Rhody Leg of Striped-Bass.Com Tourney!!! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

JohnR · 06-17-2001, 09:34 AM

Looking at dates for the first Rhody Leg of the Striped-Bass.Com Tourney. Ideal Dates are July 6 & 7 with Saturday the 7th being the official day and Friday being the unofficial day... Tides are as follows:

7/6: Newport High tide 9:19pm - 1 day after full moon...
7/7: Newport High tide 10:01pm

I think this would be ideal for the Rhody leg.

Any thoughts or questions???

Slipknot · 06-17-2001, 12:53 PM

O.K. with me.

Clammer · 06-17-2001, 01:27 PM

same here//

Clammer · 06-17-2001, 02:20 PM

Just realized I won;t be around that weekend,s---
But anyone looking for a place to crash Friday an/or saturday/Sunday. Let me know and I;ll set you up// later

Fishpart · 06-18-2001, 06:08 AM

I may or may not be able to make it. The Jury is still out but with Friday off I might be traveling that weekend

OTOH I just might get a shot at a nice sweetwater striper.

Saltheart · 06-18-2001, 11:01 AM

I think I can. I have the week of the 4th off but I think we are sticking around RI. I bet lots of people have conflicts do to the holiday (july 4) but I think I could do some fishing. I don't want to miss the barbecue!!

chris L · 06-18-2001, 11:25 AM

at the presant it looks good for me . the wife will leave me but if I can catch 1 fish its worth it lol . Im in unless something drastic happens .

STEVE IN MASS · 06-18-2001, 12:10 PM

I can't make it between now and until July 13-14.

If it happens then, have fun, and get some FISH this time!

Got Stripers · 06-18-2001, 06:53 PM

John I just typed you an email while I waited for the thread to open. I fished the email about the time the thread finally opened, that will give you a clue how slow it is for me. I've deleted all my old cookies and started fresh, but it takes minutes to open any threads lately.

As for the tournament, I don't even know what I'm doing tomorrow, let alone weeks from today. I'd say plan ahead based on others and I'll be in or not based on what's up at the time; work/weather wise. Might want to show up just for some more of that strawberry shortcake

. Mentioned how good it was to the wife and she gave it a shot on fathers day. Well let's just say I didn't marry her for her great deserts...lol.

Saltheart · 06-18-2001, 07:13 PM

Here's the recipe GS

Take a 4 pound bag of frozen strawberries (BJ's) and thaw. Mash them with a potato masher. Put 2 quarts of water in a sauce pan and add 3 cups of sugar. Stir and heat till the sugar dissolves (not too hot). Let cool a little then add to the mashed berries. mix well and chill in fridge. Cut up 5 pounds of fresh ripe strawberries into good size chunks. Get 16 of the buiscut shortcakes (not the angelfood kind).

In a massive bowl , put the buiscut , a "way lot" of the sweet strawberry syrup , and a couple handfulls of fresh berries. Make a mountain of "ready Whip" real whipped cream on top of the whole mess. Makes enough to give 20 guys a belly ache. As I remember it , you have to repeat the process for GotStripers cause he can down 2 of them. Incredible display of eating prowess .

Got Stripers · 06-19-2001, 06:22 AM

Licking my chops just thinking about it, although that 2nd helping wasn't such a smart thing

. I'll pass that on to the wife, but I better have her ratio that down to serving 6, or I'll be a blimp by the end of the summer...lol.

Fisherwoman · 06-19-2001, 08:27 AM

Hey JohnR, looks like BC and I may be able to do that leg, that is of course if it is all right with the other members of the board. I know it was a concern early on in the discussions for the tournament. Belive me I have only fished Rhody once so I wouldn't worry to much about me getting anything large, but the straberry shortcake and the barby sound good to me. We will know closer to those dates!!!

Saltheart · 06-19-2001, 09:53 AM

I don't see why anyone would complain about BC or FW in the tourney. They put their stinky waders on one leg at a time like everybody else!

chris L · 06-19-2001, 10:04 AM

fw and bc are welcome anytime by me . Ill fish with anyone and if they fish better than me all the more better ( maybe Ill catch on to something new ) I know I could use the help .
I dont know saltheart I put my waders on both feet at the same time .

JohnR · 06-19-2001, 10:26 AM

NO PROBLEM!!! FW & BC, btw - you two are crashing at my house. And BC puts his waders on one tentacle at a time (had to make sure I spelled that right :P )... Shcoolie Monster and his lovely bride get the other room space...

I may have some soft concrete floor available to those that can bring a sleeping bag - but for that I need permission form my wife (and that might be tough for unruly fishin' type people waking up her little angel WHHHHAAAAAAA!!!)

Fisherwoman · 06-19-2001, 11:37 AM

Thanks Saltheart & ChrisL, looking forward to it, BC may have to catch some type of summer flu!!!! if ya know what I mean, but would love to hook up with the crew, was sorry to have missed the last one.

