LAKE GEORGE BS THREAD

[sameoljets]

Ive cleaned many salmon and trout this fall with those things inside of them.  They should be banned.

[flyfisherman]

I have found those rubber worms in fish too.  I agree they should be biodegradable.

[slipbob]

I'm with you Slipbob unless those bass have stripes!

Right on love catching spring stripers in the Hudson and in Maine in the summer. 

[slipbob]

I have found those rubber worms in fish too.  I agree they should be biodegradable.

Agree.  Not going to be a ban but I think there's enough evidence out there now in lakes that have both bass and lakers that this is a problem.  You could probably dead stick senkos on tip ups with circle hooks for lakers and do well if you ran out of minnows  

[desmobob]

Right on love catching spring stripers in the Hudson and in Maine in the summer.

I've been chasing them with a fly rod every Spring for 23 years now on Cape Cod...

(42"... the first 40+" fish caught from my buddy's new boat.)

Tight lines,
Bob

[lowaccord66]

Im a canal addict myself Bob.  Pb is 52" released.

[Mikey Ice]

51 released after pic

[lowaccord66]

Sadly, and everyone knows this...boat stripers don't count!     

[desmobob]

Sadly, and everyone knows this...boat stripers don't count!     

And I don't count them unless they're caught on the fly rod.  ;-)  Even though my photo was a boat fish, it was a flats fish (Brewster).  I spend most of my time wading the flats and surf.

Tight lines,
Bob

[lowaccord66]

Buddy watched a great white maul a seal at South Cape beach last year. With that my flats wading days ended.  The shark was 150 yeards in front of him...cut the seal in half.  I prefer to remain in 1 piece!

[Fishmon]

Buddy watched a great white maul a seal at South Cape beach last year. With that my flats wading days ended.  The shark was 150 yeards in front of him...cut the seal in half.  I prefer to remain in 1 piece!
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Did same thing except in Florida.  I was surf fishing on Turtle Beach just south of Siesta Key beach on Gulf coast and was reeling in a Bonita when I just happened to notice a 7 foot Bull Shark making a B line toward either the Bonita or me.  Never got out of the water so fast!  Bonita did not make it except for his head.

[pikemanEd]

I caught some LG lakers Sunday. I'm now on my way to catch some of those striped things u guys just posted pics of. It sucks that ct has no fishable ice now so I might as well shake the rust off the open water rods.

[desmobob]

Buddy watched a great white maul a seal at South Cape beach last year. With that my flats wading days ended.  The shark was 150 yeards in front of him...cut the seal in half.  I prefer to remain in 1 piece!

A few years back, when the seal population started exploding and the Great Whites moved in to feast on them, the authorities tagged 11 Whites in four days in the exact area we fished on the southern end of South Beach.  That's pretty much the reason my photo was of a boat-caught fish; not because of the sharks, but because the huge numbers of seals have kept the stripers away from the beaches where we used to fish.

For the last few years, I've been doing most of my fishing in Cape Cod Bay.  My fly fishing buddies and I are all cheering for the Great Whites to eat all the seals.  Go get 'em Great Whites!

Tight lines,
Bob

[lowaccord66]

I'm with you Bob.  Ed it was good fishing with you.  The seagull being killed and eaten was my favorite from Sunday's adventure.

[slipbob]

I've been chasing them with a fly rod every Spring for 23 years now on Cape Cod...
(Image removed from quote.)
(42"... the first 40+" fish caught from my buddy's new boat.)

Tight lines,
Bob

That's a great picture and must be a blast on a fly rod.  The area I fish in Maine just north of Kennebunkport is a protected tidal bay so I use my Radisson canoe to troll tube and worm when the tide is in and also wade at low outgoing or incoming and catch the bass on topwater baits mostly.  Never got one over 28" but the smaller ones are tons of fun on walleye tackle and the topwater action can be intense at times.  I think it's a little too cold there for sharks fortunately

[bowski76]

I've fished Pamet Harbor, Race Point and Herring Cove among other places in the Outer cape for years.
Due to the number of seals, fishing is now just exercise. The old timers still stop by once in a while and they say no one is catching anything from shore.
I see seals every time I go to the beach and I also have seen sharks on a few occasions. It seems to get get worse every year, can't even catch a blue from shore anymore.

