Fishing reports

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by Clammer

I meant Tautog .. sea bass . the pots & lobster guys always fill ours ><><

That's what I ment, I believe the BSB pot guys can keek x amount of tog from those pots even though there is no tog pots allowed.... Go figure
I'll look it up

Niko's the tog master...

[Clammer]

Niko I,m hoping for $4.00 plus when it opens ........ now we also have a dead wait if over 6#

[niko]

3.50 live
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[bobber]

bounced around to a few locations in LIS mostly looking for signs of life. never found any bodies of fish (bass, blues, albies) but caught about 30 blackfish- only 2 "keepers" though. we released a few that were less than 1/2" shy of the limit, and then got spot-checked by the DEP officer at the dock.....

[fishgolf]

Fished SoCo beaches this morning from first light until 8:30 west of west wall.
Not a bump. Pretty big surf too. Ran into another guy from Mass who said "should have been at the Canal yesterday..." eesh.

[niko]

Why dead over 6? What's the idea behind that?
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[beamie]

Too big for the wok.
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[MAKAI]

Trolled live macs off the back for hours and hours the other day, no love. Thank God for all the curious Humpbacks swimming around us to pass the time.
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[Clammer]

they said they can,t move the large ones [alive ] I brought in a 9# the 1st day last year & they threw it in a dead box ><><

[Rockfish9]

Spent 12 hours swimming Mac's the length of plum island. .then moved into the river as far as 4 miles. ..not...a single chase....Gannetts were diving at day break but it was all small stuff pushing the bait...I saw several boats...most were fly fishing or tossing small tins ..to the small stuff...my sights were set on something larger...I pulled the boat last night...game over for me until ice fishing. ..
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[wdmso]

they are still here and still thick as is the bait put a friend on his 1st Albie ... so much bait the bite is shorten the fill up faster .. again they like the white Albie Snax

[Higgie]

That's awesome Wayne!! Exactly what I wanted to hear. Nothing better than putting friends on fish on top of it
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[johnny ducketts]

Al's still here, popped one at lunch time.

[numbskull]

Dawn to noon down the islands.
Small fish on peanuts......widely scattered.
Saw nothing of consequence.

[Guppy]

12,900 views,,,,

[Rmarsh]

Originally Posted by Guppy

12,900 views,,,,

Credit to Piemma for starting the thread and those who chimed in to keep it going. Been a real good one....no bitchin, bragging, spot burning etc. Just fishing . I don't chase reports ...just enjoy reading them.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by Guppy

12,900 views,,,,

reports = not just for the lazy fishermen anymore

I would rather subscribe to the Bill Belichick way of tell them nothing
but you know how it goes, we catch fish and should be able to talk about it. All my fish are caught in the canal

[bloocrab]

Here's my report....
Haven't wet a line since late June (which was incredibly memorable for all involved ).....heck, I even got to see Clammer and Dennis out on the water, that was the icing on the cake (and Mike didn't even try ramming me with his boat!)
And as much as I'd like to say I'm happy for those who I've read had an incredible summer and now fall, I'm extremely jealous.
This will definitely go down in the books as my least fished year (after puberty )
It was very hard forfeiting my responsibilities after getting numerous phone calls and texts, even during the Canal Stripa-palooza....but priorities take precedence, yep, even over social media bullchit-
A heavy albie presence has also weighed heavily on my mind. I even turned down a few invites from my brother from another mother (Goose)...

Back on point, I do heavily agree ....this thread has been and continues to be entertaining....especially for those of us who haven't been able to get out there. Something we should definitely do annually. NO SPOTS...just reports and tactics that worked when others weren't.

This is the kind of thread that actually reminds me.. that this IS an actual fishing website.

Tight lines everyone....haven't wrapped up the boat yet and still have my seal-skivvies hanging and ready, so maybe I can contribute some in the next few weeks??

[Clammer]

SOOOOOOOOOOO ya wife wants another #^&#^&#^&#^&in house ............its all on you Blue ><>< love ya my friend ><><><

[fishgolf]

South Shore looked pretty dead today. No birds around in the Bay or out front... sigh...

[chefchris401]

Albies still all over my spots, crazy never caught em this late

Had a great night on ultra light tackle in the back bay flats throwing weightless soft plastics to 22-26” fish in the dark, fish were ultra aggressive

Had a close encounter with a 7-8 foot shark the other day, during the day while albie fishing, which was insane.
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[johnny ducketts]

On my way to work this morning, ran into my first big beach blitz. I was the only one fishing and it was bass to 26" pretty much every cast. What an awesome experience, watching them crush bait right at the shoreline.

