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08-23-2004, 08:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Outer Banks NC, Charlestown RI
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Will the Fall Run begin and end early this season?
I'm not sure about what others think but this past week of fishing sure reminds me of what I come to expect for Mid September.
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08-23-2004, 08:39 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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What - all bluefish 
I think the traditional first cold week of late August that gears things up happened early this year at the beginning of August so the feedbak might be earlier this year but I'm not seeing the same amount of bait as last year and that scares me a little... |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
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Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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08-23-2004, 08:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Outer Banks NC, Charlestown RI
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John,
The reason is certain conditions I am seeing. The action at BI, the fish on the surface along South County, the bait action in tight to the beaches and the water temps all remind me of Mid September action.
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08-23-2004, 09:01 AM
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Canal Junkie
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Raynham
Posts: 1,678
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Ive seen a ton of bait...
Certainly not the amounts I was seeing late sept/early october last year.. but sandeels and baby herring everywhere...
and this weekend was definitely crazy fish wise... so.. maybe?
Granted RI last weekend was nothing but blues for me.
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aim: SaltedBrian
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08-23-2004, 09:15 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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I think its the recent conditions that have made the fishing so good. The pre-storm action both weekends was fantastic. This weekend, the combination of the wind and tides created fantastic white water and there was tons of bait. The action lasted until at least 8am, solidly from @ 4am.
I can't say I caught a ton of bass, but I got a few as well as some blues, and both weekends I witnessed other guys catching lots of bass, some were good size too. For awhile, it was fish on every cast.
So, I think its the conditions, not the season or an early migration. There are always bass around, you just need good conditions to drive them up against the shore.
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08-23-2004, 09:27 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,990
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Id be more worried that the projected strong hurricane season this year could shut down the fall w/ a few good storms
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Sooner or later you're going to realize just as I did that there's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. - Morpheus
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08-23-2004, 10:28 AM
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Bass Whacker
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: NJ
Posts: 773
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Just wait till the September New Moon, and you will be  |
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Originally Posted by Mike P
August 29--a date that lives in striper infamy.  |
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08-23-2004, 11:47 AM
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None
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Newton, MA
Posts: 4,464
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Yes, I found some smelts, peanut bunkers, eels, grass shrimps, and baitfish on the cape last night while crabbing for blue crabs. it is starting now...
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08-24-2004, 11:04 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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 There has been no un normal movement of bait fish along Cape Ann!!!
The bait run generally starts in the middle of Sept. where you would see a dozen or so flocks of birds working the pods of bait close to shore!!! And some early mornings you would see birds working as far as the  could see!!!   |
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08-24-2004, 11:52 AM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,277
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What kripsy said ....
Get out while you can!! Who knows how long it will last...but I think it started. |
 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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08-24-2004, 03:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 5,705
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Just bought a new surf bag that only holds a FEW plugs.
Pole,bag and waders(and eventaully the warm clothes) and nothing more than that.
Here's to an insane fall run(hopefully)!!!!!!!!!
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08-24-2004, 03:57 PM
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All up in the Interweb!
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In the dog house.
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the sooner it starts, the sooner it ends, and we can get back to arguing about petty subjects just like last year...... |
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"Out there in the surf is where it's at, that's where the line gets drawn in the sand between those who talk fishing and those who live it."
- a wise man. 
One good fish, a sharpie does not make...
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08-24-2004, 05:23 PM
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Plug Builder in Training
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: wareham MA
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all ready seeng signs of it starting.
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08-24-2004, 06:33 PM
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Where'd he go?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhody
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I don't mind the early start as long as were still catching decent fish in November!  |
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08-24-2004, 07:26 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
Posts: 3,630
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I didnt notice the masses of bluefish blitzing behind my work like they have been this year lately till into september last year, been at it now for 2-3 weeks.
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08-25-2004, 12:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
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It was cold out tonight too, was around 50, gonna be the same tomorrow night. ALso no days forcasted above 80 this week.
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08-25-2004, 02:17 AM
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Geezer Gone Wild
Join Date: Nov 2001
Posts: 3,397
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Yeah, I plan to start fishing up the moon, which is Sunday -
Pray for cloud cover...  |
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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08-25-2004, 02:23 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 6,267
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it has begun  |
Live at Leeds
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08-25-2004, 07:45 AM
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Is it May yet?
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Gloucester Ma
Posts: 1,238
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I am seeing more and more bait every day moving into the inner harbor. Even saw a school of peanuts in tight and judging by the big bluefish that ate my herring chunk last night, I'd say that they know the bait is here. Lotsa spike mackerel still present in the river and harbor. |
"Twitch....Twitch....Twitch....WHAM!"
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08-25-2004, 09:02 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Onset
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Sure felt like fall in the canal last nite,
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