How Was Your 2013 Season?

[bart]

Originally Posted by DZ

Not the greatest – downward trend continues in my local areas. Very few of what I call “highlight” nights where good bass were on the feed. One encouraging sign was the massive amount smaller bass locally during October when we had the bay anchovies and these fish didn’t want to leave.

Nebulas bluefish.

Another encouraging sign was the increased amount of sandeels along the entire range (Newport to Long Island). I’m not seeing a lack of bait like others have – tons of it out at Block in November -plenty to eat just nothing inshore to eat it.

this was basically my observation as well. I remember you posted back in July there were pogies in the boulder fields. I was fishing "across the way" from you and saw pogies dropping out of the bay, but the biggest i could muster or even saw caught was 15 lbs at most. I watched guys yo-yoing and live-lining pogies in a hole not even 25 yards from where we were throwing plugs at sun-up and they got squat (karma's a biatch, let the surf guys have a shot!). I don't think there were fish big enough to eat a whole pogie.

most encouraging thing I saw was TONS of smalls where I was so i guess that's good....right!??!

[BigBo]

The 2013 season started off great for me. The fall sucked. Overall I can say it was one of the worst I can recall in recent memory.
On the plus side, I had a great year hitting fresh water.

[RickBomba]

I got to share an epic father's day with #^&#^&#^&#^&y in the boat. We got tired of catching big fish on top.

I also got to use the boat and take some old friends out for some easy fishing, which was nice.

Finally, I got to take my two year old fishing and watch him chase the ducks.

Best year ever for me.

[Rappin Mikey]

With the baby, my opportunities were limited. When the fish are in Western MA in the Spring, the majority of the two months were blown out with high water. I did manage a few nice bass when the water was cooperating. The highlight of the year was the last week in June/first week in July when we stay at the outer Cape as a family. Stripers everywhere every day. Most of the time I had to use the kayak. But I had a few days when they were in close. One day was one of my top three days from the surf. Big fish crashing the beach. Blitzes that you read about. Truly a time to remember.