[desmobob]

That's a great picture and must be a blast on a fly rod.  The area I fish in Maine just north of Kennebunkport is a protected tidal bay so I use my Radisson canoe to troll tube and worm when the tide is in and also wade at low outgoing or incoming and catch the bass on topwater baits mostly.  Never got one over 28" but the smaller ones are tons of fun on walleye tackle and the topwater action can be intense at times.  I think it's a little too cold there for sharks fortunately

Thanks, I have lots of better photos of fishing there over the years but since Photobucket started charging exorbitant fees, I don't have them hosted anywhere.  Bay and harbor fishing is fun in a canoe or kayak.  I didn't even put my kayak in the water at the Cape last year but plan to this Spring.

ANY size stripers are fun with the appropriate tackle.  For you guys on the forum that haven't had the pleasure of fishing for them, I would describe their fighting ability as being as much stronger than a smallmouth than a smallmouth is than a largemouth; probably more... they are STRONG and fun. 

Tight lines,
Bob

[desmobob]

I've fished Pamet Harbor, Race Point and Herring Cove among other places in the Outer cape for years.
Due to the number of seals, fishing is now just exercise. The old timers still stop by once in a while and they say no one is catching anything from shore.
I see seals every time I go to the beach and I also have seen sharks on a few occasions. It seems to get get worse every year, can't even catch a blue from shore anymore.

That's why we primarily fish the bay side these days.  I hope to God the seals don't invade the Brewster Flats/Quivett Creek  or Barnstable Harbor area!

Tight lines,
Bob

[lowaccord66]

They hate the canal which is good enough for me.  The only reason I cross the bridge is to fish the other side!

[swampking89]

Heading to Wells 4th of July week.any recommendations where to fish from shore?bringing our grankids(11 and 7).just want some action.if you don't want to say on here,you can pm me.thanks!!

[buz23]

Fished off Bixby today, access still just OK but not for long.  Took a look at Vets after we finished fishing.   Quite a few guys out but doubt the access will hold for more than a day or two.

[Pike Paralyzer]

Heading to Wells 4th of July week.any recommendations where to fish from shore?bringing our grankids(11 and 7).just want some action.if you don't want to say on here,you can pm me.thanks!!

I fish goose rocks beach every year....Usually a mix of mackerel, sand worms, clams, or live eels will get it done.  This past summer I couldn't buy a fish over 20".  Fished right off the beach.  A buddy fished Wells the week before i went to Goose Rocks and caught a few keepers.

[mike304]

Ive cleaned many salmon and trout this fall with those things inside of them.  They should be banned.

Be careful what you wish for. If you think a ban would only be for "senko type baits" you obviously don't know how the system works. It would more likely be a ban on all soft plastics, thereby prohibiting ALL soft plastics. That includes the Maki's a lot of perch guys are using, soft swimbaits and tubes and other soft plastics the laker jggers are all using, etc, etc.

[Spoondangler]

I caught some LG lakers Sunday. I'm now on my way to catch some of those striped things u guys just posted pics of. It sucks that ct has no fishable ice now so I might as well shake the rust off the open water rods.

how'd ya do.  I hear its been dead in the housey the last couple weeks

[pikemanEd]

how'd ya do.  I hear its been dead in the housey the last couple weeks

I tried 3 spots upper part of the lower river from rt8 bridge to Sunnyside for 3 hours with not one bump I was going to try a little farther south but got hunrgy and went home. I did hear the outgoing tide after midnight was good tho

[lowaccord66]

Be careful what you wish for. If you think a ban would only be for "senko type baits" you obviously don't know how the system works. It would more likely be a ban on all soft plastics, thereby prohibiting ALL soft plastics. That includes the Maki's a lot of perch guys are using, soft swimbaits and tubes and other soft plastics the laker jggers are all using, etc, etc.

This is wise advice!

[fullThrottle]

I always use the vmc jig head with the little hook to hold the plastics on, I don’t think I’ve ever lost one with that set up .I’ve seen people tho plastics in the water because they have poor action or are chewed up like it’s a dead bait fish. I’m not a fan of that

[TJM781]

Buddy watched a great white maul a seal at South Cape beach last year. With that my flats wading days ended.  The shark was 150 yeards in front of him...cut the seal in half.  I prefer to remain in 1 piece

South cape is my favorite shark beach... it's a blast night fishing in august... nothing like a 300 yard opening run! This is one of my favorite pics from 10 years ago

[lowaccord66]

Ive heard and need to give it a shot but August is canal 50#er time for me.  Best thing is guys think its the "doldrums" and I can hunt cows alone for the most part.

[fullThrottle]

I use to have a 20 foot seanymph ibwouls bring it down to Plymouth ma and the cape for strippers. Tons of fun. You can catch them in the spring in the Hudson River from nyc to the Troy dam