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[fishbones]

Originally Posted by stiff tip

i've been fishing hard the last few wks.canal, beach/boat, fished w? flap and eric fri night on inside beachs , caught chit , no bait ,no fish . went to the canal , fished two spots , at dawn only a few brakes flap the schoolie king caught bass from 12 to 17inchs every 3 cast , on a grasshopper lure.all small fish everywhere. water temp 60# .over to leo's for food ,and swap stories w/ group . bob, george and us .bob from orleans says the beach sucks... no bait or fish , plenty of seals ??geo, boat fishing the islands and his honey holes , says same think slow . i talk to professer M on fri he says no bait or fish in b-harbor and out front ....wtf...i cant beleave the fall run is over for the canal and gen area. but the migration should be happening by know. does any one know if the fish are moving up north.. maine or nh ....what do u think?????????????

Happy Birthday! I don't think the migration has even gotten into full swing yet. I fished 2 spots on the cape yesterday and there are fish around. Nothing big, but around 24" which are usually the scouts before the bigger fish come through. In one spot you mentioned there were plenty of dinks around, but the water looked like coffee because of the wind. I left that area after a while and went somewhere where the wind wasn't as bad. I had just missed a push of mid 20 inch fish, and then it went slack and shut down. But, there was plenty of bait in the water and some birds working out of casting range.

On a side note, as I arrived at one spot there was a guy walking to his truck with a fish that looked pretty small. I said hi to him and asked how the fishing was and he said it was pretty good. Then I noticed the size of the fish he was holding and asked him how big it was. All of a sudden he forgot how to speak English. He kept nodding and saying "thank you, thank you"? When I got to the shore, someone there said they measured it for him and it was only 25". It's getting ridiculous with people poaching.