This has been a cold winter so far
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captmike28
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How right you are, John! Forsberg use to advertise that "heated rail" all the time, and I never saw it work either!!! But who cared; as you noted the fishing was great.
captmike28
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captmike28
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I know a number of old timers who felt that a really cold winter would set us up for a productive spring. At least that was the case when we still had a Winter Flounder fishery.
As far as overall generalization of the number of baitfish there are probably way too many other factors that will affect that. Just look at the fairly decent numbers of squid we saw in the Peconics last few years. But the Fluke fishing keeps getting worse while the Weakfish hang on. It's part of the mystery that keeps us coming back, Guy.
Avenger
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captmike28
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I think that folks still do catch some Herring in the winter off Magnolia Pier in Brooklyn.
There are always several reasons for the decline of a species. Before Hurricane Sandy we still had a very healthy run of Herring in the eastern LI Sound which, in part fueled our fall Striper fishing right through early December. Since that time the Herring virtually disappeared from this area and the fall Bass fishing dropped off dramatically too. Before Sandy, the North Fork fall Bas bite was the best all year. After Sandy it flipped around completely and now our best fishing for Stripers occurs in the spring to early summer.
There are always several reasons for the decline of a species. Before Hurricane Sandy we still had a very healthy run of Herring in the eastern LI Sound which, in part fueled our fall Striper fishing right through early December. Since that time the Herring virtually disappeared from this area and the fall Bass fishing dropped off dramatically too. Before Sandy, the North Fork fall Bas bite was the best all year. After Sandy it flipped around completely and now our best fishing for Stripers occurs in the spring to early summer.
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