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11-13-2009, 05:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,574
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Purple Flag Blues - Live from Block Island
The gangs all still here on Block. Fishing has been somewhat a slow pick with a few good nights thrown into the mix. Bass into the mid twenties on needles. 6 inch sand eels in the rockweed. Darter Al, Zeke Redfin, Denny Needlefish, Tagger and Tattoo Bob have all taken a few decent fish. The dreaded purple flag (which means no ferries running) has been up for the past two days and all indications look like Saturday will be the same and we'll be stuck here for an extra day. Were making the best of a windy situation but being on Block during a storm allows one to see just how awesome the seas can be. Gannets diving on bait, bucks chasing does during the midwatch, the wind whistling through the wires. Fishing hard knowing the next cast may be our last.
Soon we'll be back and we'll have vivid memories of casts gone by.
DZ
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DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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11-13-2009, 05:27 PM
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Great White Scup Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In the Corner...
Posts: 2,251
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No blues about it,,,, hmmmm,, sounds familiar,,, oh do I wish I was out there,,,,,
Last edited by GattaFish; 11-13-2009 at 07:32 PM..
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11-13-2009, 05:39 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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If he stayed low, Eddy might be able to get out to the end of that far jetty.
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11-13-2009, 06:50 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 8,718
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Have fun Dennis,I met Zeke at the gas station last weekend and he spoke of eels,not redfins.
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PRO CHOICE REPUBLICAN
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11-14-2009, 04:06 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 397
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Quote:
Originally Posted by numbskull
If he stayed low, Eddy might be able to get out to the end of that far jetty.
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Thats not a jetty lmao its Old Harbor break wall..... Thats were the "green light" is... any how you say potato i say potatoe... lol DZ I would much rather be there right now then in VA Beach so.... Good luck guys and stay safe... |
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11-14-2009, 04:35 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Oh boy do I remember a couple of "purple flag" November trips. Great place to be stranded in a storm. Back in my drinking days I would have a 5th of Markers Mark and a carton of Merit 100s. Drink all day and fish all night. Sleep just enough to get sober.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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11-14-2009, 07:10 AM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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hey dennis, thanks for dinner! that zeke- what a shy guy, does he ever speak  say hi to the guys for me. wish you all large! |
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11-14-2009, 10:33 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
Posts: 3,127
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There are a lot worse places to be stranded thats for sure.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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11-14-2009, 01:40 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
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I use to live for that %$%$%$%$. Heave a big plug out there and hang on. 
I haven't seen a 6" sand eel in a while. |
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11-15-2009, 11:09 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,397
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Hey, Dennis - I got my report from Uncle Zeke the other night via wireless phone... 
Glad to hear you all got into fish - all I could think of during this nor'easter was '99 when we were all there on BI during the Perfect Storm... 
Yup, you want whitewater, the Island will give it to ya...and the wind she blows... 
See ya back on the big island for the play by play over a bloooberry or two...  |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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11-15-2009, 12:53 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Vineyard Haven
Posts: 413
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I could think of a lot worse places to be "stuck". Hope you guys have a good supply of provisions.  |
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