lack of blitzes?

[doktorfaustus77]

I've seen a couple of small very brief blitzes but yeah it seems both late and quiet this year

[basswipe]

Sakonnet River down my way has seen little to no action so far.This time last year it was insane.

[cheferson]

Im hangin up my gear the runs over

[plankton]

I've noticed the same thing, seems every morning I'm out it looks as though things are about to explode, little ripples and pops on the water, tons of birds around waiting for something to happen, and then the sun comes up and nothing. I don't know the reason but it is definitely troubling.

[spinncognito]

It is very troubling but just because there are no blitzes does not mean there are no fish. Despite the lack of surface frenzies, I see quality fish being taken on topwater plugs just about every morning up here on Cape Ann. It is the "sharpies" as I call them who are nailing these fish from sun-up until 7-thirty-ish. I have gotten fish up to the mid-thirties (inches) but they are getting them in the mid thirties (pounds). That being said, the lack of forage (peanuts) combined with the increasingly popular theory that far less fish pushed this far north, this is absolutely setting up to be a disappointing fall for those who rely on their eyes and not their legs/arms to find quality fish. I know I will be out there morning/noon/night for the next few weeks looking for my trophy. Cripes- I am surrounded by water up here and I cannot bring myself, however tempting it is, to travel to the canal and points south to find fish in the fall!

[Clogston29]

fish at night. i had fish every cast for a while last night, so there's no shortage of fish, and they're feeding on other things since the peanuts aren't thick. for whatever reason the peanuts aren't as thick as recent years, so you just adapt. my experience has been that its usually smallish fish on peanuts anyway, and i typically don't even bother with them.

everything was set up well for a blitz at sunrise where I was, until two seals showed up.

BTW, i saw three blitzes going on this morning in protected coves while driving home, way to tired to stop though (they looked like small fish anyway).