Crunch Time

[nightfighter]

Was supposed to be at the Cuttyhunk Fishing Club this weekend, which is their last for the season, but plans got fouled up. Work keeps getting in the way as we try to get the outdoor projects done before snow....
Still, I plan on taking a couple of days here and there to chase from the surf, locally and roadtrips south as the window closes up here in a couple of weeks. Getting out most mornings and after work. Surf was too much for me tonight, since I was the only soul where Doc got his fish. Just not safe conditions in the dark. I know there are good size fish around... Still chasing schoolie blitzes in the harbors though. Kayak is likely done for this year.

[BasicPatrick]

That school of 30/40 lb fish that was in the Canal 6-10 days ago went NORTH and is currently off Deluxbury.

Montauk is slow...23 lbs won the Montauk classic Tourney

MV Derby is slow, antucket Month Long was won by small fish

Boston Haba is on fire with the right baits....nice fish Beetle (and others)

The run might have begun but there is plenty left to go around....

Fishing every weekend once I leave MV (still here for a few more days)

Move over E#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&... I'll be there in a week...lol

[Krispy]

This year, I think calling the season at Thanksgiving will be premature for me. Of course weather depending, Ill probly be out till mid December trying to intercept migrating cow bass at specific points.
Almost all year I have been fishing just a few key spots as often as possible and its paid off. I'll continue to do the same, picking places I think bass will be moving past with the best opportunity for finding large.Maybe Ill get lucky

[BEETLE]

by BasicPatrick --That school of 30/40 lb fish that was in the Canal 6-10 days ago went NORTH and is currently off Deluxbury.

Me thinks they may have gone a little further North than that.

[afterhours]

got a ways to go imo. caught last bass in ri 3rd week of dec last year.

[stripercrazy]

there's still nice bass in the bay all the way to pawt there on peanuts and picky.I've been catching on the beach, small fish mostly. there on small bait. we need big bait its still comming I hope its going late, there's 2 big schools of stripers working the river behind work as I type

[eelman]

This is a debate that happens every spring and every fall..IMO..Just because there are large schools of bass up north , does not mean those bass are going to show in Rhody in ex number of days...Many of those fish continue on out past the nantucket rips and south of Block Island..in fact those fish are fish we never see here, Hudson fish that summer in and around the Elizabeths, may move by Rhode Island and are a better shot than whats up north of the cape. The time is now in Rhode Island, Its mid October, the fish are on the move. Rhode Island also has its own summer poulation and those fish are also moving mixing with and joining with the others, its hard to say which are which, But just because someone nails a 25lb fish a couple of nights in a row doesnt mean "its on" or those fish have come here from some far ponts north. Using whats going on up north as a gauge for whats going to happen here is not good, Those fish never end up here. Yup you can catch fish in Rhody right until December but those are going to be dinks....The best shot for large bass in Rhody is right now until about November 15th , after that its a dink fest at best...so that gives about 4 weeks or so.Our fall fishing is its own entity that has nothing to do with other states. I think its happens everywhere at once in its own unique way.There are different strains of bass that do different routes and migration patterns, Chesapeake fish travel different routes than hudson fish.

We may have fish later than the Northern people but thats due to higher water temps and our own fish staying longer...Bottom line, the reality is there isnt tons of time left.If its large your after, the next 4 weeks are the time.....Especially in This state.