Fall fishing so far - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Adam_777 · 10-12-2008, 10:30 AM

Skunked today 3-7 am.RI in the bay.Pogies everywhere just having pogie party's nothing crashing the party all morning.They may be hugging the outflow pipes for the longhaul this winter.Big baits and nothing bothering them for about a week.

ridler72 · 10-12-2008, 01:48 PM

This has been one of the best fall runs for size in Boston Harbor, at least in my lifetime. Out, are the mega blitzes with a gazzillion schoolies, occasional larger, hammering peanuts and other small forage all day long. In, are many adult bunker-poagies getting hammered by the common 20-30lb class fish, at times, all day long. Imagine that, common 20- 30lb class fish. Boaters, Kayakers have feasted, and even surf casters are getting in on the action. Along with great fishing comes everyone from every walk of life, paintball guns have been an option for protection.

Snag and drop, thanks Mullet Miller, has been the most productive for me for that class of fish. Chunks and Blue'd Chunks, have brought up the larger lazy azz hogs up too 47lbs. Guess they don't feel like chasing a fleeing, turbo poagie. Since the 1st week of September it's been great. Yesterday and today has been slow, that's not a bad run for this angler looking like a weirdo fishing out of a kayak.

numbskull · 10-12-2008, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ridler72

This has been one of the best fall runs for size in Boston Harbor, at least in my lifetime. Out, are the mega blitzes with a gazzillion schoolies, occasional larger, hammering peanuts and other small forage all day long. In, are many adult bunker-poagies getting hammered by the common 20-30lb class fish, at times, all day long. Imagine that, common 20- 30lb class fish. Boaters, Kayakers have feasted, and even surf casters are getting in on the action. Along with great fishing comes everyone from every walk of life, paintball guns have been an option for protection.

Snag and drop, thanks Mullet Miller, has been the most productive for me for that class of fish. Chunks and Blue'd Chunks, have brought up the larger lazy azz hogs up too 47lbs. Guess they don't feel like chasing a fleeing, turbo poagie. Since the 1st week of September it's been great. Yesterday and today has been slow, that's not a bad run for this angler looking like a weirdo fishing out of a kayak.

Well then, invite Eddy up there so the fish will come down this way. Thanks.

Rockport24 · 10-15-2008, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ridler72

Chunks and Blue'd Chunks, have brought up the larger lazy azz hogs up too 47lbs.

47lbs! dude that must have been some tow!

Striper_Haven_03 · 10-12-2008, 03:36 PM

First big push of Blues today in plymouth/manomet area. Until this morning its been void of blues but plenty of large stripers 25-40 lbs. Lost a dozen snakes quick but was rewared with a 33lber around 7am. Tells me the water is still warm and we have another 2-3 weeks of good fishing on the SS and still time to get that 50!

Just when I thought I was going to get some sleep...............

Fireman

Sea Dangles · 10-12-2008, 05:19 PM

SAHARA DESERT

Hail Mary tonight!!!

RIJIMMY · 10-12-2008, 06:36 PM

Out on the boat today 3am to 11am fished Narragansett shoreline, Beavertail and Brenton reef. We had a well full of live bunker and a bucket full of eels. Not one single hit, nothing even chased a bunker except for a handful of blue bite offs. Saw some surface action and ignored it, thinking it was blues. Around 9am went looking for topwater action, found nothing. we went all over. last year at this time there were mile long blitzes everywhere I looked.

Adam_777 · 10-13-2008, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

Out on the boat today 3am to 11am fished Narragansett shoreline, Beavertail and Brenton reef. We had a well full of live bunker and a bucket full of eels. Not one single hit, nothing even chased a bunker except for a handful of blue bite offs. Saw some surface action and ignored it, thinking it was blues. Around 9am went looking for topwater action, found nothing. we went all over. last year at this time there were mile long blitzes everywhere I looked.

Are You the guy in the robalo snagging in shallow water yesterday am ? I couldn't buy a hit either.Sad when you can liveline 1 fish for hours without anything.We need a good storm and another push of fish.The Bay is a deadzone.

RIJIMMY · 10-13-2008, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Adam_777

Are You the guy in the robalo snagging in shallow water yesterday am ? I couldn't buy a hit either.Sad when you can liveline 1 fish for hours without anything.We need a good storm and another push of fish.The Bay is a deadzone.

No, I was in a Hydrasport, we got bunker @ 3am, in tight in by some boat slips.
Im optomistic that the fishing will pick up. Im just suprised at the lack of blitzes. I have not seen one peanut bunker this year. Last year my boat looked like someone pasted it with peanut bunker chum. Blues and bass were spitting them up. I am wondering if last year's massive bluefish slaughter took its toll on the bunker population?

steve · 10-13-2008, 12:53 PM

'08 GANSETT REPORT THUS FAR- APRIL- GOOD to VGOOD, MAY- VGOOD, JUNE- FAIR to POOR for the sixth month, JULY- FAIR, AUGUST- GOOD, SEPT- FAIR to GOOD, OCTOBER thus far- GOOD. I've made 85 surf trips with 70 of them in Gansett. Lots of blues this month(oct) with 3 nice fish- 30, 37 and 40 pounds in gansett this month. Looking forward to next new moon. Hopefully weather will be good. One other point though, the bass fishing has been pretty good this fall but the disturbing thing is the lack of schoolies now as well as the entire year except for april and half of may. What's wrong.