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[nightfighter]

Water up here is real cloudy and churned up. There have been some bass and mackeral chasing sea herring in the harbor during the evenings though. They have occasionally been reachable from shore near low.

[Fly Rod]

Schoolies in the Annisquam some mackerel but scarce. Big fish over 38 inches should be here by the 21st, hoping it holds true.

[spinncognito]

Had an evening earlier in the week with acres of bass feeding on silversides (very small ones) right along the shore in a popular local spot. Fish were mixed size and super-focused on the feed and I only fooled one around 27" on a small metal-lip swimmer. The very next evening the feed was back but this time were being harrassed by a huge school of sea herring. Had never seen such large herring right on shore. Has some some fun jigging them up. JackK even fooled one with the fly-rod. Did foul-hook a schoolie with the diamond jig- a plump fish indeed. Each night since then has featured lotsa bird activity but mostly out-of-casting-range. All the action has been just before dark this week. Tried this morning but it was casting practice.

As mentioned, it should only get better by the day going forward.

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by spinncognito

Had an evening earlier in the week with acres of bass feeding on silversides (very small ones) right along the shore in a popular local spot. Fish were mixed size and super-focused on the feed and I only fooled one around 27" on a small metal-lip swimmer. The very next evening the feed was back but this time were being harrassed by a huge school of sea herring. Had never seen such large herring right on shore. Has some some fun jigging them up. JackK even fooled one with the fly-rod. Did foul-hook a schoolie with the diamond jig- a plump fish indeed. Each night since then has featured lotsa bird activity but mostly out-of-casting-range. All the action has been just before dark this week. Tried this morning but it was casting practice.

As mentioned, it should only get better by the day going forward.

Next time you see them on silversides try one of Joes small Po-Jees with an undressed hook.Works everytime!

[piemma]

I was all over Narr Bay this morning. Only marked a few fish in Warwick Cove and between Prudence and Patience Island. No runs, no hits and no one got on.

[Thumper]

Originally Posted by piemma

I was all over Narr Bay this morning. Only marked a few fish in Warwick Cove and between Prudence and Patience Island. No runs, no hits and no one got on.

Have you ever witnessed anything like this in mid May before?
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Thumper

Have you ever witnessed anything like this in mid May before?
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device

Seems like many things are late

temps in the 80's haven't even arrived yet
(unlike last year)
ice out here was 3 weeks late
the rains (of significance) have just begun and are LATE
(for april /may)

water temps just now in range

[spinncognito]

Originally Posted by basswipe

Next time you see them on silversides try one of Joes small Po-Jees with an undressed hook.Works everytime!

I thought about posing/posting the obligatory question about how-to fool a feed-focused bass. The answers/advice are many from teasers to swim shads to tins to out-of-the-box thinking like huge wooden plugs. We threw the bag at them but they wanted almost none of it. It was acually difficult to even fish the edges/outskirts of the school as there were so many bass and so much feed. Funny thing about this occurance was that it kept going well after dark with lotsa slashing/surfacing bass but it was not an all-out washing-machine-like frenzy. It was frustrating for sure- Kevin even compared it to fishing a worm hatch (something I have never done).

[5/0]

Today was my first outing and hooked onto fish nuttin big but it was nice to get out and wet a line,next weekend I'll be out again

[Slingah]

I'm hoping to give it a whirl this week......any of my hombres out and about this week hit me up....