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Striper fishing 2016
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Knob Creek
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Are you surf fishing, boat or Kayak?
I started a second thread cause all the post seam to be centered on fresh water.
I am mostly surf fishing, I sold my kayak a couple years ago but am thinking of picking up another. I miss it now that it's gone. Walked/ fished around Gooseberry Island last night till the rain got the best of my fishing partner. It seemed to have come in a lot earlier than they said it would. Got one slamming hit shortly before leaving.
I am mostly surf fishing, I sold my kayak a couple years ago but am thinking of picking up another. I miss it now that it's gone. Walked/ fished around Gooseberry Island last night till the rain got the best of my fishing partner. It seemed to have come in a lot earlier than they said it would. Got one slamming hit shortly before leaving.
A lot of fish bypassed the canal. Some good fish have been caught in Hull, Scituate and other spots. South cape , race point and Cape Cod bay have decent fish too. The canal has been slow so far .
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I need salty action from my yak.
I need salty action from my yak.
The Bay was hot last week with birds and good top-water action.Got out yesterday in a North West wind with fog.Jigged some macks for bait,not sure if the bass moved or the wind killed the fishing.Fished among a ton of boats.They had a few keepers,not enough to keep me on the water.After a 90 degree day,we froze and were home early!
Hit buzzards bay with some squid ! Black sea bass bite is great !
I need to get a boat bad. I have a 18' Donzi bow rider I need to clean up a little and sell this summer so I can hopefully get a smallish center console next year. My wife would rather fish than sunbath and my son is getting old enough to start to fish.
45collector
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Went out to one of our usual spots near Barnstable Harbor last night and while I got skunked, my buds caught a couple that were just over 28/ 29". A keeper's a keeper!
Sand eels are the go-to bait, but chunk mackerel works well too. Biggest striper I ever caught from shore was 42", using chunk mackerel.
Sand eels are the go-to bait, but chunk mackerel works well too. Biggest striper I ever caught from shore was 42", using chunk mackerel.
I can take you and show you a few things if you'd like.
I'm there a lot..
If you see a canal bike with NES and Spikes stickers on the rod tubes that's me! I'm usually Cape side somewhere.
45collector
NES Member
Maybe this'll be the season I actually meet up with you there.
pj150
NES Member
Canal has been weird for me the last few years. Used to be easy with a lively eel at night or even a bare jig would catch if you let it bounce around on the rocks. Been in this long slump where I have been only occasionally catching a couple of small schoolies near shore and not the bigger guys down deep.
I drove along the Cape side early yesterday,heading off cape.There were about 4 cars/trucks parked in their fishing spots.Not may for this time of year,it might have ben due to the bad weather moving in!
Spent the past week in Maine, fishing at least twice a day, from the beach. Using fly and plugs, and sometimes chunked bait. Picked up fish every time out, except the last day. The quality of fish was mostly small, but I did manage a PB fish of a 44" taken during the first couple hours of sunlight one morning. Fishing was sporadic, as the number of fish and their size varied greatly. And there were some WINDY days. The only signs of bait were a few crabs and a bunch of sandworms -- no baitfish. Fly fishing in 40mph winds was an experience, but I did land my largest fish on a fly that day, 24". The winds did seem to blow out the seaweed though. Not a bad week.
I think everyone has been posting all fishing reports in this thread:
https://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/327215-2017-Fishing-Ice-Fishing-Thread?
