Friday Night?

[G-Man]

Friday looks like another sweeet day.

I'm toying with going back out to Winthrop Friday night in the yak. Gotta convince mama bear to let me go again.

That interest anyone else?
-Greg

ps
Any reports from last night?

[ruge13]

reports sure...dead. More dead than previous nights. No one out fishing but 3 or 4 guys. TONS of boats in the rip but heard not many hookups spotted. Darkness chased the boats in, got passed by 4 or 5 on the way out, headed in. I got out around 7:30, saw a few along the shore line but scattered. Bait wasn't too thick last night, not like previous days. Heard sunset was a bust, just fish down deep.

[notime]

It's like an addiction. Can't stay away can you?

[G-Man]

Sheesh Shaun....that's strange.
Maybe it's payback for your 5 days of your bonito posts while fishing RI, while we were stuck in the office? :D

Fishing....an addiction....hmmm...you really think so? :)

Yea, I figure there's another 3 weeks of fishing in a kayak before freezing my nuts off becomes an issue. I would like to enter November with no regrets. I missed all of August and most of Sept, so maybe I'm just catching up for lost time.

Or maybe I just need a good skunkin to cool my jets. :)

Sooo, that sounds like a "yes" to friday night from Shaun and Garth...anyone else? :D
-G

[notime]

I'm out. I'll be on the south shore this weekend. I've been looking at my schedule trying to figure out a way to get back out to Winthrop in the next 10 days but no openings...at least not yet.

Good luck.

[kayakninja]

Lots of bait around the five sisters area. No big ones yesterday only schoolies. Most fish are on the bottom according to fish finder. Anytime now you can count on Cod moving in around the Sisters area.

[notime]

Kayakninja,

Any blackfish around the area in the fall?

[ruge13]

Cod this early, really?

[kayakninja]

I dont think its early. In a couple of weeks its on time. The water temp today is 57 degrees and falling.

Notime, I have no info on blackfish in the area. That doesn't mean they dont exist here. Your spot over by the water tower is prime habitat, you never know. I hope this October brings in some big cod to load up in the freezer for the winter. Smelt are in around Winthrop but are not in thick yet according to Bobs Bait Shack.

[G-Man]

Hey Ninja,
Do you kayak fish right into Cod season?

If so...you're in a SOT... how do you dress for it?

[kayakninja]

I have fished this past spring for cod and early season stripers in a low of 48 degrees. I dont think it matters if your on a SOT or SINK, you still have to dress for the water. I wear a REAL DRY TOP, complete with uncomfortable latex gaskets, lol, and breathable stocking foot chest waders. I wear 2 belts over the waders. I have a mysterioso complete set as a first layer and have fleece after that another set of poly for extra protection. I also wear wool cap and insulated wp gloves. I am pricing a Kotatet dry suit but cant find the price I want. The cheapest I found was 619 today @ Bob Smiths Wilderness House on Mass AVE. They didn't have my size.

[G-Man]

Well gents,
I'm going out to the bar tonight.

Faun bar that is :)
blue kayak.

Wish I had company, but I'm not always so lucky.
Best of luck to you all over the weekend.
-Greg

ps
Want a little chuckle?...I'm gonna try these "flies" I made by hand last night. The 3 on top made of stringy stuff found at Walmart ($2). I have nothing but vise grips for tying tools..we'll see if they work.

The fly on the bottom was a gift and caught several stripers for me, but it is only one of 2 black flies I have. So I made those "things" as backup.
Take Care

[kayakninja]

Wind is picking up here form the east. That will be a real choppy ride today through the Island Rip. I just came in from fishing Marblehead, not much going on. Water temp today was 50 degrees. Ouch!!!!!!!!!!! I had on cold water gear. A couple of more days of this and we will have to fish south for the end of the fall run!

[notime]

G-Man,

Did you make it out on Friday? Any luck?

