Wednesday and Thursday – you must go fishing!

[NIB]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

Loaded up four people and a lot of eels in the boat and went out into the sunlight and fished from 8pm to 12:30am. The fish clearly aren't near shore around here, maybe they'd be deep...

Precision bombed deep structure with 3 wayed eels, at least 3 eels in the water anytime we were on structure. Finally found a single fish around 19 pounds around midnight. We have a lot of leftover eels, even the bluefish were scarce...

I don't like the full moon at all, even with cloud cover. Not that you can't catch under a full moon, just that the odds against you are increased signicantly.

Reality is the real problem right now is a lot of areas don't have any bait and that's why the fishing is horrible, much more so then the moon.

I thought u where goin to montauk.
U said urself that a early fall in Newport can lead to a dismal run.
Sounds like u need to get offa that island.

[Mike P]

I went out after lathering on sunblock . Hit the Canal for the start of the east around 4-ish. I had one hit on a jig, hooked it briefly and promptly dropped it. After sun-up, the surface action that's been pretty consistent all week never happened

Even the Canal suffers from the effects of a spotlight like that in the sky.

[NIB]

I don't let the moon bother me.
Especially in june an sept/oct.
i just don't like excuses.
there are some good points u can certainly see better.Fire is not as bad.I have always found fish move on the moon.this can be good also..Sure they can be tougher to hook but i live in nj they are all tough to hook.U just gotta go back to the basic's..

[Moses]

Originally Posted by Mike P

I went out after lathering on sunblock . Hit the Canal for the start of the east around 4-ish. I had one hit on a jig, hooked it briefly and promptly dropped it. After sun-up, the surface action that's been pretty consistent all week never happened

Even the Canal suffers from the effects of a spotlight like that in the sky.

Mike P - I was down the canal also this morning. Two decent fish for me between 4-5am and then from 5-7am, fish on top were the norm. For as far as my eyes could see (east/west) and across, I saw fish breaking. These were smaller fish in the 22-26" range. I was more towards the eastern half on the canal. I also only used jigs and had a very hard time holding bottom with 5oz.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

Loaded up four people and a lot of eels in the boat and went out into the sunlight and fished from 8pm to 12:30am. The fish clearly aren't near shore around here, maybe they'd be deep...

Precision bombed deep structure with 3 wayed eels, at least 3 eels in the water anytime we were on structure. Finally found a single fish around 19 pounds around midnight. We have a lot of leftover eels, even the bluefish were scarce...

I don't like the full moon at all, even with cloud cover. Not that you can't catch under a full moon, just that the odds against you are increased signicantly.

Reality is the real problem right now is a lot of areas don't have any bait and that's why the fishing is horrible, much more so then the moon.

Didn't fish last night but I had 5 fish in the 34" to 36" range yesterday morning. In SoCo where there was enough bait to walk on.
Pete, you are on the wrong side of the bay if there's no bait.

[fish4striper]

mid bay- 5 dinks, seemed too bright to me

[Skitterpop]

Going tonite with plugs and pogie chunks on the sand in Sandwich... try to remember to post back on results.

[ProfessorM]

Goin tonite after work in B- Harbor with eels in the tin boat. Perfect tide we will see. P.

[Rockport24]

Ok that's it, I'm going tomorrow for sunrise before work

[hooked]

Last night from 8 - midnight on Joppa/Merrimack. Moon was behind the clouds and the water was glass. Couldn't find quality so I settled for quantity. About 30 fish but all 18" - 22".

[shadow]

Originally Posted by piemma

Didn't fish last night but I had 5 fish in the 34" to 36" range yesterday morning. In SoCo where there was enough bait to walk on.
Pete, you are on the wrong side of the bay if there's no bait.

yup paul last night the fish we gott had 8'' bunker in them as well as some other bait maybe mullet.

[macojoe]

Well I was able to get out today for the first time this season!!

Went out Green Pond Falmouth, fished for Fluke, Sea Bass, Scup, Bass, Blues.

It was a crap day!! No Bass (got there to late) very few Fluke Sea Bass Scup, but we had a great day and brought home a dinner for each of us!

[NIB]

Well how did it go with the NJ guy's.
U gotta watch out for jerry he's magical...

[piemma]

Originally Posted by shadow

yup paul last night the fish we gott had 8'' bunker in them as well as some other bait maybe mullet.

Yeah, the mullet run is on. Actually a week early as my logs show Sept 15 or so for the last 5 or 6 years.

[Mr. Sandman]

I am holding off a little on bass until the water temp starts to move down just a tad.. cold water is close...was offshore last week and ran thru 54 deg water (really!) , had to put a coat on.

Thursday was perhaps the nicest day weatherwise of the year. Took a boat ride to visit the waters around the Grey Lady. Wow is this place choked up with bait. Big bluefish so thick munching on small butterfish, my boat is a mess with what was up-chucked. What a day! After a while I just took the hooks off and and just annoyed them. The water is so clear you see them in the rips, like soldiers on a mission. Everytime I fish Nantucket I am amazed at all the rips they have around that island. And there are fish at each of them. Just an amazing place. A different species on every shore. I'll be back again shortly.

[Mr. Sandman]

a couple more...(I know they are only 7-12# bluefish but on light gear on a bluebird sept day they were great)

[ProfessorM]

Nice rip.