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07-31-2011, 10:48 AM
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M.S.B.A.
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: I live in the Villiage of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable in the Commonwealth of MA
Posts: 2,795
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IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BAIT
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"It is impossible to complain and to achieve at the same time"--Basic Patrick (on a good day)
 
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07-31-2011, 02:40 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Yup. At the rate we are killing bass, bait is all we will have left to fish for. Bait is key. What size Stella works best with sabiki rigs?
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07-31-2011, 03:25 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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I am seeing crap loads of bait everywhere I go this season.....no fish working them at all??? Which may be one reason there is so much bait....no fish eating them. I certainly am not hearing anyone complain about lack of bait?
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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07-31-2011, 04:31 PM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
Posts: 4,374
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I agree and disagree about the bait to some degree. On one hand I saw pods of mullet unmollested for a whole month last year during October. There should have been some migratory fish on them. Where were they? Offshore? last year's mullet run was crazy, but apparently not crazy enough to draw in some big fish to the RI mainland. I know NPT saw some blitzes but it seems like those were just resident fish blitzing on the bait.
On the other hand, back in '03 there were tons of peanuts(and fish) from the mouth of the narrow river down to the east wall. the first 10ft out from shore the water was black with bait. When you'd wade out to the river mouth you're plug bag would be filled with peanuts. There was so much bait and so many feeding fish all day and night...for weeks! the fish followed the p-nuts along the soco beaches down to FPR where they ambushed the bait and all out blitzed there to finish off the month. One morning in Nov at misquamicut there was a blitz of big fish. I looked in the water and saw P-nuts, adult pogies, and sea herring. The fishing was incredible then and the amount of bait was unbelievable.
So after typing this I think I'd like to see the bait situation improve. I will never forget those years in Gansett and SoCo. I just wish I had been a better fisherman at the time.
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07-31-2011, 04:54 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Gloucester Massachusetts
Posts: 2,678
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Plenty of striped bass around here for some of us. Mac's are scarce today, had to work for them. Six mac's four nice fish in two hours.
I notice that when a seal pops its head up the fishing gets non existent and you may as well move on. With an ever growing seal population especially down the cape you will have less bass hanging around.
They should regulate the seal population just like they do for other over populated species. Maybe they should go back to the old days and give you money for each seal nose that you bring in.
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07-31-2011, 05:41 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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there were fish on top all over today no birds, 99 pct of the boaters just roared right through the heading to Cutty.
Much appreciated, morons
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