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numbskull · 10-09-2009, 12:35 PM

The hell with the bass. Backbeach just stocked the place with nice eels.

Back Beach · 10-09-2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by numbskull

The hell with the bass. Backbeach just stocked the place with nice eels.

Its part of my secret master plan....dump a few free eels into the drink each morning and before long they(fish)will forget all about the plethora of small finfish present and key back in on my eels. Time is in short supply, but I think I can pull it off...stay tuned...

RoyL · 10-13-2009, 07:37 PM

I hate the Ditch

BigFish · 10-13-2009, 07:54 PM

Skip is a great guy and he is well within his rights and the law so cut him a break!

SAUERKRAUT · 10-14-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFish

Skip is a great guy and he is well within his rights and the law so cut him a break!

Sorry, too strong. A few hrs. earlier, I fielded a phone call from brother Don in N.J., about a lifelong surf friend who is selling his legally caught bass out of his trunk to the Green Cards and Para Illegals at his retirement place of work. Guess I'm just bummed by my bad fishing, and anybody I feel threatens it further.

If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

BigFish · 10-14-2009, 03:30 PM

Well thats not right! My only point Alan was he is within his rights....I also do not agree with keeping everything you catch! I only keep a few myself each season!

RIJIMMY · 10-09-2009, 11:41 AM

not sure why anyone is suprised, historically there has always the same level of chatter @ canal out here.

Back Beach · 10-09-2009, 11:49 AM

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not sure why anyone is suprised, historically there has always the same level of chatter @ canal out here.

It also gets talked up on line so people believe its much better than it really is. What's going on right now is a mere fraction of what we caught the last three falls in terms of size and quantity. Seems folks are very hungry to catch this year given the slower than normal summer we had. Most of what's being caught is under 30".

riverrat55 · 10-09-2009, 04:37 PM

All you people who don't like crowds can STAY HOME!!!
That way, I can have the CANAL to myself!!!
LOL's!!!!!!!!!!

quick decision · 10-09-2009, 04:45 PM

WAS DEAD COLD THIS AFTERNOON

ProfessorM · 10-11-2009, 08:46 PM

me too Bob. I really don't mind not getting fish. I just enjoy being able to be out there and seeing guys get fish, doesn't have to be me but once in a while would be nice. Friday I couldn't not hook up and today they just came up and touched the plugs gently and laughed at my offerings.

Slipknot · 10-11-2009, 08:53 PM

I blame it all on Backbeach

numbskull · 10-12-2009, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Slipknot

I blame it all on Backbeach

I agree, God is punishing all fishermen because of him.

Back Beach · 10-12-2009, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Slipknot

I blame it all on Backbeach

I gave you a good suggestion, did I not?

From here forward I'm posting my weekly fishing schedule to aid my fellow s-b ers...The fish seem to go in the opposite direction when I approach the water, just ask redlite...he was kind enough to invite me out fishing several times this past week, all of which I refused due to a conflict of mojo and it seems to have worked out for him.

Slipknot was unlucky enough to run into me yesterday and has thus been hexed..

I still haven't caught a %$%$%$%$ing fish in october yet..it seems impossible to believe, but its true...stay away from me...here's my schedule for the upcoming week...

Tonight- Gansett shore on the incoming tide 8pm-1am

Tuesday- Canal from 9pm-1am

Thursday- Canal- 11 pm-3am

Friday- I will be posting my annual "Its over" thread

This %$%$%$%$ is serious, Flaptail had better hope I don't track him down or he'll be drinking the peroxide as opposed to rubbing it on his hands...

Flaptail · 10-12-2009, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

I gave you a good suggestion, did I not?

From here forward I'm posting my weekly fishing schedule to aid my fellow s-b ers...The fish seem to go in the opposite direction when I approach the water, just ask redlite...he was kind enough to invite me out fishing several times this past week, all of which I refused due to a conflict of mojo and it seems to have worked out for him.

Slipknot was unlucky enough to run into me yesterday and has thus been hexed..

I still haven't caught a %$%$%$%$ing fish in october yet..it seems impossible to believe, but its true...stay away from me...here's my schedule for the upcoming week...

Tonight- Gansett shore on the incoming tide 8pm-1am

Tuesday- Canal from 9pm-1am

Thursday- Canal- 11 pm-3am

Friday- I will be posting my annual "Its over" thread

This %$%$%$%$ is serious, Flaptail had better hope I don't track him down or he'll be drinking the peroxide as opposed to rubbing it on his hands...

Down on Cape here we call what you have "the stink" and you seem to have it bad. Not much hope what with the season winding down and all. You have to do penance.

First you must release all your eels back to freedom, second you must call Numbskull and profess the past ignorance of your ways and ask forgiveness for allowing your soul to be tempted and snapped up by the wily demon serpent. You see, in a way, you have been cast out of the garden and from now on you will feel the nakedness of an eel fisherman not as a producer of big fish but as a pox, a wretched curse. You are in the same predicament as a teenager, about to go out on a date with the prettiest girl in his class out but suddenly breaks out in a horrible case of acne with large festering boils about his face and neck the day before.

You have the stink on you bad, the only cure I know of would be a yellow darter half tide down where I was last night. Then you may come to find the inner peace that Numby and I experienced as we left with fish still taking because we had already taken enough and it was getting too repetitive and decided to try somewhere where the fishing was a bit more "challenging".

