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03-22-2007, 07:03 PM
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Is it May yet?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Gloucester Ma
Posts: 1,238
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Sand Eels
Wow. I took a ride with girlfriend at about 6PM to try to catch a sunset along the water. Well, the clouds killed the sunset but when we stopped over at Niles Beach there were birds.... a whole lot of birds working the shoreline from the beach all the way out to Eastern Point. For those of you who don't know the area, thats about a two mile stretch of water that looked like a typical fall blitz. We walked onto the beach to investigate. The birds were dive-bombing in less than two feet of water. When we got close enough we noticed what they were attacking. Sand Eels! There was a massive school of them being slurped up by the gulls. There did not appear to be anything else eating the eels but I have never seen a big mass of them so close to shore. I hafta wonder what caused them to be where they were. Anyway, it was a rush that made me want it to be June in a hurry. Snapped a couple pics as I approached the shore but then my camera battery died  I'll post them if they depict the scene well.
Is this unusual or no? I thought the eels stayed offshore...? |
"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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03-22-2007, 08:10 PM
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DDG-51
Join Date: Mar 2002
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ahhhh signs of life, if not eels they might be smelt.
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03-22-2007, 08:43 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Ahh, what a romantic evening, you, the girl, and a sand eel blitz. Could it get any better?
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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03-22-2007, 08:44 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Saw this at RP last Easter. Whales grubbing the bottom in skinny water for BIG sandeels. Thought that it was a sign of a banner season. Didn't happen.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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03-22-2007, 08:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,650
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Sand Eels don't mind the cold water...they're the first to come and the last to leave...
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03-22-2007, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Playin' in the Dark
Posts: 2,407
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probably some cod to be caught there right now if the baits still around.
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"Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker" - Van Helsing
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03-22-2007, 09:43 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Saw the same thing today in Salem on the way home....birds going crazy on something.....didn't have time to check it out though.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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03-22-2007, 09:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
Posts: 3,228
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishsmith
ahhhh signs of life, if not eels they might be smelt.
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I would have guessed smelt also. |
The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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03-22-2007, 10:10 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
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This is what I would throw if the eels were around,,,,,
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03-23-2007, 05:37 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 BigBo
I would have guessed smelt also.
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They were defineately eels. I was watching the gulls slurp them up like a kid with a strand of spaghetti. |
"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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03-23-2007, 07:46 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Corona Del Mar, CA
Posts: 794
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GattaFish
This is what I would throw if the eels were around,,,,,
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GattaFish! Where did you get those and where can i get some? Those look great! PM me if you don't mind...
THanks! |
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03-23-2007, 08:00 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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Wow!! I have never seen any sand eels up our way Spinn, that is cool. I was very close to taking a ride to the beach on my way home from work yesterday too, looks like I should have.
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03-23-2007, 08:22 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
Wow!! I have never seen any sand eels up our way Spinn, that is cool. I was very close to taking a ride to the beach on my way home from work yesterday too, looks like I should have.
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Yeah it kinda surprised me as well. I know that last season the Whales/Tuna were feeding heavily on the just a coupla miles offshore. Part of me really wants to try to catch cod off the B-water today. Took a ride by the beach this morning b4 work and the birds were present but not diving... |
"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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03-23-2007, 08:30 AM
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Sand pounder
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Mattapoisett MA./ Noyack, NY
Posts: 420
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Dog Bar
If they were sand eels head over to dog bar with some mackeral rigs . you might get lucky . It is almost time.
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03-23-2007, 10:42 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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give it a try Spinn! that would be amazing if you caught some cod!
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03-23-2007, 07:00 PM
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viva the plug-o-lution
Join Date: May 2002
Location: notsob
Posts: 3,476
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nice!
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live to fish. fish to live. rod tips high.
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