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by johnny ducketts

On my way to work this morning, ran into my first big beach blitz. I was the only one fishing and it was bass to 26" pretty much every cast. What an awesome experience, watching them crush bait right at the shoreline.

Same thing where I launched this morning, acres and acres of bait and bass, the beach and the whole bay I was in was boiling...
October, got to luv it
There were some bigger fish but couldn't connect on them

[FishermanTim]

Hit the canal last night for one last trip.
A couple of bumps, a tail tug but no fish.

Contrary to other reports I believe the canal is pretty much a waste of my time. After fishing various times this season, I have not had as bad a year in quite some time. Yeah I caught a few fish, but nothing worth keeping or considering.
I think that the fish may be heading around the cape and not thru the canal anymore. Sure they will charge in when chasing bait, but they probably aren't hanging around as they used to.

My last three outings showed promise as I found lots and lots of bait mulling around the shoreline. Unfortunately they were the ONLY fish in the area all three times.
Typically when bait is that plentiful you would at least have schoolies pounding the shores. NADA, nil, ZILCH!

Thankfully my freshwater excursions have been much more productive with catching big bass....

[zimmy]

Been watching a spot on the way home from work for about three weeks. Dead end with abundant peanuts with no where to go when the predators come around. Nothing on them that I saw until today. All the 16 to 20 inch bass one could want on a small super strike popper. Happy I am not a peanut bunker. That isn't an easy life.
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[hardcore from shore]

Love this thread. Thanks Piemma. Trying to decide on trip to RI to fish South County within next week. I live 3 miles from Bell Road near CC Canal. Been picking up fish ( 1st hour of sunlight) but almost all shorts (mostly east end). One legal 28 incher on Saturday. Last Wednesday did a 3 AM to 630 hit em hard trip on right tides looking for large. Not a bump. At 630 sun coming up and shorts everywhere. Fewer shorts this week running about 18 to 22 inches.
Trout fishing or RI trip needed, but I am stubborn so may hit canal a bit longer hoping fish come through as in addition to peanuts I have seen some macs and some red/brown squid about 8 inches long.
Hard not to fish when it is 60 degrees pre dawn, when in past years I have fished predawn in October at 37 degrees.
Bill

[striprman]

with all the nice weather, I do believe the fish will be around until mid November. I certainly believe that there will be many more "chances" there , still, for a big one , maybe At least a few more weeks


go to the run/crib at morning slack high and wait a bit

[SAUERKRAUT]

I have had a spy posted up on the Canal for the past 10+ days. My brother surf rat from NJ. He has posted only micros and dinks so far. Amazing stretch of non fishing, IMO.

We did a banzai trip to Cutty 4 nights ago. We fished a great tide and conditions. Two rods; 3.5 hours. Never hooked up anything beyond an occasional 15-20" micro bass. Again, an amazing stretch of non fishing IMO. I have been other places also... just awful. Thank you again to the commercial fishing industry.

[JFigliuolo]

Originally Posted by SAUERKRAUT

I have had a spy posted up on the Canal for the past 10+ days. My brother surf rat from NJ. He has posted only micros and dinks so far. Amazing stretch of non fishing, IMO.

We did a banzai trip to Cutty 4 nights ago. We fished a great tide and conditions. Two rods; 3.5 hours. Never hooked up anything beyond an occasional 15-20" micro bass. Again, an amazing stretch of non fishing IMO. I have been other places also... just awful. Thank you again to the commercial fishing industry.

I DO NOT want to ruin a great thread!!! Bu there is PLENTY of blame to spread around... I'm not in love with comm bass fishing. But I see plenty rec's killing too... both within and outside of the reg's.

[numbskull]

The problem is that there is a strong commercial bias to management of the resource. And by commercial I include the charter boat fishery. Both groups, commercial and charter industry, push for harvest at maximum sustainable yield. This ensures the quality of the fishery is way less than it would be otherwise (just witness the rapid final depletion of the remaining large fish now that sustainability is not a concern following several decent year classes).

It is absolutely true that non-charter recreational fishermen could and likely would abuse the resource if they were able. Just witnessing the carnage at the canal this year proves that. HOWEVER, the canal this year is an exception as most recreational fishermen lack the expertise, desire (sans a selling option) to put a serious dent in the fishery if monetary gain was not a motivating factor.