Late Migration?? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

BigFish · 09-21-2009, 07:39 AM

Any thoughts to whether its starting late this season???

hq2 · 09-21-2009, 07:50 AM

I think it's changed by a week or two overall in the past few years; it's just later in general now. Is this global warming?

Back Beach · 09-21-2009, 08:15 AM

It's over...everybody missed it...

eastendlu · 09-21-2009, 08:19 AM

Today is the last day of summer so how could it be a fall run if its still summer?

I think they are right on schedule.

slow eddie · 09-21-2009, 08:25 AM

water temp was 65 at the narry shoreline fri. out in 50ft. of water
long way to go.

Crafty Angler · 09-21-2009, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by slow eddie

water temp was 65 at the narry shoreline fri. out in 50ft. of water
long way to go.

Took my dogs to a beach up the Sakonnet for a swim early yesterday AM and saw the first big blitz of the season about 100 yds off the shingle...

Stuck my hand in the water for a temp check and it was high 60's if not 70 up there - out front it's not much cooler, maybe a couple of degrees depending

I'm thinking we're still running a couple of weeks late on everything this year

I'm ready for big baits to show any time soon but outside of yesterday morning it still feels - and fishes - like summer mode...

Picked up a nice old school honey lami I bought from some old SoCo geezer that I'm dying to christen, too...

JohnR · 09-21-2009, 08:45 AM

I beat the water for hours last night at a place that rarely leaves me stranded short of at least sacrificing of plugs or eels to bluefish but also puts out decent bass.

Nada. Only hit I had was when I misjudged the retrieve and hit myself in the forehead with my eel.

slow eddie · 09-21-2009, 05:33 PM

i do resent being called an old geezer.
just got in from catching 6lb. blues. still in a bathing suit on the beach. waters warm still.
score card. eels 1, john r. 0. highlights at 11.

5/0 · 09-21-2009, 05:37 PM

October is the new September

BasicPatrick · 09-21-2009, 06:09 PM

I know a certain surfcaster predicted a late run and with only a week and a half left in Sept I think it was a good call.

Crafty Angler · 09-21-2009, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by slow eddie

i do resent being called an old geezer...

My apologies, amigo - definitely a case of the pot calling the kettle black, I guess...

You're only as old as you feel...and tonite I'm feeling about 90+ and pretty creaky...

Got a dozen snappin' fresh eels on the back deck - maybe I just need to get over it and stretch it out a bit at the start of the drop...

Adam_777 · 09-21-2009, 08:30 PM

Judging by the wave I took to the face the other morning in the dark on a rockpile in an UDL the water was warmer than the air by quite a bit.I couldn't believe how warm it was.I'd say a while to go but after last years early ending I'm not convinced the bass follow temps completely.There was rivers of bait last year in late Oct flowing out of the bay and toward ct without a fish under it.Could see it thick and clear as day.Time will tell ,keep your line wet as much as possible.Keep the yak loaded and ready at all times for the blitzes just out of reach.A good noreaster could flush the bays and push the herd down south faster.

BassDawg · 09-22-2009, 05:19 AM

i'm hearing you on the tardiness factor.

my big producer is at least three weeks behind,
sux for The Cup!! although i had a herd of schoolies
thru there a few days ago, i've yet to sea the BITE that makes
me pound that spot and it's usually stacked full with lahhhge by now.

so far, nada! it's definitely more like summer. and where is the surf this year outside of the two Hurricanes? ALL weekend it was like glass out there,,,,,,,,,eerily calm/dead up THE Other Cape way,,,,,,,,and there's been many optimal moon tides that have given us flat seas this year. most of the spots i haunt require 2'-4' and higher to turn ON.

am going to PA this w/e to watch my nephew play football~~~
so i'll have to check it out the following w/e. keep at it, gents!
it is still mighty EARLY, and yer fish of a Lifetime is still lurking out there!!!

piemma · 09-22-2009, 08:41 AM

Going to be late. Fished the Canal last night for a lot of exercise and no fish. heard a few pops but very, very slow.

PRBuzz · 09-22-2009, 09:02 AM

Few (striped) bass surfacing in Quick's Hole yesterday during morning high slack tide. The other bass (Black Sea) have moved back in force with numerous 12.5-18" hooked.

Back Beach · 09-22-2009, 09:16 AM

Seriously, don't sit around waiting for the migration as they may not show in the same places/same time as years past. I've been experiencing slow to no production on big fish at all of my go to spots.
Be assured big fish are being taken in good quantities in some locations both by shore and boat, just not by me.

