Is The Shore Fishing So Bad?

[Flaptail]

Originally Posted by capesams

Larry.....look where all the fish are being caught down here..out in cape cod bay...off shore on the back side....why? SEAL's along the beaches....ain't none outside or in the bay, cept the race inside. Your on the internet enough to read ALL the threads on ALL the sites to know....the beaches are dieing fast...wood you swim in shark infested water's if you knew you had a 99% chance of getting eatten.

I was a diehard surfer for shore,,but saw the sign's of thing's to come...look into the tin/fiberglass to see the light once again.

Steve, ask Karl F., I had him in my skiff off of Chapin's and guess what we had on the east bar flats? A nice big fat seal and I have seen more since. Seems they are migrating over around the bend. Few off of Sandy Neck as well. Won't be long afore they gang up on the good feeding that all those little bass provide.

The seals are killing us. The Elizabeths are not immune either. We are seeing them way early in the fall than they used to be showing up. Now it's early September rather than early November. Something has gotto be done but the GOV'T. don't care bout us, it's animals first humans second. Well F^%& them! We have a right to the resources too just as much as seals do and we want our beaches back!

[Karl F]

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Originally Posted by capesams
Larry.....look where all the fish are being caught down here..out in cape cod bay...off shore on the back side....why? SEAL's along the beaches....ain't none outside or in the bay, cept the race inside. Your on the internet enough to read ALL the threads on ALL the sites to know....the beaches are dieing fast...wood you swim in shark infested water's if you knew you had a 99% chance of getting eatten.

I was a diehard surfer for shore,,but saw the sign's of thing's to come...look into the tin/fiberglass to see the light once again.

Originally Posted by Flaptail

Steve, ask Karl F., I had him in my skiff off of Chapin's and guess what we had on the east bar flats? A nice big fat seal and I have seen more since. Seems they are migrating over around the bend. Few off of Sandy Neck as well. Won't be long afore they gang up on the good feeding that all those little bass provide.

The seals are killing us. The Elizabeths are not immune either. We are seeing them way early in the fall than they used to be showing up. Now it's early September rather than early November. Something has gotto be done but the GOV'T. don't care bout us, it's animals first humans second. Well F^%& them! We have a right to the resources too just as much as seals do and we want our beaches back!

Yes & Yes!

Steve & Steve, I could not believe seeing that lone seal that day, I also had a bad feeling he was a "scout"... you both can remember seeing the odd lone seal show up on the backside, then a friend told a friend and so on, and so on... they follow the fish, find them, and spread the word, to their fellow sea rats.

Larry, if you can get a skiff, do it. You will not regret it.

Skitter is correct, doing both is the way to go.

Tagger... yup .. BM=BoatMan now

I will say this... I still like the feel of reeling in a fish, with my feet on the sand better, not a knock at all on boat fish, Boat Fish Count ... just a personal preference, but, to get your "fish fix"... go skiffin'.. you really don't need a big boat.. Flap proved that to me.. and Thank You for that Steve!

[thefishingfreak]

friends with boats,,,, thats WAY better......................

[justplugit]

then a friend told a friend and so on, and so on... they follow the fish, find them, and spread the word, to their fellow sea rats.

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Are they usin cell phones yet.

[Karl F]

U tossin' firecrackers now?

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Karl F

U tossin' firecrackers now?

Not even a cap gun.

[hq2]

After last year, when I fished from shore more than a half dozen times with zero fish, I kind of gave up on striper fishing from shore. This year I've only done it three times, and have one (about 20 inch) fish to show for it. I've started switching back to bluefish and tautog, like I did 15 years ago before the stripers returned. There are definitely some nice blackfish in the canal!

[Skitterpop]

Originally Posted by Karl F

Quote:
Originally Posted by capesams
Larry.....look where all the fish are being caught down here..out in cape cod bay...off shore on the back side....why? SEAL's along the beaches....ain't none outside or in the bay, cept the race inside. Your on the internet enough to read ALL the threads on ALL the sites to know....the beaches are dieing fast...wood you swim in shark infested water's if you knew you had a 99% chance of getting eatten.

I was a diehard surfer for shore,,but saw the sign's of thing's to come...look into the tin/fiberglass to see the light once again.


as usual





Yes & Yes!

Steve & Steve, I could not believe seeing that lone seal that day, I also had a bad feeling he was a "scout"... you both can remember seeing the odd lone seal show up on the backside, then a friend told a friend and so on, and so on... they follow the fish, find them, and spread the word, to their fellow sea rats.

Larry, if you can get a skiff, do it. You will not regret it.

Skitter is correct, doing both is the way to go.

Tagger... yup .. BM=BoatMan now

I will say this... I still like the feel of reeling in a fish, with my feet on the sand better, not a knock at all on boat fish, Boat Fish Count ... just a personal preference, but, to get your "fish fix"... go skiffin'.. you really don't need a big boat.. Flap proved that to me.. and Thank You for that
Steve!

You catching or working too much?