Can You Guys Believe How Crappy The Fishing Is This Year?

[fishaholic18]

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

[cheferson]

terrible the last few weeks . How big was the biggest fishaholic in your trophy stretch there the other week?

[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

[staltershoal]

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]

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

[Codfather4]

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

[eelman]

Because there all in Rhode Island this is the best spring I have ever seen,, almost everynight a fish at least in the high 20lb range and since may 23rd I have only missed 2 nights, Its just to good not to force myself out there everynight........... Dont worry its just been an unusually cold spring, the bass will be there before you know and we in Rhody will all be s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g wind !

[BigFish]

Gotta love those rocks....right #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&? Bassbabe and others doing well in Mass.....guessing most of you fish bait? Chunks, sandeels and the like? Yeah, you guys are doing well....but I would rather eat the sandeels and chunk bait myself than spike a rod and stare at it all day or night. Nothing wrong with it if thats what you like...all I am saying is its not my speed. I like to be more involved.

[Karl F]

Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&

Because there all in Rhode Island

True.... I know of 3 cape guys making the Rhody run 2 or 3 nights a week, bet there is a lot more than that!

[CANAL RAT]

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