Newport Ri - Identifying Oneself

[fritz]

This is my first attempt at being on a forum so I hope this works. I'm out on the Cape (Cod) and had great success the year before last in Chatham but it was lean last year. I'm starting to keep track and wondered if anyone can give me some guidance as to when I should start to look for them down here. I hadn't done this since I was a kid and was really pleased at how nice everyone was even when it got crowded. It's not always that way with stripers ,tuna, fluke, or cod.

Should I expect the years to vary like scallops or was last year, (or the year before), the exception?

Thanks, Fritz