EARLIEST STRIPER OF THE SEASON... - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

bloocrab · 01-25-2002, 03:49 PM

...When was the earliest date that you caught a Striper on??...

...Now traveling far from home doesn't count.(NO TRIPS TO THE CAROLINA'S) ...and GS, I know your probably still into em' over there....so I guess this thread is mainly for Mass and RI guys...sorry.

and I know the Joisey folk are gettin em' too...and YES, Im jealous...thats why you guys dont' count...

...My earliest to date, would have to be on Fool's day...in the WeeWeantic...

on my small Fin~nor. April 1st...since then, that's the date I've used to start my Striper-ing...a little before, and a LOT after...

..with enough sharing

...maybe I should be starting sooner, in different places...

JohnR · 01-25-2002, 04:10 PM

Late February at the Toilet aka Narragansett Electric in Providence

Speaking of, GS & Clammer! Howdya do at the Rose of New England??? Inquiring minds wanna know...

Got Stripers · 01-25-2002, 04:37 PM

I got 40 on Wednesday do they count?

Slipknot · 01-25-2002, 04:57 PM

I had some in Jan. last year but it was in Conn. is that too far?

Clammer · 01-25-2002, 05:29 PM

G/S kick the s--- out of me////
wait till spring and I get him on home turff AND he forgets his plastic!!!!!!

AnthonyN · 01-25-2002, 05:38 PM

April 14th was the earliest date at which I caught bass but thats not including holdovers. I am sure they arrive earlier just don't put any real effort untill the last week of april once the herring are in full swing.

Mike P · 01-25-2002, 06:00 PM

Not sure----does last week count as the latest of last season, or the earliest of next?

GBOUTDOORS · 01-25-2002, 06:23 PM

Earliest new fish would be April first also. As that is my b-day and I would always go down to the slocum river in Dartmouth and get at least one fish at the narrows. But last spring I did go to New Bedfrod the 2nd of March and got 8 nice 5-10# fish but these are all hold overs I'm sure.

redcrbbr · 01-25-2002, 07:27 PM

hey GB, guess we're both aries, my b-day is 4/2. as for the stripers in westport river... the river has been filling up with shad in the later part of fall.. and i know of 3 holes, 2 in the east branch and the other in the west branch. i haven't tried fishing them in the winter latel, but i know there would be enough marine life to support them. hmmm maybe i'll slip out to one of the holes on a bluebird day and check it out. when i was a tad bit younger i used to fish one of the holes for winter flats and never picked up any stripers, then again wasn't really trying for them.

TheSpecialist · 01-25-2002, 11:23 PM

OK this is spooky I am 4/18. Maybe we should have a birthday fling on one of those rivers. Earliest for me was around may 3rd.

GBOUTDOORS · 01-26-2002, 07:04 AM

Hey Specialist I think I will be heading to the Cape this Am if so I will drop off the airbrush for you at M+D if he is open as last week he was not there earlyer in the Am. I will call and let you know!