[660501]

Long time lurker, 1st time poster. After a half dozen recent trips in the past 3 weeks, I am frustrated by the horrible tuna bite. Rat yft, NO longfin, and a decent bigeye bite. Early July was very good, but the recent lull seems more like the August blues btwn the switch from the troll to the chunk--I barely read fish anymore out there in the Hudson. The water quality is usually decent, but the action is nowhere near what it should be now. Any guesses to what is going on? Perhaps some commercial guys, or those with connections, can help shed some light on whether the fish are sitting further to the east or just have a case of lockjaw. I was hoping the Aug 16th full moon would trigger the night chunk bite, but it has not.

Anyone? With gas so $$$, I need some hope.

 

[660501]

Amazing, well over 100 views and no replies. Does anyone have any thoughts about why and when the horrible canyon season will break open?

 

[dsedy]

maybey when u get off your internet lazy ass and decide to fish!

i cant stand those who post **** without puting in the time to be there....oh its easier to ask the quetions? get out there and put your time in...and post a couple of bad reports or great reports we'll appreciate it...get out there on the edge with nolthing in site and put your heart and sole on the line...than tell us all about how it feels to catch nothing but some saltwater....or a limit of tuna and marlin....either way its all good!






This post edited by dsedy 08:41 PM 08/18/2008

 

[Aquarius]

TunerMayhem wrote:
Long time lurker, 1st time poster. After a half dozen recent trips in the past 3 weeks,

I don't know who this guy is, but it sure sounds like he has put his time in to me!!

 

[660501]

dsedy wrote:
maybey when u get off your internet lazy ass and decide to fish!

i cant stand those who post **** without puting in the time to be there




lol! And I can't stand those who post but cannot read English.

This post edited by MakoMatt 05:27 AM 08/19/2008

 

[FishinAdiction]

We did 5 trips so far and really only had 1 bad one out of 5. 1 trip to Toms 1 to the Dip and 3 to the Hudson.

 

[dsedy]

TunerMayhem wrote:
dsedy wrote:
maybey when u get off your internet lazy ass and decide to fish!

i cant stand those who post **** without puting in the time to be there




lol! And I can't stand those who post but cannot read English. Perhaps this will help you:

usted es un idiota, lern leer por favor. Pesqué 6 veces en las últimas 3 semanas.



Oh and if you got any more **** to talk to me or anyone else..do it in english. In case you didnt here...were still the majority.




This post edited by MakoMatt 05:25 AM 08/19/2008

 

[Boonebird]

You no the old saying a bad day of fishing beats a good day at work. I have on had one bad day of fishing. I was south of montauk on a scallop boat taking on lots of water. Well should I say it was bad till I made it into liars then I forgot about all the water. LOL

 

[goodeats]

hey Dsedy, some of us can only get out to the edge a couple of times a year b/c of either family obligations, needing a weather window, lack of crew, our careers.....
Having as much intel as possible from others who have been out there is extremely helpful to maximize our fishing time once out there. Especially with gas prices these days it's crazy to be running all over the place hoping to find some fish. Yes, we do our own homework in terms of studying where the water is, etc but having onsite intel is another piece of data to have at your disposal. When I am out there I am always giving anyone who asks as much detail I can about what I have going on whether it's a hot bite or nothing for 10hrs.
TunerMayhem, I think it's been a largely disappointing season thus far, well at least the past three weeks. I thought everyone had high expectations when the gulf had that big push up into range of us.

 

[JohnTFT]

I fished this weekend as well. We had 12 bites on the Yellowfin. Every fish but one was a throw back!

Fishing is not wide open by any stretch. Donny came off a little strong but I take his point to heart. You have to go. Get as much intel, plan it all out decide where to drop in and go. You may be the boat that gets in on the bite when it becomes wide open. There were a few boats that were at the Hudson for 3 days. In their effort to put a trip together they were going to possibly run to Toms or further south to find some better fishing. I applaud that kind of effort. I understand that not everyone has 5 days to go fishing and all that goes with that.
It just is part of the offshore scene. Someone has to go get the intel right? Why not you or your buddy.

In my effort to try and find some better fishing I was 11 miles south and east of the 100/100 this Sunday/Monday. It did not pan out so I ran back to the square and try and catch an Eye or some better Yellows. I dont know if that was the right decision but its the one we made and I can live with it.

