Got Rid Of The Funk At Cuttyhunk!

[eelman]

Sounds like you had a ball! Congrats, What about fishing at night??? did you guys go out at night? with eels or plugs? I bet there were some monsters under the stars!

ok see above!

[Mr. Sandman]

I just missed you guys. I was there a good part of the week prior and left on Wed afternoon in the thick fog (and wind). (I went over in my own boat and also stayed at the bass club)
I only fished a couple hours on two nights and did one day on the boat. (Was with the kids and wife mainly relaxing, swimming and goofing around.)

Managed a few fish but nothing larger then 20# and only one fish that big, most others were in the 28" range but it was slow. One night the weed was real thick and the water really murky on the south side due to the strong west wind.
Always a great time there....how could you ***not*** have a good time at a place like that?

I have to say that the surf fishing was MUCH slower over there this year compared with with same week last year and the year before. Last year (the same week) I had a banner night with several nice large fish in the 30-40# range each night, all on plugs (mostly bernzy's) from the beach. (It was the highlight of my surf season last year and took one 37#er back to the club and fed everyone staying there the next evening for dinner) This year I could not locate them and I had one night this past week where the conditions were perfect and did not do very much. I guess that is why they call it fishing and not catching No matter....I'll be back.

[BigFish]

When we arrived, the island was fog shrouded until after dark on Wednesday...so we never got to see any of the island that day except for the 75 yards in front of us! We fished all day Wednesday until 10:00 pm and got a few hours sleep and went back out at 3:00 am and fished through sunrise with no luck......that morning we began to be able to see the island and its cliffs and shoreline so we spent the day walking most of it down to the west end where those spectacular views were. There was quite a bit of rock weed and some monkey hair in spots but not bad......the wind was honking all day Thursday so we had to find a spot where we could get the wind at a minimum which happened to be the only spot we found fish. We fished until mid-day Thursday at about 2:00 and headed back to base to eat and squeeze in a nap. Back out about 7:00 and walked back to that spot and got alot of swirls and vicious hits but they were playing with us....but we loved the action just he same. No fish Thursday night until about 11:00 so we headed back to get a good nights sleep and figured the best course of action was to hit that spot after breakfast and fish it until we had to leave. It paid off with a few more fish and that beauty Don caught! You should have seen it taking line.....Don almost soiled his pants with visions of it wrapping him around a rock and losing it! Don played it cool and gave line when he needed to......he got it in close and I jumped in and grabbed it for him as he kept the line tight and slid it up onto the shallow rocks! He was elated and I was thrilled for him and envious all at the same time. It was a joy to listen to Don's VS 250 sing and to watch the rod double over as the fish tried to speed away with his lure. We had alot of action compared to how many fish we actually caught but it was a blast having fish whack the plugs into the air 2-3 times on each rerieve as we are both topwater plug junkies (sorry #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&) We felt we learned quite a bit about the island and its shoreline so next time we go...stay a little longer and be a bit more diligent at night.....we were just so exhausted at night after walking for miles and casting all day.....next time (maybe Sept.) we will concentrate on night time with eels.

[BigFish]

Sorry we missed you Sandman...would have been nice to meet you!

[eelman]

I am going there in Sept. With Steve he was invited by the CT.Surcasters and can take a pal along Anyway I cant wait to see what those sluggos do and of course eels!!

[justplugit]

[Fish_Eye]

A magical island. Glad you had a good time. I can't wait for my upcoming visit. If you can't have a good time fishing Cuttyhunk, take up golf.

[BigFish]

Mike....we had a ball and also passed on your "hello's" to Bonnie.