Rhody Fall Run

[Rob Rockcrawler]

This has by far been the worst fall i have fished. Not so much as a sniff this weekend. And didnt see any bait either. Im sure i was in the wrong place but this time last year i was hooking up really well. Next day off im in the woods.

[JFigliuolo]

it's been real slow for me.

[Squibby17]

Sat-night I hit four spots on the upper cape. No hits, No Bumps no-nothing

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler

Im sure i was in the wrong place but this time last year i was hooking up really well.

I don't think you were in the wrong place, there just really have not been consistent amounts of fish anywhere to be caught in the "usual places". Sure at any given time there are fish somewhere & someone will catch some & we'll hear someone say the fishing is good - but in a general sense this Fall has lacked the consistency & amounts of fish pushing through as past years - at least that's been my experience this fall and is what I've heard from lots of knowledgeable guys.

I still think a combination of the warm September & the giant storm we called October, 2005 kept the bait and the bass offshore as they headed south.

[chris L]

I fished multiple places in south county and a couple in Ct . 1 small hit is all I could muster . Im not done yet still a month left on the calender .

[Mr. Sandman]

I don't care what the "scientists say" there may be (according to them) 14X as many SB around now then in 1982 but all I know is that I caught a load of bass back then, it was outragous, both in quanity and quality, nothing has compared to that since then. (I released most back then as well) Until that kind of fishing returns, in my view there has been no recovery. Looking at the results from your BI weekend are so sad. When there were 14X fewer fish around, you could catch several 30s' before dark on a regular basis. Fishing after dark yielded some monsters and just not one or two fish either. And it was not just BI and montauk, it was MV, Nantucket, and the cape had these fish.

IMO the counting method is so stone-age it is not known how many fish are actualy killed. But regardless who is killing what, both comm and bycatch kills should be the first thing to stop. The rec kill can be controlled too thru limits but lets stop all comm and bycatch killing and see where that gets us. These make no contribution to the fishery or economy.

I don't belong to sf but support the gamefish status bigtime. I think that you guys that don't support it are paranoid that it will lead to some Nazi like fishing contols and prevent you from wetting a line. I doubt this as SB is the most economically important fish on the east coast.

I think that you guys that support comm bass fishing then complain that the fall run sucks need to re-think your position a bit more. If I take a million # of fish from your hood in August...will it hurt the Sept/Oct run...ans: YES indeed.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Jim;
Regardless, and I do think the stripers, at least large ones aren't around like they used to be. I think the stock may be 'healthy' but the dynamics of the population have changed dramatically (more small fish)

As far as the run goes this year it sucks the big one...
I dont keep detailed logs, but ~25 nights in Oct, had one decent night, and several OK nights with small keeper sized fish... not what it should be...
So far Nov isn't any better....

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

I don't care what the "scientists say" there may be (according to them) 14X as many SB around now then in 1982 but all I know is that I caught a load of bass back then, it was outragous, both in quanity and quality, nothing has compared to that since then. (I released most back then as well) Until that kind of fishing returns, in my view there has been no recovery. Looking at the results from your BI weekend are so sad. When there were 14X fewer fish around, you could catch several 30s' before dark on a regular basis. Fishing after dark yielded some monsters and just not one or two fish either. And it was not just BI and montauk, it was MV, Nantucket, and the cape had these fish.

IMO the counting method is so stone-age it is not known how many fish are actualy killed. But regardless who is killing what, both comm and bycatch kills should be the first thing to stop. The rec kill can be controlled too thru limits but lets stop all comm and bycatch killing and see where that gets us. These make no contribution to the fishery or economy.

I don't belong to sf but support the gamefish status bigtime. I think that you guys that don't support it are paranoid that it will lead to some Nazi like fishing contols and prevent you from wetting a line. I doubt this as SB is the most economically important fish on the east coast.

I think that you guys that support comm bass fishing then complain that the fall run sucks need to re-think your position a bit more. If I take a million # of fish from your hood in August...will it hurt the Sept/Oct run...ans: YES indeed.

Fully agree.

[Bill L]

Originally Posted by Piemma

Worst fall run in 15 years.

That pretty much sums it up

[eelman]

its overrrrrrrrrrrr, I hear from a good source that there is a decent daytime bite in westerly but its all school bass and shuts down at dark. I am finished either way...totally burnt out. Paul is right it is the worst fall run in years. A few people hit some fish in isolated pockets but thats it. I say who cares, overall the season was tremendous, it was the best spring I have ever had.