When the bite is all or nothing like it is now and the fish are scattered all along the edge you have to think a little outside of the box and try new places. Look for some anomaly in the water column.
Something that will give you an edge to get on some better fishing.
Or, just grind out an area to the point of exhaustion to get a bite.
It really is fishing right now and I can live with it.

John

 

[tunaorlater]

Give me a break,the guy started a good thread here. The fishing has been slow this year thats for sure. By this time last year I had 3 overnighters with atleast 15 fish in the 70lb class each trip. I have not been to the edge this season yet and will probably only make it out 1 or 2 times because of finishing my new boat. BUT all my friends that have been out are reporting smaller than usual yellowfin 0 albies but a much better eyeball bite than years past. I was thinking this weekends moon would have turn things around but that does not seem to be the case. Hope things heat up soon.

 

[660501]

dsedy wrote:
TunerMayhem wrote:
dsedy wrote:
maybey when u get off your internet lazy ass and decide to fish!

i cant stand those who post **** without puting in the time to be there




lol! And I can't stand those who post but cannot read English. Perhaps this will help you:

usted es un idiota, lern leer por favor. Pesqué 6 veces en las últimas 3 semanas.


Oh and if you got any more **** to talk to me or anyone else..do it in english. In case you didnt here...were still the majority.




Since you couldn't read my english post (where I said I had been out 6 times in 3 weeks), I thought maybe another language would be easier for you.

Seriously, any thoughts on why the fishing isn't anywhere near what it should be? AND, I am not looking for "where to go" but why the fishing is so bad for mid August!



This post edited by TunerMayhem 09:13 AM 08/19/2008

 

[Jigalow]

It's threads like this I think the smart people tend to avoid...

With that being said... I think the average temperature on the edge is much warmer than usual this year (hence the lack of Albie's), and there haven't really been any hard breaks to concentrate the fish and hold them. The guys to the south in MD and VA are having an even worse year (not counting the inshore BFT's). That blob of water just seems to be hanging out there with little movement, hopefully it will start to move off soon and we'll have a great fall run.

Last look at the SST's it sort of looked to me like a new eddy (meander...whatever) was developing/re-forming south of Lydona and beyond, if so hopefully that will mean a good fall run when it starts working it's way into our range and hopefully by then I'll have more time to fish.

 

[stakones]

we were out sunday to monday and it was slow out there for sure. Didn't hear much going on with anyone else either. Troll produced nothing all day sunday and monday. Chunk we had a few bites but small yft.

 

[Bigtuna225]

The fishing is not bad you just need to read the water and find out the best place to go.

 

[fishboyrc]

bigtuna225 wrote:
The fishing is not bad you just need to read the water and find out the best place to go.

looks like we now have a tuna ringer on the board

 

[asiegel]

Why would you fish six times in 3 weeks in the same area if the fishing was not good?

I was guessing that there were more reports of mediocre fishing because people have raised their expectations with the price of fuel. Due to the general scarcity of reports vs. the # of boats out there & the regular radio chatter I hear about crappy fishing, I have always figured there were at least 50% that got the skunk on any given day.

I don't think the fishing is that bad this year.

Going back over my notes, and reports from others from the past few years I can tell you this: The marlin bite this year is exceptional for both blues and whites. Juvenile yellowfin are mixed in with the good sized ones. Albacore are scarce. Skipjacks are plentiful for the first time in at least 4 years. The Bigeye bite is about as good as last year, which was the best in many years. I would say swordfish are not so plentiful, but makos are around. Wahoo are beginning to show up and mahi, as always, are in great supply, and a bit bigger than average.

Like jigalow said, without hard temperature edges, and the only eddy long gone, the bait is more dispersed. For the record, fish do not get "lockjaw" even though we hear it all the time.

 

[660501]

asiegel wrote:
Why would you fish six times in 3 weeks in the same area if the fishing was not good?



Can you please tell me where I said I was fishing the same area? If YOU READ my post, you would notice I listed the Dip, Hudson, Toms, and Lindy. Does this look like the SAME area to you?

Does ANYBODY read anymore?


This post edited by TunerMayhem 01:56 PM 08/19/2008

 

[MakoMike]

Probably the same old story 10% of the fishermen catch 90% of the fish?

 

[rastamon]

Nah, fuel is too expensive. The tuna didn't want to pay for the trip north this year. And they got hit with a fuel surcharge for riding the Guld Stream.