Mung for miles - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Back Beach · 07-03-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Flaptail

Of course the rest of the beach will be covered in mung but at least the race, which has it's moments in July and August ( mostly at 1 pm under a blazing sky with no one but tourists around), will be fishable.

I'll tell you what..

Looking at the moon, tide, and wind conditions for tonight conjurs up some great memories of the race.
First week of July, Sou'west wind 25kts plus, new moon, and dropping tide after midnight. We used to put the hurt on with these conditions. If I fished it tonight I'd get there for the drop @ the traps and fish til daybreak with a loaded 7" squid color super strike needle. Seen some real freak shows with the new moon and corresponding low tide at daybreak. Had many 30-50 fish nights in these conditions.

maddmatt · 07-05-2008, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

I'll tell you what..

Looking at the moon, tide, and wind conditions for tonight conjurs up some great memories of the race.
First week of July, Sou'west wind 25kts plus, new moon, and dropping tide after midnight. We used to put the hurt on with these conditions. If I fished it tonight I'd get there for the drop @ the traps and fish til daybreak with a loaded 7" squid color super strike needle. Seen some real freak shows with the new moon and corresponding low tide at daybreak. Had many 30-50 fish nights in these conditions.

that was B.S. (before seals)

Back Beach · 07-06-2008, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by maddmatt

that was B.S. (before seals)

Yes it was. 1985 to 1995 to be exact.

steve · 07-07-2008, 05:09 PM

Boy, What ever happened to Cape bass fishing.?I was up there on thursday and visited a couple of shops and heard alot of doom and gloom about the state of the fishery this season and the last 2 . Man, do I remember the Chatham inlet old and new. What fishing, what happened?

Flaptail · 07-07-2008, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by steve

Boy, What ever happened to Cape bass fishing.?I was up there on thursday and visited a couple of shops and heard alot of doom and gloom about the state of the fishery this season and the last 2 . Man, do I remember the Chatham inlet old and new. What fishing, what happened?

Trophy homes, overdevelopment and the consequences thereof. Nitrogen loading into the wetlands from chemical lawn care sprays, affecting bays and marshes, mung, seals and plovers. All the bait and bass for that matter hanging just offshore but no one I know can cast 3/4 of a mile to reach them.

Now if you have a skiff that doesn't use a lot of fuel you can catch all the fish you want. We have some flashbacks to the "good ol days" in Mid September to November on the beach but they are few and far in between. I was lucky enough to get in on several last year but it ain't what it was.

The upper Cape to Mid cape is your best bet nowadays.

Back Beach · 07-08-2008, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Flaptail

The upper Cape to Mid cape is your best bet nowadays.

Agreed.

You really don't even need to go over the bridges.

maddmatt · 07-07-2008, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by steve

Boy, What ever happened to Cape bass fishing.?I was up there on thursday and visited a couple of shops and heard alot of doom and gloom about the state of the fishery this season and the last 2 . Man, do I remember the Chatham inlet old and new. What fishing, what happened?

seals, seals,seals

10,000 yes 10,000 seals eating 3-5% of their body weight a day = 400,000 # of fish/dayX365 =..... uh... a really big number. look at it this way, the mass comm quota is 1.1 million lbs. thats less than 3 days of seal food. most of the time fish (bass+ blues) don't dare to venture into water less than 20 ft. their too easy to catch. we also seen them work cooperatively like humpbacks or killer whales. some corral the fish and they take turns darting through them picking them off bluedevil just saw them doing this on his last walk out to the hump. lose the seals and the fish will live along the beach again. time for my xanax again.

piemma · 07-08-2008, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by steve

Boy, What ever happened to Cape bass fishing.?I was up there on thursday and visited a couple of shops and heard alot of doom and gloom about the state of the fishery this season and the last 2 . Man, do I remember the Chatham inlet old and new. What fishing, what happened?

Steve:
That's why I quit in 03. I remembered what it was like on The Back in the period from 89 to 97 and it was awesome. It started do go down hill around the year 2000 and from there is just sucked.

maddmatt · 07-07-2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

Yes it was. 1985 to 1995 to be exact.

we musta been fishin together! nice to meet ya . had a 1985 4 door blue dodge ram w/ a white cap and white fishbox on the front. retired in 99 for a chevy silverado w/ the same white fishbox/rodrack on the front. still up there beating my head against a seal.

Back Beach · 07-08-2008, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by maddmatt

we musta been fishin together! nice to meet ya . had a 1985 4 door blue dodge ram w/ a white cap and white fishbox on the front. retired in 99 for a chevy silverado w/ the same white fishbox/rodrack on the front. still up there beating my head against a seal.

I'm sure we met at Nelson's, Beech Forest, or another one of the hangouts. I quit the cape in 2001 and haven't been back since.