Crunch Time - The Fall Run

[Rob Rockcrawler]

I love the feeling as i pull into a parking spot and the race to put on the waders and everything else begins. It might take 5 minutes but it feels like eternity. Then the walk to the suds, feet are moving faster than my brain, how did a rock that big roll . Finally get to the water, knowing exactly where im going to cast my favorite fall time plug, a dozen twitches of the rod brings the plug infront of that rock, my rock the water boils. fish on... Bend down to grab the leader and the wave crashes soaks my hair. Just in time, im in that fall run state of mind. Nothing matters besides the hunt, if the wave didnt hit i would have thought i died and went to heaven. To a good fall for all.

[NIB]

All new TV shows as the fall season begins..

[hyefisherman2]

the thing i hate about the fall run is, i cant fish it because of school!!

[mountaincaster]

its the only chance i get to fish, drive 900 miles one way , relax with my bro's, hope for hero photo-ops with a keepr,meeting ya'all up north and feeling like the stress and crap from wrk got left behind.

[tattoobob]

I love; that all the yahoo's and tourists go away, massive blue fish blitzes, and staying up all night for days at a time.

I hate weed in the water for a week after a storm. I hate sunny days

[l.i.fish.in.vt]

i love the fall fun because at the end of it i know the ski seasons starts,i hate the fall run because when it is over i won't fish till spring.

[ProfessorM]

I love that there are much less people out fishing, no restrictions on ramps you can use, and the light the angle of the sun casts this time of year is a beautiful thing.

[shadow]

I hate the cold but love the fishing it brings,I hate the F%$# up winds and the fishing it kills,I like that most the other anglers out at this time of the year at night are like me,I love that there are no bugs,I don't feel like it's coming to an end till nov. rolls around then that feeling starts to kick in and I get despret:

[hooked]

Love - no bugs
Hate - no time

[fishbones]

Best things about the fall run besides the chance at some great fish are:
1. Having your "spots" to yourself.
2. Starting out in the morning being able to see your breath, then taking off layers of clothes as it warms to the perfect fishing temp.
3. Spending a Sunday morning out fishing, going home and taking a short nap, then waking up to watch football all day.

[RIJIMMY]

I've learned a lot from folks on this site but sometimes I think I fish in a opposite universe than most people out here. Fishing mostly at night, from May - September, most of my spots are empty, come October there are crowds! I think there are more people fishing in the fall than any other time of the year. A few examples - I fish a "hole" in RI where there is plenty of public parking, come the fall, there are times I cannot even get in the lot. At some breachways, I've seen yahoos in jeans, mid-November, ice and snow on the ground, standing in the water casting! I never ran into anything like this all year, even in 80 degree weather!

So fall to me, means crowds!
I like the crisp air, not sweating while walking a mile to a spot, the ice on my eels lasts longer.

[Mr. Sandman]

I love it all, it makes you get that "its great to be alive" feeling, everyday.

the only drawbacks are:
the headaches I get from sleep deprivation
The pressure that it puts on the wife and family

The withdrawal that comes when it is really over and I need to get back to work and catch up on all that was put on hold.

For me it is over when the last scallop goes into the icy bucket

Fall is the best.

[Adam_777]

Already the War is raging with the other half and I just barely begun!

[macojoe]

The crisp fresh mornings, empty boat ramps, Just the great outdoors curzing the sound wind in my hair (what I got left) I just love being on the water!

I hate that are summers are way to short!! I hate that after Oct we have 7 months of nothing!!

[Mr. Sandman]

Originally Posted by Adam_777

Already the War is raging with the other half and I just barely begun!

Look, this is gonna happen. Here is what you do. Give your wife a couple crisp $100 bills, kiss her, and tell her to treat herself to something nice, then tell her this will all be over in November and we will do something she wants to do then. She will stop giving you the evil eye when the tide is right and your headed out the door each night.

[CANAL RAT]

i love the clear crisp nights and the frosty mornings with some good sized surf to make them perfect. i love october because the leaves are changing color, the bass are feeding and hunting season starts in october.... time for venison stew and baked striper all in the same day. the bugs are gone ,most of the yahoos are gone too.