FishTales 2011: Are Keeper Bass Coming to Town?

The striper season is officially over, but did anyone tell the fish?

Never say never is as good a rule as any when it comes to fishing. Right up until the closing bell on Dec. 15, the 2011 striped bass surfcasting season was consistently 3 to 4 weeks off schedule.  September was a sleeper.  The “count-on-able” Rosh Hoshanah and Yom Kippur blitzes didn’t happen until Columbus Day weekend. And the herring and bunker runs that historically characterize November hardly appeared until early December.  At this rate, we may in fact have keeper bass for Christmas. That notion inspired this year’s annual "Fishmas Card" by me and Big Brother Frank.

Keeper Bass Are Coming To Town

 (to the tune of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town")

 
You better cast straight,

And tie on a fly

Look for the bait

I’m telling you why

Keeper bass are coming to town.

They’re in at sun-rise

Along with the blues

Gonna find out

Who’s paying their dues

Keeper Bass are coming to town.

They see you with your buck tails

They know when things are jake

They know if you’re a goog’ or not

So be good for goodness sake!

O! They’re blitzing the Light

So work that new lure

A really good bite

Big stripers for sure

Keeper Bass are coming to town.

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