Bass problem this year

[RIJIMMY]

Paul, is this different than any other year, or does this occur in different locations?
For example, werent the bass being hammered in Boston HArbor all last year too? I dont know enough about how many bass are kept vs. the population to know if its a problem. I havent been fishing where the schools of bunker are, I've been fishing in other areas. I've been blwon away with the amount of bunker and other bait. I've seen daily bluefish blitzes for the last 2 weeks, all on small bait. It looks like September out there!

[flyvice11787]

On the north shore of LI where I mainly fish, we have loads of small fish on 3 inch sandeels. Have to weed through dozens of dinks just to get a keeper sized fish . Even the bigger are keyed on the small bait. Because you have large bait, you're not seeing the smaller fish, which can't eat them. I'm sure if you found some smaller bait, you'll find some smaller fish .

[Flaptail]

Throw plugs like we do that will cause them to suffer humility. Pogies make any fisherman look good when bass are around. Bait is easy.

[eastendlu]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

Throw plugs like we do that will cause them to suffer humility. Pogies make any fisherman look good when bass are around. Bait is easy.

I 'm going to use this a s my sig!! Well said....

[FishermanTim]

Since bass ARE carnivores, and cannibalistic, with the large numbers of bigger fish you should expect the smaller fish to avoid the larger fish. That, of course, does not mean the 20-30 inch bass but the smaller bass. Remember that a 20-30lb. bass has no problem inhaling a 12-16 inch bunker or shad, so the smaller bass would be just as likely to be on the menu during a feeding frenzy.
(ust my 2 cents worth.)