Cool fish pics and stories 2016 (no bashing aloud!) - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Rappin Mikey · 06-22-2016, 06:00 AM

Overall it was a good push of fish up the CT River into Western MA this year. Lots of fish of good size. There was even a confirmed all out ocean style blitz under the new bridge into Chicopee with fish over 30# being taken on poppers. I got the call, but couldn't get a pass from the boss. Because of the lack of rain/snow run, off coupled with the hot weather in early June/late May, they took off about ten days earlier than usual. Now I have to drive for them.

Rappin Mikey · 06-22-2016, 06:01 AM

A few more with what I like to call "The Scoop on Poop". Not quite as rated X as Clammer goes, "butt" I thought you guys might like it.

JohnR · 06-22-2016, 07:48 AM

Great story Mikey!

Rob Rockcrawler · 06-22-2016, 09:28 AM

This may i hit a new spot to me in Warwick, the guy at Quaker lane told me to go there. I was getting hits frequently and finally started catching, nothing big but hefty schoolies. A kid walks up behind me on the jetty and is just watching wearing jeans, sneakers and a tshirt. HE sees me catch a fish and says he will be back in a half hour. He needed to grab his gear at his school around the corner. Sure enough he comes back with a decent rod and reel with a krocodile spoon tied to his braid, he tells me he isn't good at casting. That was an understatement. Fishing 101 starts, i show him how to cast then ask to look at his lure box. He has a jumpin minnow style plug and we put that on since it is what i was getting half my fish on. It takes him an hour to earn how to work the plug and i assure him he will get a fish. He gets a couple swirls and doesn't see it. Im more than waist deep when his plug gets slammed about 10-15 feet from me. No schoolie for sure. I get out of the water and coach him on fighting the fish, lifting his rod tightening his drag, after about 10 minutes he lands the fish, about 20 lbs. I set down my rod and my plug bag before helping him. Bad decision, rod was in the water, no big deal. I get back to fishing and try to swap plugs, cant find my bag. After about 20 minutes of looking he sees it about 10 feet from the jetty in 6 feet of water. Another guy that was there gave me a heavy jig to snag my bag. We fishing for a couple more hours. THe kid is shin deep in frigid water. I ask how his feet are, he says "I cant feel them". THat was the only fish he caught while me and the other guys were catching left and right. It was funny as i was leaving he thanks me and we shake hands. He was from China and says the white girls wont like the pictures of his fish in broken English. I tell him the right ones will. It made a great day of fishin even better. I made hm release the fish he caught, told him it was his first and i helped him. Hopefully it teaches him respect for the fish in the future.

JohnR · 06-22-2016, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Rockcrawler

This may i hit a new spot to me in Warwick, the guy at Quaker lane told me to go there. I was getting hits frequently and finally started catching, nothing big but hefty schoolies. A kid walks up behind me on the jetty and is just watching wearing jeans, sneakers and a tshirt. HE sees me catch a fish and says he will be back in a half hour. He needed to grab his gear at his school around the corner. Sure enough he comes back with a decent rod and reel with a krocodile spoon tied to his braid, he tells me he isn't good at casting. That was an understatement. Fishing 101 starts, i show him how to cast then ask to look at his lure box. He has a jumpin minnow style plug and we put that on since it is what i was getting half my fish on. It takes him an hour to earn how to work the plug and i assure him he will get a fish. He gets a couple swirls and doesn't see it. Im more than waist deep when his plug gets slammed about 10-15 feet from me. No schoolie for sure. I get out of the water and coach him on fighting the fish, lifting his rod tightening his drag, after about 10 minutes he lands the fish, about 20 lbs. I set down my rod and my plug bag before helping him. Bad decision, rod was in the water, no big deal. I get back to fishing and try to swap plugs, cant find my bag. After about 20 minutes of looking he sees it about 10 feet from the jetty in 6 feet of water. Another guy that was there gave me a heavy jig to snag my bag. We fishing for a couple more hours. THe kid is shin deep in frigid water. I ask how his feet are, he says "I cant feel them". THat was the only fish he caught while me and the other guys were catching left and right. It was funny as i was leaving he thanks me and we shake hands. He was from China and says the white girls wont like the pictures of his fish in broken English. I tell him the right ones will. It made a great day of fishin even better. I made hm release the fish he caught, told him it was his first and i helped him. Hopefully it teaches him respect for the fish in the future.

And where were you near my house?

Rappin Mikey · 07-24-2016, 07:23 AM

Here's Kerry

Rappin Mikey · 07-24-2016, 07:23 AM

The bass I caught right after what ever pushed me out on the Race

Rappin Mikey · 07-24-2016, 11:00 AM

A few more

Moses · 08-15-2016, 09:18 AM

Had some of my wife's family in town a couple weeks back for my father in law's 90th bday party. Took one of her sister's boyfriend out who is from Virginia but only fishes freshwater. Picked the day in advance & boy did we luck out weather/seas wise. Had big bluefish devouring anything we threw at them on ultralight gear then live-lined some sea herring for a few bass.

Rappin Mikey · 07-30-2016, 08:54 PM

Bump let's keep this going! Only fish for me lately not worth posting on a SB Page

RickBomba · 07-31-2016, 09:00 PM

Ugh, so much eelgrass, mung, and sargasso weed at the spot today. Me and Shawno had our Sabikis (well, really only one).

Strange days indeed. Most peculiar mama.

I caught a keeper cod in state waters. He broke off my last Sabiki at the boat. I also caught maybe a 3 pound sculpin. Big mofo.

Had a tough time catching macs, so after exhausting our possibilities to SP minnows, we got some fish.

So, here's what I got.
2 schoolies.
1 maybe 3 pound sculpin
Boat load full of pollack.
We traded some macs to about a 45 foot Hatteras. They gave us a tuna "Head Steak.: I looked at it as a good deal.
Moral of the story, You fish next to guys in a behemoth like that, you better be really carefull of the rocks out there.

It was a good weekend for me in general.

Rappin Mikey · 08-11-2016, 08:30 PM

Bump, want to keep this going till the end of the season. Please don't be shy. I know I at least want to see pics. Please contribute!

hardcore from shore · 08-14-2016, 11:19 AM

Foul hooked this 20 inch tautog while jigging for bass in the canal at 6AM on Tuesday. Had Tautog Chowder for dinner at 8PM. Edibility, Excellent! Earlier this year I foul hooked 4 18 inch Scup while deep jigging. They made 4 excellent dinners.

Guppy · 08-14-2016, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by hardcore from shore

Foul hooked this 20 inch tautog while jigging for bass in the canal at 6AM on Tuesday. Had Tautog Chowder for dinner at 8PM. Edibility, Excellent! Earlier this year I foul hooked 4 18 inch Scup while deep jigging. They made 4 excellent dinners.

Nice, is that bacon in the chowdah?