Seek Numbskull's guidance and accept the way of the plug into your life, it's your only hope.

If not..... get drunk.

Back Beach · 10-12-2009, 09:51 AM

^
Be careful Flap, by simply quoting my text and inserting it into your post you may be implicated into this mess. This isn't the flu, its a social thing. I can only hope Numby's presence is enough to serve as your firewall.

Now go, both of you, and cleanse yourselves in a strong solution of terpentine, white primer, and snake urine while there's still time. Be sure to get the bottoms of your feet good as I may have inadvertently set foot in your spot.

Slipknot · 10-13-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Back Beach

I gave you a good suggestion, did I not?

Tuesday- Canal from 9pm-1am

..

yes, I stayed in tonight because you posted this

I hate the canal too

ProfessorM · 10-12-2009, 08:48 AM

only thing happening this morning were fussy fish and frozen feet for me

agsurfr · 10-14-2009, 04:21 PM

I am new to this board and relatively new to surf casting. I have enjoyed my stay so far. Spent one night at the canal last weekend--caught three small fish (all released) and left with a smile.

What are your thoughts about a slot limit, for example, in an attempt to conserve the big egg filled cows, we limit the keepers to those under 36 or 38 inches and above 48 inches. This method is used commonly in freshwater management. I guess if you could allow 30 pounders up to say 45 pounders to continue to reproduce instead of harvesting those fish you'd have a better hatch. Killing a 28" bass does not have the same effect on the future population that killing a large female does. Of course I would be hard pressed to release a 45lb fish or even a 35 lb fish as I've not caught one that large. Sigh...

Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for your thoughts.

ab

numbskull · 10-14-2009, 06:23 PM

Welcome to the site.
Search on "slot limits" and you'll find an earful.
I suspect people may be reluctant to rehash all that, however.

davisd · 10-14-2009, 10:06 PM

Leave Skip alone. I would be more than happy to help him carry his fish too.

ProfessorM · 10-15-2009, 07:56 AM

Not much, nothing, happening last nite for me with an eelskin conrad. Didn't run into many either which was surprising with such a nice nite, except for the cold. Home by 11 with frozen feet.

JohnR · 10-15-2009, 08:04 AM

AG - welcome to S-B.

I'm up for a slot limit. In fact, I'm up for a 30% reduction all across the board; Recreational, R&R Comm, and the trap boys.

Cutting the Rec take 30% will ease a lot of fish, cutting the comm 30% will stop a lot of whining

Seriously, we have Amendment 6 that is supposed to kick in with a big drop in the fishery so if that happens, sure hope we see it. Otherwise, I'd be OK with a 30% reduction anyway. Still gotta protect the forage fish though.

Hey, maybe Obama can come out with forage redistribution too. I'd support that.

One pogie for you, one for him, 4 for the guvmint, one for you, one for...

piemma · 10-15-2009, 12:07 PM

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Not much, nothing, happening last nite for me with an eelskin conrad. Didn't run into many either which was surprising with such a nice nite, except for the cold. Home by 11 with frozen feet.

Am I crazy or, with the post DaveS put up about the Block and how good it was, did these fish go by already????

numbskull · 10-15-2009, 12:56 PM

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Am I crazy or, with the post DaveS put up about the Block and how good it was, did these fish go by already????

I suspect the fish getting hammered on BI right now are the southern mass that only got as far as the south shore of Cutty this year (and accounted for the great late summer fishery they had). The northern mass of fish has partially gone past, but I hope there are still more in CCB (the post from PI was encouraging) or off the outer cape yet to go. It is the southern mass (or the tail end of the spring migration) that I think used to summer off the outer cape, but now hang up in the triangle between BI, Narragansett, and Squibnocket these days. Those fish are long gone for us.

piemma · 10-15-2009, 01:40 PM

WOW! Interesting and well thought out theory.

Moses · 10-17-2009, 03:06 PM

Barren wasteland down there this morning. End to end and didn't see anyone catching

UserRemoved1 · 10-17-2009, 03:37 PM

Well I will say one thing to add fuel to this thread... Yesterday M was lit up like fireworks on the 4th of July...I watched a guy drag a nice 40 lber off the beach. The surf was about 10' and the water looked like chocolate milk...but man was there birds workin sandeels like no tomorrow. Didn't even fish just walked out and looked for a few because I was very time pressed.

And numby I think you are spot on. I think the run is very much on time this year based on what I'm seeing and hearing from all the shops. I think alot of the fish are long gone down south. I think they started moving a month or more ago cuz that's when Jersey started seeing fish on the beaches.

DaveS · 10-23-2009, 02:24 PM

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I think they started moving a month or more ago cuz that's when Jersey started seeing fish on the beaches.

We really aint seeing too much here yet Scott, a few fish here and there, and while I did have a decent evening last night there really are no large numbers of fish around NJ yet. Hopefully soon, but not yet.

If I was the Rhody boys, I would not put your gear away anytime soon, same for the Montauk/LI fellas either.

Vogt · 10-17-2009, 03:48 PM

Alot of my spots in western CT that produced well in September are totally dead. It seemed like the fish were moving hard in the last half of Sept, and that body of fish is gone. That being said, Rhody and Eastern CT are starting to heat up quite a bit. Hope they move my way...