November Bass run is a myth nowadays

[Hooper]

Originally posted by JohnR
Maybe most of them run well outside... We'll see...

Good thought John.... Here's some credence to that...

A good friend of mine is a commercial tuna fisherman, and he was taking 40lb bass east of the BB Bouy in recent years by fishing fresh herring on the bottom in 300' of water.

At that time (certainly not now!) there were tons of ocean herring to be found on the bottom, so naturally the bass went where the bait could be found easily. Apparently, these stripers have never been told that 300' is "too deep" for stripers or that 35 miles east of Nantucket is really an"offshore" fishery, not inshore!

So these big bass were taking tuna baits on the fall tuna grounds before the bluefins could get them. Think about that, 35 miles offshore in 300' of water, 40 lb bass..... The ocean can be an amazing place sometimes.

Funny, today there isn't a decent pod of ocean herring to be found anywhere offshore.... and not surprisingly, there are few tunafish to be found as well.

-Hooper