Can You Guys Believe How Crappy The Fishing Is This Year? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Bass Babe · 06-26-2005, 02:00 PM

Fishing at the Cape hasn't been bad for me yet this season, and I've been hearing some promising reports from others, to the effect of "this season is way better than last". Almost got skunked the other nite, but I managed to bring in an evil bluefish of doom. No keepers yet -- I haven't really been putting in my time like I should, now that I live 1.5 hours away.

basswipe · 06-26-2005, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Bass Babe

No keepers yet -- I haven't really been putting in my time like I should, now that I live 1.5 hours away.

I'm lucky I literally live a few seconds walk to some decent shoreline.

Gonna take that walk tonight after the race.

fishaholic18 · 06-26-2005, 02:14 PM

Wow! That's weird, I'm having my best season yet. Got my biggest bass to date already.

cheferson · 06-26-2005, 02:42 PM

terrible the last few weeks

. How big was the biggest fishaholic in your trophy stretch there the other week?

bart · 06-26-2005, 02:43 PM

i don't really fish the outer cape all too much, but i just spent 2 weeks down there and for the amount of time i put in it was very disappointing. fished day and night for only 2 keepers

i heard there were some fish north of where i was but they moved very quickly supposedly. weird thing was i saw a good amount of bait(sand eels) but at night they were nowhere to be found. not sure if it was the moon or what. the seals definitely suck though, they follow you up and down the beach and set up shop in all the productive bars and holes. i did see fish everyday on the beach but they were very skittish, i'm guessing cause the seals were around. but who knows.

f-18-- me too

staltershoal · 06-26-2005, 02:53 PM

i agree, i do most of my fishing from shore around the fairhaven area and i got 1 keeper this year around the end of may. i mostly throw top water poppers and sometimes the pearl wild eye storm swimmers. i was getting quite a few smacks on top water in may not i get nothing top water. i have been getting real small stripers like 6-10 inch fish on the swimers.

now here is another theory that i have concaukted(sp?)

since there are so many menhaden around and since the moon has been so bright lately.. im thinking that the bass are filling up at night and just basking around during the day. but thats just my thought from what i have been seeing

also where are the blue fish. i have seen verry few in fairhaven area. they were chasing the menhaden but i havent seen the menhaden in close anymore

hope things get better!

BrianS · 06-26-2005, 02:55 PM

the BLOOOOFEESH are the one thing that I have not had a problem finding.

Codfather4 · 06-26-2005, 03:09 PM

Thats funny, here on the south shore the fishing has been very good. A lot better than it was last year

CANAL RAT · 06-26-2005, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by bart

i don't really fish the outer cape all too much, but i just spent 2 weeks down there and for the amount of time i put in it was very disappointing. fished day and night for only 2 keepers

i heard there were some fish north of where i was but they moved very quickly supposedly. weird thing was i saw a good amount of bait(sand eels) but at night they were nowhere to be found. not sure if it was the moon or what. the seals definitely suck though, they follow you up and down the beach and set up shop in all the productive bars and holes. i did see fish everyday on the beach but they were very skittish, i'm guessing cause the seals were around. but who knows.

f-18-- me too

sandeels dig into the bottom at night