[G-Man]

Hiya Notime,
Had pretty good night...all in all.
Not the same without you tho. Ya have to wonder what makes a person go out on the ocean in a kayak fishing alone at night. Some kinda lunacy I suppose.

Anyways...I lucked out with the wind shifting to the south it took a little edge off the chill. Also a corner of Deer Island cut the breeze at the Faun bar area.

OK, so I get at the lot at 6pm and there's a huge blitz happening 1/2 mile out from the Faun area. I scramble and head out there, quickly realizing I am way overdressed. I arrive at the action completely exhausted...sun is getting ready to drop. Tossed out a fly and within 1 min the rod is bent over good and the drag is screamin. Nice striper has put the fly way back in it's throat. I fumble for my pliers...fish gets out of my hand and strips another 20 ft off line off again almost taking my flyrod with him. Ugh...2 ft waves out there made it a little tricky. After 2 fish the sun drops and the birds split....party's over.

Then paddled back to Faun bar..landed and got rid of the 2 fleece layers and full finger gloves. What was I thinking? Thin neoprene shirt and outer shell is all I needed. Switch to neoprene fingerless gloves. I wore raingear bibs over the wetsuit pants to block the wind. I was just fine.

Started trolling flies around the bar for an hour. Nothing. Try rubber shad for another hour....nothing. Starting to question my decision to be out there now. I must be stupid.

At 9:30pm the bar was at 8 ft and the current was starting up. Finally got a striper on the shad. Wind brings me back 100 yds before landing it. Troll back over the bar...wham..another striper. I caught a striper on every pass of the bar for about an hour. Now I'm at a dozen stripers landed...it was finally all worthwhile by 10:30pm. When the bar droped to 3-4 ft I switch to the flyrod and my "creature flies". Quickly hook up...30 ft of line stripped but fish dropped. 2 more strikes..no hookup....nothing for 3 more passes down the bar.

I see small schoolies in close and decide to try flycasting from shore. I learned that sinking line in 2ft of water is no good. 3 snags later I surrender and call it a night.

Well, I think I finally have that "need" to catch a striper out of my system. It will take an Indian summer to get me back out there again....that is unless you're free tomorrow night? :D
-G

[JohnR]

what kind of spinning reel is that? sort of looks like an older mitchell but I can't quite tell...

[G-Man]

Hi John,
You're good with the reels.
That's actually my freshwater spincasting rig.
Stripers give it a bood bend.

It's the new version of the Mitchell 300. The reel we all grew up using. I bought that reel from Cabelas this spring.

[ChuckD]

Yakers and shore guys-
Fished last night from 5-7PM and it was nothing but birds and breaking fish. Best was a 36" on 3" white deceiver. Lost count of how many others but some big fish are out there.
Headed out there again tonight.
ChuckD

[G-Man]

Good Job!
You go getem Chuck.

[ChuckD]

Pulled into Winthrop and immediately saw the birds from yesterday only this night they were out too far and never really came into shore the way they did before. Had to pick between 5 sisters and Faun Bar and chose the bar. Hiked out there and birds were dissipating on the walk out(even though they were never working the shoreline). Rip was really cranking and there were a few rollers moving thru. Didn't make it that far out before thought it unwise to wade too far out. Worked 1/4 way out and then back in, casting uptide(although you had to strip like a madman with all that current. Nothing on a bunny, then a crease, then switched back to the old beat up big-eye deceiver with no eyes and starting to unravel head. Got back onto the beach and took about 15 steps to the left and through about a 50 foot cast and as soon as that thing hit the water WHAM, then sloshing of a ****ed off good fish on the surface and then a couple great runs(better than the 36" the night before) into the backing and then finally beached a fat healthy 30". Only fish of the night. Fished all the way around the Logan side from there. Could've gotten to the fish with a YAK--124-3 :-% --125-3

[G-Man]

Well done.

Isn't it strange how the incoming is some much rougher at the Faun bar? The outgoing tide is mellow in comparison and much easier to fish.