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

[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.

[Slingah]

think positive....plenty of fish around....its only crappy if you let it be

[vineyardblues]

larry, jusy got to love them redsox

vb

[Bass Babe]

Originally Posted by 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.

Big, I wouldn't touch bait with a ten foot pole. It would make me AND my car smell horrendous. Chunking is not my speed, either, thank you. Although I won't be snotty about people who have a good time doing it. They can fish however they want, and I won't blame any lack of catching on my part on the fact that I choose to fish in a "more involved" manner. Don't assume that all I do is have my boyfriend bait my line and daintily toss it out into the water. Not my speed...bah.

[BigFish]

Kudos to you Bassbabe on passing on rod-watching! Hope my comment did not offend you it was not meant that way. What is your preferred method of fishingBB? You may ball me BF. I did not mean to sound as though I was belittling you.

[iluvspots]

Originally Posted by Bass Babe

Big, I wouldn't touch bait with a ten foot pole. It would make me AND my car smell horrendous.

A shpritz of Chanel #5 helps a lot.

[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!