never in a million years did i think i would catch these ,up here - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

blue oyster · 09-27-2011, 05:39 PM

i went out today at 7:30 this morning, later than i would like but bad tides for the ramp .i went in search of the elusive pogies (for me this year) hit all the spots i ever got pogies and tried 2 new spots on 5th hand word , nothing , now off to get macks . i hit the spot where i have been getting plenty of macks the last few day but i lost most of the moving water looking for pogies , mack fishing was slow only 1 or 2 at a time with long stretches inbetween . (i jig for macks trolling style) . i hook up ,not a lot of wieght so i'm thinking another single fish next thing i know the line is pulled real tight , drag is set tight for bait ,the fish can't pull drag , then starts shooting out to the side and around the boat , i have gotten a lot of macks in my time never seen this before , now i'm thinking small bluefish , i get it boat side and at a quick glance it looks like a mack , i get it in the boat and get a good look at it and it,s a small albie , i had never seen a real one before only pictures ,snapped a quick photo and tossed it back (real sharp teeth),it was only as big as an adult mack not even a pound i would guess then a little while later i got another one only a little smaller , now i change set ups and i am targeting albies , which i know nothing about except what i read so i put on the smallest deadly #^&#^&#^&#^& i have and started trolling , if anybody told me i would be targeting albies within site of boston i would have said they were crazy but there i was . but saddly i got no more .weather was turning so gave up on that and went striper fishing , could not fish long though weather got nasty only got one decent striper , strange day , the count 7 mackrel , 3 harbor pollic , 2 false albacores , 1 dogfish , 1 striper . and i got pulled over by the evo police for speeding even though i was just trying to match the ferry

PRBuzz · 09-27-2011, 05:50 PM

Sounds like a great day, except for that last part. WTG on the albie!

beamie · 09-27-2011, 05:54 PM

So that is what they are. Over the last few trips have gotten a 2 or 3 (10") of them in the mix. Less brilliant stripes and different mouth and eyes.....and a bit more pep then the macks. I tought maybe that is what it was but was going to ask but you beat me to it.

blue oyster · 09-27-2011, 06:01 PM

what does WTG mean ? and at least i did not get a ticket for speeding or the infamous safty check

PRBuzz · 09-27-2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by blue oyster

what does WTG mean ? and at least i did not get a ticket for speeding or the infamous safty check

Way to go?

niko · 09-27-2011, 06:32 PM

baby albies - that's cool. see global warming doesnt have to suck

Bill L · 09-27-2011, 09:16 PM

Albies don't have teeth, but bonito do. Spanish mack?

blue oyster · 09-27-2011, 09:21 PM

possible mistaken id on the albie ,could it be small b.f.t. ? started checking photos of albies , not a match , not bonito , not spanish mackrel , closest match is a blue fin tuna ? 6 vertical stripes , pointymouth , sharp teeth , large dorsal fin , i have a cell phone photo but do not have the equiptment nor the brains to load photo , as i have never seen either in person i am confused but the stripes were more green than blue . if i can make the m.s.b.a. meeting i will try to show photo around or if time permits try to get to a verizon store to print out photo .

fish4striper · 09-28-2011, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by blue oyster

possible mistaken id on the albie ,could it be small b.f.t. ? started checking photos of albies , not a match , not bonito , not spanish mackrel , closest match is a blue fin tuna ? 6 vertical stripes , pointymouth , sharp teeth , large dorsal fin , i have a cell phone photo but do not have the equiptment nor the brains to load photo , as i have never seen either in person i am confused but the stripes were more green than blue . if i can make the m.s.b.a. meeting i will try to show photo around or if time permits try to get to a verizon store to print out photo .

Would be cool to know what it is. Some juvenile fish look quite a bit different than the mature version.
Do you know how to send pics from your phone? You could send it to an email addy, then post here.

Van · 09-28-2011, 09:52 AM

There ya go,,been the strangest year EVER in boston harbor.

Makes me think, over the weekend I was loading with macks and a couple in the bunch had different markings.

But everything else was identical to our common mackerel.
I have no idea why it had that pattern. the stripes were broken I would say it was more spotted than striped.

I didnt check for teeth.

They still worked great for striper bait !!!!!

BONITO

MakoMike · 09-28-2011, 10:07 AM

Sounds like a small bonito.

blue oyster · 09-28-2011, 10:33 AM

trying despertly to get a photo up , i have the tech skills of a rock ,

saltyric · 09-28-2011, 12:13 PM

Small Bonito have made an appearence on the North Shore as well.....Caught while jigging

TheSpecialist · 09-28-2011, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill L

Albies don't have teeth, but bonito do. Spanish mack?

Thats what I was thinking spanish mac

blue oyster · 09-28-2011, 05:50 PM

picture finaly up on the main page

Van · 10-09-2011, 09:19 AM

While loading up with macs yesterday (Saturday).

I pulled in a stringer of those little guys.
Another first for me too.

I thought about using them as live bait, but I released them.

Water temp in outer harbor is lower 60s and its almost mid october.
Must be why.

Bass fishing was awesome and lots of blues around too.