Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 851 Location: Meriden, CT
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 4:29 pm Post subject: Eastern Sound
Went out with Jack Balint from The Fish Connection, Dave and Bill this morning. Was hoping to see some bonito, and ready for lots of blues on light tackle. Fishing was about as smoking as it gets this time of year. Started out in the Watch Hill area picking up some blues early as the flood was starting, but not much, so we moved to the Race around Valiant Rock. Lots of blues (as you could imagine), including a few big choppers. The bluefish action was steady until late in the flood, when we began seeing large numbers of good sized bass mixing in on top, right in the edge of the rip. Blues were faster to just about everything, but Bill pulled one nice keeper and we had a few shorts. There were some big tails and dorsals rising up chasing the squid that were flooding through. Water was really clear and you could see stripers cruising through and slurping up squid, ink clouds all over the place. As soon as the tide went, so did the squid, etc. Four straight hours of catching blues on light gear, with a bonus of some top water stripers in August, makes for a good day. Jack decided to swing back east of Fishers before calling it a day, just to take a looksy. The ebb tide was already starting to move, and we noted small schools of bait coming out of the water. Bill flipped out and immediately had a blue on. I spotted a school of stripers that was holding an area and just waiting for the bait schools to wash down. It was easy to tell they were holding to their structure as one large fish had a pink plug buried in it's back, and kept flashing past us every 5 minutes. I landed a nice 20+ pounder and a ton of shorts. You could again see some big fish mixed in with the schoolies. It was tough to call it a day, but as it was I was two hours late getting home to our sitter. Thanks to Jack, Bill and Dave. Helluva fun day out. Dave took a bunch of pics and some video that I will get up later and post on my blog. I was too busy catching fish! _________________ RNA - It's in my blood.
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Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 851 Location: Meriden, CT
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 6:24 pm Post subject:
Back out this morning on the flood tide. Wind less than 10 and seas less than a foot so I ran across to Fisher's and went up to Race Point. Bit of a haul in my little boat from Stonington. Hoped for some bonitos, but didn't see any. In my small boat I have to fish below the rip between Race Rock and Race Point were it stays pretty calm. Still lots of smaller blues all over the place. Played around with them in my fly rod and an 8lb. test setup with zoom flukes. Caught a ton. Usually have to wait for the next slack tide to run back across Fisher's Island Sound without getting bouced to hell, but today it was pretty flat, even when the tide was still going pretty good. _________________ RNA - It's in my blood.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:35 pm Post subject:
Pretty much same today as the last post, though I had an ebb tide from about 5:30 am through the morning. Lots of small blues around Race Point. Back in the market for a bigger boat so I can fish the Race or make runs to Montauk! Was looking for albies, as a few have shown. Problem with fishing weekends is that you get the 1%ers, the most clueless of all fisherman come out of the woodwork. I had one school that I thought were albies chasing bait towards a small point I like to hang off , only to have three boats come gunning on top of me and they were down and gone. Lot's of bait though. I don't really get mad, it's kind of a game. I set up in my little boat where I think the fish should show. When I hook one, I watch the the pleasure boats (ones out there that don't even have a rod holder) come racing and guys casting at fish that they've driven down and off. I'll make a big loop around where I know they are so I'm below them, and the process starts again. Played this with two boats this morning. They finally gave up and moved on. Crossed back over to the Pine Island area, and caught snappers and small tailor blues on the fly rod. Great place to take kids for some fast and furious catching! _________________ RNA - It's in my blood.
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:35 am Post subject: 1 % 'ers
You have it all wrong. First you stand up and look in the opposite direction of the fish action (if you have a buddy on board you point with entusiasm). Second, you gun the boat and run a 1/4 mile and stop fast. Third, make a couple of frantic casts. Fourth, slowly go back to the fishy spot when everyone arrives at your phantom spot. You'll be laughing all the way back.
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