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jayhova · Joined: 12 May 2012 Posts: 15

So, how many of you took part in the blitz off Mattituck last week ? I boater well over 100 in three days.
So large were the schools we broke out the fly rods. This storm will break it all up.

jayhova · Joined: 12 May 2012 Posts: 15

My little buddy was even into them , Deadly Dick pitched a few yards from the boat found fish after fish for him.

Michael · Joined: 28 Jan 2012 Posts: 3823 Location: Bridgeport

Someday I'd love to get into those albies with my schoolie setup. I could just imagine constant fast jerking with one of my Rapala Saltwater X-Raps. I've heard tunas are faster swimmers than bluefish.

Redneckangler · Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 851 Location: Meriden, CT

Very nice! They're a blast when you get stuck into them. Used to sit inside the bridge at Oregon Inlet when we had a place down in the OBX and catch them til my arms fell off. Spent a couple days last week looking around the Fisher's Island area w/ no luck. Not fishing this weekend, but looking forward to the large numbers that will hopefully be building. The area is choked with bait. Love September.
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Redneckangler · Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 851 Location: Meriden, CT

Albies are coming in good around Fisher's now.
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jayhova · Joined: 12 May 2012 Posts: 15

Michael, you just may get your chance..."
Here is my buddy mid day today at Seaside.

JimiChanga · Joined: 04 Mar 2012 Posts: 195 Location: Meriden

Now that's something you don't see everyday!!!

JC

SaltyVeins · Joined: 09 Jul 2012 Posts: 83

Went out around Fishers this morning. TONS of blues on the surface. Eventually found some albies at the usual spots. Certainly not in any large numbers yet, but there. Heard people were getting into them further east in RI.

Redneckangler · Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 851 Location: Meriden, CT

Rosh Hashanah means one thing for me, a day off from teaching at Cheshire HS for some beautiful fall fishing. With Meriden schools still in session, I was kid free and my biggest concern was where to fish. Fortunately, Jack had called Friday with a cancellation, and wanted to know if I was interested in going out to chase some albies. I met up with Jack (Balint - The Fish Connection) and Mark at 5:45a.m. in Stonington, just as the sun was peeking over the horizon and the tide was beginning to really flow out past Watch Hill Point. The air was crisp and clear. We couldn't have dialed up a better fall day. It wasn't to long before we saw some singles and small groups of the distinctly green albies with their tuna tails breaking the surface. They were still pretty scattered, but Mark hooked up early and that screaming drag to me is as Puccini to an opera fan. Drifting back through the rip as Mark worked on his fish, we could see a large school really busting from our previous location. As soon as we could we motored back up, and I got a cast right into the school yielding my first albie of the season. At this point, I was thinking "game on," that this was going to be one of those days where we just crush them. Not to be. This was the last big blitz we saw, though schools roamed from Watch Hill east along the SoCo. I was tossing an unweighted white Zoom fluke, that just didn't seem to have the allure or casting distance of the soft plastic mark was throwing. I hate to admit that I can't recall the brand now, but will get in touch with him for that. I went on to have 2 more hits without a hookset the rest of the day, seeming to always be 10-20 yards out of range when a school popped up. Mark did better though, landing three more and losing two. There were certainly other options, as the striper fishing has really been good, but there were enough albies to keep us in the chase. Though not the non-stop action I had hoped for, it was still a great day on the water with two outstanding fishermen. I can't wait to get back out Friday with my "little" brother.

Heading out of Stonington at dawn.

Capt. Steve Burnett has a double hookup on the Lauren B.

Mark and Jack

Mark with an albie on.

Little green rocket

My "Little" Bro. At 6'4", 325lbs., it's hard to make a fish look big. Hoping to get him hooked into some albies this weekend.

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Michael · Joined: 28 Jan 2012 Posts: 3823 Location: Bridgeport

OnTheBass · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:34 pm Post subject:

....me and my buddy on here go to chs...
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fishfinder · Joined: 19 Jun 2011 Posts: 1672 Location: Naugatuck, Ct.

Man, if you ever need to fill in a blank spot on that boat let me know!!!!
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Seasideangler · Joined: 24 Sep 2012 Posts: 1

Thanks Jay , followed your lead and found them. The fish were spotted from our car as we patrolled the beach making many passes . Two casts two fish Deadly Dicks.