty work better. a long straight cast is not good.

FittyPoundah · 12-13-2006, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

...Talk about some of the attributes of your favorite locations...timing, tide, wind,structure, with no more specifics than that.What makes your favorite locations your favorite locations?...

Just being out with my dad, preferably an all day fishing expedition: sand eels in the AM (enough to stock a few zip-locks), coffee on the tailgate as we wait for the tide, hit a bunch of spots to the North and East for the rest of the day, eating in the truck as we travel, and watching the sun set to the left as the backside surf comes in a little too close for comfort.

But my favorite times to fish during that period is from dead low while it's coming in, a couple bait rods awaiting big, spikes emerged in the incoming tide, while we cast the plugs knee deep in the foam, occasionally checking back to see if the lines are tight on the bait rods or to ensure the rod hasn't fallen over due to the weakening sand of the under toe. Hopefully we are in a little hole that will clearly be seen at high tide. Hopefully, the few other anglers have taken off to eat dinner. Hopefully, we are catching fish. But it doesn't matter, just being out there is good enough for me. Then we stay until it starts to drop again. Is it April yet?

Finaddict · 12-13-2006, 11:12 PM

Three spots worth burning ...

... the first is a boat spot, one of my favorites ... island, west side on an incomming with light north wind, no wind or light south wind is my favorite, or a light east wind ... too much wind makes this side of this spot tough to drift ... surprisingly, the current always flows west no matter what tide, it's somewhat of a whirpool and I always nail fish here, especially on metal lips ... it's heaven ... the east side of the island is good on an outgoing, completely different story and game plan, no metal lips here, rather pencils big and noisy awesome ...

... the second fish is a rock pile that has a couple of good holes off of it, also during the season sand bars develop just outside of the rock zone creating channels for the fish to hang and always has a great current and I've done very well here over the past several years ... beautiful ... fishy and fun ...

... this little bend in a river/estuary that has a good drop off but the fish like to hang along the edge of the drop off and are very receptive to soft plastic jigs fished along the bottom ... as well as a similar spot where the fish hold along the edge and are suckers for a well placed pencil ... the first in this little blurb is from shore and the second is from boat ... two different areas, but similar features especially the productivity.

RIROCKHOUND · 12-14-2006, 07:35 AM

Bedrock shoreline
1hr before till 1.5hrs after high
Spring tide
NW wind on the backside of a cold front

tynan19 · 12-14-2006, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

If anyone wants to know where, just shoot me a pm. No plugs or money needed.

How many did you get?

Sluggoslinger · 12-14-2006, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Karl F

a sandbar that went straight out from the beach approx 200 yards, then sharp turn to the right and extended another 100 yards, large bowl to right, and behind bar (back & towards shore), front and left of bar, fast moving water over flats, leading to estuary.. last two hours of drop, first two hours of incoming...most consistent place I had this year, nothing large, but was productive.. most of the times alone (a big plus), and a great place to be from dusk till dawn.. but the aforementioned times of tide, were the best.. held various bait, at different times of the season.. sand eels, silversides, herring fry, small macs, and bunker, were all present there over the course of the season.

What about the seal problem if you head south from there? Did they get up to your spot much?