JakeF · 09-22-2009, 09:25 AM

Guys,,, it is on full bore RIGHT NOW. Seriously. There are BIG bass plundering through, and more medium sized (20 - 30lb class) fish than you can shake a rod at. When you find them, please remember to be good stewards of the resource and practice catch & release if you don't need the meat.

I write this as I struggle to keep my eyes open at work, wishing I wasn't too sore and tired to go back out again tonight....

This one is from Friday night, and is small compared to what I experienced last night.....

Mad Hatter · 09-22-2009, 12:42 PM

Have had a tough week. Sunday we worked our tails off to find bass that would eat. Some fish around but seemed to be working shrimp hatches and did not want anything else. Wind and tide change and the blues were hitting anything that moved. Saw alot of real estate and it was a beauteous day!

Vogt · 09-22-2009, 12:58 PM

Lots of teen sized fish starting to bunch up here in western CT. Deffinately a sign of improvement.

the point · 09-22-2009, 01:14 PM

The Fall run is here. Caught a bunch of 20 and 30lb fish last night till I ran out of eels. It was a blast been a while since I pulled a fish in every cast making Big just made it better. Still on the search for that 50 though.

WESTPORTMAFIA · 09-22-2009, 01:23 PM

I think your right. I'll be tossing eels and chourico tonight. Fat girls love chourico.

the point · 09-22-2009, 01:29 PM

especially the little plump ones from Fall River.

Mad Hatter · 09-22-2009, 03:27 PM

When you run into big blues, are you less likely to be able to get stripers in the same area? I was wondering if heavy competition drives them off...

Bronko · 09-22-2009, 03:55 PM

A big slug has already moved through the ditch and around the tip. It will be wave after wave for the next few weeks until all that's left are the rats. Fish now.

JohnR · 09-22-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bronko

Fish now.

Or don't and then wonder when the migration will be in 4 weeks.

"Where is everybody? Come on, guys, we're gonna miss the migration"

the point · 09-22-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnR

Or don't and then wonder when the migration will be in 4 weeks.

"Where is everybody? Come on, guys, we're gonna miss the migration"

LOL

piemma · 09-23-2009, 04:14 AM

Busted my a$$ 4 nights straight in the Ditch for a few high teen to low 20# fish. Big fish are NOT there. I fished East to West with the tides and back the other way over the last 4 days.

Anyone who says they are hammering large in the Canal is full of it or very very lucky. I have talked to all the regs and no one is doing great. I don't count 20#ers as doing great.

JakeF · 09-23-2009, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by piemma

Big fish are NOT there.

Tip. Then don't fish there. If I lived in RI, you'd be hard pressed to get me to fish the canal with so much productive water close by. Hell,,, I live in MA and would much rather drive to RI than fish the canal most of the time.

BassDawg · 09-23-2009, 06:23 AM

soooo, lemee get this straight!

we have several people saying that the big fish at their consistently
producing big fish udl's are off/slow from the Canal to Cape Ann,

we have one guy saying he's heard of some lahhhhge being landed but he hasn't done so himself,

we have one guy saying he's landed a COW in RI, KUDOS Jake, and

we have several guys saying they are landing teeners and 20#'ers regularily in MA ~somewheres. agreed piemma, not what we're looking for or referring to.

nobody is saying, "DON'T FEESH/WAIT for the Migration!" we simply are offering an anecdotal view as to the observed "Lack of Large" in places that have typically been known to produce them by this TIME of the migration. in short, for the most of us,,,,,,,,,,it's running a bit late, for most spots,,,,,,,,,,,,

by ALL means, keep pounding the surf, and i would be hitting it HARD were it not for my nephew's big game this Fri in CoalCountry, PA. why? because ya cain't catch, iffin ya don't wet a line! AND no one knows when the big gurls will come back to their familiar spots. we can only hope, hunt, and continue chunking/eeling/plugging away into the surf laden nights.

Crafty Angler · 09-23-2009, 07:29 AM

I dunno, the boat guys at a few locations are hammering some big fish according to some intel from last nite - may be taking a boat ride with the King of Clams to check it out

Monday nite I was out til 3 and it's starting to feel like somebody finally flipped the switch - it didn't have that summer feel although both air and water temps are still high for this time of year - just waiting for bigger baits - but it was definitely more active, which is why I was keeping burglar's hours

Autopsied the fish I kept for the grill and the stomach contents were nada even thought she had that plus-size shape...

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Hey, nothing wrong with a little junk in the trunk...