The "I dunno, I think its almost over" thread - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Clogston29 · 10-07-2009, 06:32 AM

mike, there's still some big fish north of boston so you guys are far from done down there. i pointed a 45 your way last week. no real numbers or signs of a mass movement (at least that i've seen), more of a trickle - which i attribute to a lack of inshore bait.

piemma · 10-07-2009, 06:34 AM

A tuna guy I met at the Cup fest told me that Stellwagen is loaded with big bass feeding on huge sandeels.

Clogston29 · 10-07-2009, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by piemma

A tuna guy I met at the Cup fest told me that Stellwagen is loaded with big bass feeding on huge sandeels.

yup, that's what i've been hearing up hear since june. somebody is going to get lucky somewhere along the coast this fall when they swing inshore. Montauk? BI?

JohnR · 10-07-2009, 07:05 AM

Every year its the same thing: Different.

Back Beach · 10-07-2009, 08:19 AM

Good to hear the reports aren't all that bad. Seems to be fish in the vicinities, just not piling up in the big numbers you'd expect. My go to spots in Mass/RI have been much slower than usual so far. I'm betting on the upcoming new moon around the 20th. Two years ago it was poor for me in Sept./early Oct., then all hell broke loose. I'm hoping for a repeat starting tonight.

JFigliuolo · 10-07-2009, 08:17 AM

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yup, that's what i've been hearing up hear since june. somebody is going to get lucky somewhere along the coast this fall when they swing inshore. Montauk? BI?

And WHY swing inshore when the bait is off-shore????

Clogston29 · 10-07-2009, 08:48 AM

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And WHY swing inshore when the bait is off-shore????

just a guess on my part that at some point during the migration the bait will get blown in shore or the fish will move inshore lured by other bait when they leave the sandeels to head south. BI and Montauk kind of stick out into the migration routes so I threw those locations out there. obiously they may not.

wasn't the great fishing on BI years ago a result of big offshore sand eels being blown in?

bassdozer has some interesting theories on the offshore schools making land fall every few years. not saying i believe them all, but they're interesting to think about anyway.

Mike P · 10-07-2009, 05:19 PM

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just a guess on my part that at some point during the migration the bait will get blown in shore or the fish will move inshore lured by other bait when they leave the sandeels to head south. BI and Montauk kind of stick out into the migration routes so I threw those locations out there. obiously they may not.

wasn't the great fishing on BI years ago a result of big offshore sand eels being blown in?

bassdozer has some interesting theories on the offshore schools making land fall every few years. not saying i believe them all, but they're interesting to think about anyway.

He wrote this over 10 years ago, well before all of the reports of huge schools in the EEZ started coming in regularly:

Ghost Fish! The Stuff of Dreams...That Came True Once

Back Beach · 10-07-2009, 08:21 AM

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A tuna guy I met at the Cup fest told me that Stellwagen is loaded with big bass feeding on huge sandeels.

Those fish are a mystery to me. They seem to pile up out there and guys accidentally catch them into November while tuna fishing. They never seem to hit the shoreline though.

MAKAI · 10-07-2009, 04:09 PM

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Those fish are a mystery to me. They seem to pile up out there and guys accidentally catch them into November while tuna fishing. They never seem to hit the shoreline though.

For a few years our crew used to finish the year with a charter trip out of harwich. The boat would steam way south of nantucket. Early to mid nov. We would hammer fish, plenty of big ones too. The captains belief was that most bass stayed offshore where all the big bait is. Hard to argue with his results.I think that only a very small fraction of fish ever swim within casting range, it is a big ocean that we only outline with fishermen. Trying to figure it all out gives me a popsicle headache.

Rockport24 · 10-08-2009, 11:53 AM

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i pointed a 45 your way last week. .

I love how we glossed over that Josh got a 45?? nice fish!

hyefisherman2 · 10-08-2009, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Clogston29

mike, there's still some big fish north of boston so you guys are far from done down there. i pointed a 45 your way last week. no real numbers or signs of a mass movement (at least that i've seen), more of a trickle - which i attribute to a lack of inshore bait.

nice fish...any pics of her?