up coming season

[Flaptail]

Originally Posted by Nebe

The one thing that sticks out in my mind from last season was the huge pods of big bass that stayed in NJ till early summer. the water took so long to heat up that they just stayed there and ate bunker all day.. My hunch is that with this warm winter, water temps south of LI sound will heat up quicker, thus sending pajama mama northbound earlier.. We always get the first wavs of keeper sized bass in the beginning of may too, but my hunch is that these fish are the CT and hudson fish. the truely big chesapeake cows show later..

agian... only a hunch.

Nebe, aside from having you run as my vice presidential candidate someday, the water temps so far this year at the 40418 buoy 30nm east of Nantucket are 43.3 degrees and holding and that temp is pretty universal for just off Chatham and the outer cape. Six degrees more and bass will inhabit and feed. That's the only thing that gives me hope and water that gets warm early might bloom inshore the ever important factor of planktonic creatures that the sandeels (our number one beach bait ) love to feed on but then again there is the seal theory which I must say, anecdotally or not, I firmly subscribe too.

[capesams]

yep! got word lastnite,,guy's been filmin he fishin time there and is going to put a short show on... I'll try and get more details later on.

[Sea Dangles]

Talk all you want about water temps and where they spend their winters.One thing we must understand is the big fish eat little fish,if there are no little fish good luck trying to catch big fish.Some parts of R.I. had lots of bait almost all year,other parts had squat.I managed to luck into some great fish last year but they were long and lean.Where is the beef?I'll tell you it's not on the bass without abundant pogie around.Two fish that should have been over fifty and lots that could have pushed forty.Even in the fall the bellies weren't there.
Fish your favorite spots and good luck to all this coming season.Learn where the big girls like to play and make some sacrifices and you can get lucky too.Sometimes you have to throw away the book on tides,pressure,wind direction and just fish.Try some new spots that haven't produced in the past.Last year I tried a spot countless times with no luck but it paid off in spades come September.
This year I would love to fish some nights with people I met from the board and others I have yet to meet.No secret spots,just some laughs and and God willing ;tight lines.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

Nebe, aside from having you run as my vice presidential candidate someday, the water temps so far this year at the 40418 buoy 30nm east of Nantucket are 43.3 degrees and holding and that temp is pretty universal for just off Chatham and the outer cape. Six degrees more and bass will inhabit and feed. That's the only thing that gives me hope and water that gets warm early might bloom inshore the ever important factor of planktonic creatures that the sandeels (our number one beach bait ) love to feed on but then again there is the seal theory which I must say, anecdotally or not, I firmly subscribe too.

ahh yes the bloom. some places will bloom faster than others and attract the bait. I hope bart reads this.


ohhhh come on spring.



Dangles, i heard you got those big fish on a fiberglass jetty

[clambelly]

ive read through this thread and everyone has some great theories. i think im just as excited as everyone else for the season to get here. who knows what it will be like, hopefully as fun and exciting as last season.

but a word of caution. the winter is about halfway over and it has been warm, but february hasn't showed its might yet, and before you can blink the bays and ponds just might freeze.

the canal was crap for the first half of the season, but the second half was gang busters. i hope its as much fun this year. had a ball.

[Pete_G]

Here's some info. This almost qualifies as a spot burn.

A few 20+ pound bass were coming up in the nets of some draggers close to the Block last week. Herring and squid were already in the area as well. I'd normally dismiss any info like this but it came from a reliable and direct source so until I can prove otherwise, I believe it.

On an unrelated note (and hopefully my saying this will reverse the trend most people's log books show), most of the best years for inshore pelagics off RI occured after cold winters, not warm ones.

[bart]

Originally Posted by Nebe

ahh yes the bloom. some places will bloom faster than others and attract the bait. I hope bart reads this.


ohhhh come on spring.

i can't wait any longer. i'm losing my mind.

[libassboy]

i can't wait any longer. i'm losing my mind.

I hear ya, and I got the new Surfcaster catalog today, the cover picture was killing me....