Why?

[Jenn]

Originally Posted by BigFish

I know folks have logs...about how the fishing has been, and of course they have information about when typically the fish begin to move....fall which is a no brainer! The question is some folks think they have a particular pod pinned down to precise times and locations from one day to the next...example..."Oh that is the same run of fish that came through the canal 3 days ago". Now how the hell would anyone know its that same group of fish?? They talk about it like they have first hand knowledge of that one individual pod of fish........point is there are alot of pods of fish, schools...what ever and that you can't possibly tell one group of fish from another as they all have tales and have to go the same way....south.

I am starting to feel your frustration BigFish. I dont think a lot of people get your question. I dont think your talking about where these fish came from as in where they were BORN but where they were two-three days ago right?

They are migratory and unless someones tags these fish at point "A" and catched them at point "b" two days later OR they have a helicopter follow the pod then how can they be sure its the same pod? Without hard evidence they cant and therefore they are just blowing smoke out there a%@$$#!

[BigFish]

You are right Jenn....thanks for reading the post!

[Slingah]

I think Jimmy Fee and PM pretty much summed it up...it's a guess and an assumption....
Maybe some like to think they are on the same pod of fish and are in the "know"...so let them..maybe thats what keeps them going and it is their way of having fun...

[ProfessorM]

Why ??? do you want to know. Does it really matter one way or the other. Fish till they are gone and then stop is a good way to look at it. I did not catch Mr. Limpet today so I am still going to use common sense and best guess, which is precision enough for me. I will say one thing for sure if a certain pod of fish were on the Ledge they ain't there as of 11:30 this morning. God knows where they are now.

[davisd]

Larry, Was wondering is it the same in the spring when they are coming back do we hear the same I don't think so.

[Tagger]

Larry .. little off topic, but give you a rough idea how much these fish move around . I tagged a fish mid summer in Hull ..It was caught 4 days later in Wollaston Beach straight as the crow flys 11 miles away .. I dought it did a B line right to Wollaston .. I was bumming the fish was recovered in only 4 days, but amazed how much a fish moved during a non migrating period . These guys can travel ..I soon learned that less than 1% of tagged fish are ever recovered and stopped putting through the trauma for lesss than 1% recovered . I do know there are fish holding stations where they just hang out .. Same places every year .. I also notice fish getting scarcer in number ,size and catching window from North working its way south during our season .. some holes dry all together ..

[BigFish]

There you go Ed...my point exactly....thats your theory/feeling and ten other guys have a different one.

Ask Redlight and he will tell you the fish are getting bigger and more of them.....seeing my point yet?

[Tagger]

Originally Posted by BigFish

There you go Ed...my point exactly....thats your theory/feeling and ten other guys have a different one.

Ask Redlight and he will tell you the fish are getting bigger and more of them.....seeing my point yet?

Only thing that threw me was those large fish caught on the North Shore last year.. I hear PI fishers complaing of size and numbers this year . Not to mention names but you did ,, Mikes fishing mecca hard, swimming ,,and using Satan's bait . All I know for certain is after a few years of the size limit being 36" I could go local in the daytime and chunk one up almost anytime I wanted for the table .. now my family would starve . maybe its just cylindrical .. a big circle.. When I first started seriously saltwater fishing the fishing was really bad .. pre moratorium ... gotta wait until all the holes dry up before there's a consensus..

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by BigFish

I don't want to ruffle any feathers with this question....but why do people think they know where certain pods of fish come from or are headed and exactly what they are doing?? How do folks know that "hey these fish came from Scorton Ledge and are headed south" or that "they are the fish they were getting on the North Shore and they are headed south"???? What is this all based on??? After all.....they are fish! They do mnot send postcards or e-mail GPS co-ordinates?? They are fish.....they have tails! Just a curious question if any one can help?

Are'nt they the same guys who talk about "my team" like they own it. It's all guessing, some educated, some BS and most a little bit of both.