JohnR, thanks so much for the offer, that would be fantastic. Would love to see the wife and little guy, SM and the MRS. Looking forward to checking out some new waters, should be a fun time.

chris L · 06-19-2001, 12:44 PM

john
back yard is better for loud fisherman dont want to wake up liam and the mrs , all hell can break loose .

JohnR · 06-19-2001, 12:59 PM

Chris, the back yard might not be too good. All of the neighborhood wild cats, when they are not propagating their lineage, make all kinds-a-noise...

I do want to note that this weekend isn't optimal for several regulars and another weekend may be possible - any suggestions? The tides for the following weekend are not as good and the weekend after are OK but we're deep into July...

Thanks

schoolie monster · 06-19-2001, 01:42 PM

John, I think I have a problem with Bill and Julie fishing, its just not fair...

FW, what the heck are you talkin' about. I wouldn't want to exclude anyone, especially you and Bill, or #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, or John 'cause he runs the site. The most important thing is to get together and have fun (this from someone who bagged the first tourny). But like Chris L said, bring all comers... anyone with any stones or "gusto" (we all know a few who don't) would want to face the best. From a learning standpoint and a competitive standpoint, whether its fishing or hoops or softball or checkers, I'd rather play with and play against top people.

Say the Sox and the Yankees both make the playoffs which is looking more and more possible as the Twins are fading... as a Sox fan, who would you want to face in the ALCS? Damn right you want the Yanks, 'cause they are the team to beat. As good as a World Series win would feel, it would be a bit empty if you didn't beat the Yankees along the way.

So let's lay this issue to rest... IMO, everyone is welcome... anyone disagree?

Fishpart · 06-19-2001, 01:48 PM

The Friday the 20th and Saturday the 21st have about the same tides with a 914 PM high in Newport. In addition we have the new moon on the 20th. I know it is getting close to the summer slack season but we should still have fish on the south shore if they have left the bay. At least we won't be mixed up with the holiday. Any other ideas? Does Mrs. R approve of fishermen invading her yard that weekend?

JohnR · 06-19-2001, 02:17 PM

I'm approved for a cookout but a mass landing of mutant lemings in the backyard hasn't been brought to her attention yet (although she does browse the boards on occasions - she likes the future recipe section)...

No excluding anyone. We determined that a month ago, remember, we have even invited Patrick :P .

As far as moving the date back another 2 weeks, that's really up to you folks. There will still be larger fish out there butmaybe not as good as a few weeks from now (I was thinking about an island that weekend :P >( )...

chris L · 06-19-2001, 03:01 PM

im on call the weekend of july 20,21,22 but dont let that stop you fishers any other weekend is good for me but then we are in the heat of the summer .

Slipknot · 06-19-2001, 06:11 PM

The 6th or 7th are better for me,tides too. I will be in North Carolina on the 20th in a King Mackeral tourney(first place is a new boat

).

This is better , the threads actually come up today. The last few days all I could get is the topics and the page never came up if I clicked on a thread.

Saltheart · 06-20-2001, 02:33 PM

Well we lose some people for one date but lose some others for another date. Its always tough to get a date that's good for everyone. This weekend would have been great but SOL is having their thing. The off weekends (no moon tides) are good tides for Am fishing in RI but the tides will be low and therefore currentsl slow. July 20-23 is a great fishing weekend....north and east of Chatham!!

hard to believe we are already looking at fishing dates in July. The season goes by too fast!!

Anyway , just to get everyone psyched , I caught a 44 1/2 inch , 37 pound striper on east beach one year over the July 4th weekend. Got it on a livelined menhaden. Had been plugging and got nothing. My friend snagged the baitfish and was going to toss it back in when I asked "you gonna liveline that"? He said no so I asked if i could have it. Fish wasn't out there for 30 seconds and down goes my pole!!

There are big fish in RI in early July.

JohnR · 06-20-2001, 02:50 PM

OK - who definitely can't make early July:

Clammer,
Fishpart,
Steve-in-Mass

Anyone else?

I REALLY hate to do this but it might need to be that weekend. The fishing should still be good then but if we get a heatwave in addition to the typical later July slowness - it could be tough - but not as bad as Chatham was that day...

STEVE IN MASS · 06-21-2001, 03:58 AM

Guys, would love to come, but don't let me hold you up. I can always catch the other two legs. (Well probably, anyway).

Fishpart · 06-21-2001, 05:47 AM

No problem, there are still two legs to come. It does make a lot of sense to try and get it "done" before the summer doldrums hit.

Clammer · 06-21-2001, 07:06 AM

No problem guys, my offer is still open-to crash at my place/its just down the road from JohnR, WE;LL catch up//later

Saltheart · 06-21-2001, 07:43 AM

OK, so is it definitely July 7?

JohnR · 06-21-2001, 08:10 AM

Yep - with a warmup, scout day on Friday night (I'm really gonna). We'll work out the details and I'm going to talk to Don at Weekapaug about having his place as one of the meeting places - might be easier for the boys from CT... Might even do the grilling there as he mentioned that he has pits in the back of the shop...