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03-09-2007, 06:39 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Countdown Keepers
When do the first keepers not holding over come to your neck of the woods?
2nd / 3rd weekend of April seems to bring the first sprinkle of keeper length bass, just how much is not holdover can be debated 
So when do you see them? |
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03-09-2007, 06:53 AM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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April 22 will be my first keeper with sea lice...
With projected SEVENTY degree temps next week tho it's anyone's guess now.
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03-09-2007, 07:07 AM
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Is it May yet?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Gloucester Ma
Posts: 1,238
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Up here on the N. Shore of Ma. it will be very late in May before any sizeable fish show. Usually do not see my first keeper until the first few daze of June.
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"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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03-09-2007, 07:52 AM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 4,516
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2nd week of April in my hole in CT.
End of the third week in April they'll be right in my backyard. I'm psyched because I just got a new job. Not only is my new job less than 5 minutes away from where I like to fish, but I start at 8:00 instead of 7:15. I figure this gives me close to an hour more fishing every morning!  |
seals + plovers = 
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03-09-2007, 07:59 AM
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Certified curmudgeon
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Westport, MA
Posts: 125
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I am planning to take the cover off my boat in the first week of April and start fishing by mid April. Should be some fish showing by then. I hope! 
Al |
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03-09-2007, 09:06 AM
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Wishin' for fishin'
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Brockton
Posts: 1,651
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earliest I ever caught a 30" fish out of the canal was May 5
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03-09-2007, 09:45 AM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spinncognito
Up here on the N. Shore of Ma. it will be very late in May before any sizeable fish show. Usually do not see my first keeper until the first few daze of June.
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aww spin your killing me.
i start looking mid april
boat gets wet april 1 even if just for a ride. |
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03-09-2007, 09:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Corona Del Mar, CA
Posts: 794
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I'm hoping for my first keeper in mid to late may, maybe sooner if I can get out enough. June should be really good at one spot but it also depends on fresh bait and me having enough time.
My first day of heavy schoolie action last year was 5/6/06 and we had them on every cast until we decided we'd had our fun. That area has changed, it could be better, it could be worse so we'll see...
Its so close I can taste it.
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03-09-2007, 10:09 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrHunters
aww spin your killing me.
i start looking mid april
boat gets wet april 1 even if just for a ride.
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sorry Hunters, I gots to agree with Spinn. Last week of May seems to be when they show up around here. |
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03-09-2007, 10:14 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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Yep, Last week of May seems to be it for us.
Thats why God gave us Automobiles....I'll be hitting some more southern waters in Early May
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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03-09-2007, 10:20 AM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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1st step denial  |
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03-09-2007, 11:18 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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do I hear North Shore guy road trip?
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03-09-2007, 11:43 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 Rockport24
do I hear North Shore guy road trip?
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I'm in..... |
"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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03-09-2007, 11:46 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: marshfield,ma
Posts: 833
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May 1st for my area, but being at school I am hoping I will have a shot at fish 3rd week in april. Gotta keep optimistic
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03-09-2007, 12:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Southern Maine
Posts: 178
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Fish w/ lice by first week of May up here. Big fish w/lice very soon after.
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03-09-2007, 12:09 PM
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See you at the beach.
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Vero Beach FL. Bradford, RI.
Posts: 3,780
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This year, I am not sure there is still some floating ice on the sound here in New Haven CT, water temp is still only in the mid 30's.Next week should warm it up a bit but middle of April is my guess. With all the rivers near here it's hard to tell which are holdovers and which are not.
Last edited by westhavendave; 03-09-2007 at 12:14 PM..
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03-09-2007, 12:13 PM
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Calling Jon The Fisherman
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The Sack Of Mass
Posts: 2,357
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April 19-22 in the last 4 years like clockwork
Just checked the log it was not 14-17 like I thought  it was 19-22
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03-09-2007, 12:13 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,158
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striprman
earliest I ever caught a 30" fish out of the canal was May 5
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Yup. Every year you hear "rumors" of keepers in late April from the Canal, but the earliest I ever saw one with my own two eyes was right about then. Mother's Day weekend is usually a good bet to hang the first decent fish.
Last year, the first trickle of herring didn't hit the Run until very late in April--well after Patriots' Day  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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03-09-2007, 12:22 PM
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Where'd he go?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhody
Posts: 849
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Keepers that aren't holdovers, I would say say 1st to 2nd week in May
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03-09-2007, 01:50 PM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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are holdovers less hungry?
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03-09-2007, 01:54 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 4,716
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1st week in may thats if I can stop myself..Tog 3rd week april
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03-09-2007, 02:36 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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Quote:
Originally Posted by MrHunters
are holdovers less hungry?
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who knows... but they just don't count as "fresh fish" meaning they didn't migrate |
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03-09-2007, 02:47 PM
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Calling Jon The Fisherman
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The Sack Of Mass
Posts: 2,357
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Quote:
Originally Posted by In The Surf
Keepers that aren't holdovers, I would say say 1st to 2nd week in May
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That raises an interesting question....
Does sea lice always mean "new arrival"?
Many of the "keepers" I have taken in that span have had lice all over them... weird. 
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03-09-2007, 08:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: weymouth
Posts: 1,360
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I have never caught a bass earlier than May 1
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thats why they call it fishing not catching
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03-09-2007, 11:01 PM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 4,516
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Hers's one from 4-14-06. A shade over 20#. notice no leaves in the trees.
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seals + plovers =
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03-09-2007, 11:08 PM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 4,516
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Here's the fish after the ride home. Looks a bit different after sitting on ice without the extended arm pose. A shade over 20# even though this pic doesn't seem to do it that justice. It started raining on the way home, so I was able to slap the date right on the window. That was the first day of my April vacation week. I slammed nice fish that whole week and even caught more then a few 15#s on my last day of vacation in Western MA! It was a tad warmer this time of year last year however.
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03-09-2007, 11:16 PM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 4,516
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Here are a few of the western MA fish from the end of that week. Notice the sea lice. I kept only 3 fish that week and your seein em. One for me and mine, one for my parents, and one that was supposed to be for my grandparents but went to my neighbor.
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seals + plovers =
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03-09-2007, 11:22 PM
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My brother is bald
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Parts Unknown
Posts: 4,516
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Another Spring peeper from April 05. This one went 25#. Figured I just post some old pics to start getting people fired up.
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seals + plovers =
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03-10-2007, 07:48 AM
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What was that!?!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: East Kingston, NH
Posts: 3,108
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that is one bloated belly
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03-10-2007, 07:57 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Newburyport
Posts: 119
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Historically I have been able to keep a 28" fish by the second week in May fishing off of Plum Island.
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