With the arrival of November,  the 2008 saltwater fishing season is coming to end for the vast majority of anglers.  Most people have pulled their boats from the water and only a handful of hardy anglers are plying the local beaches.

For that dedicated crowd, there are fish to be caught through Thanksgiving.  Most harbors and creeks still have bait and good concentrations of school bass, with the occasional keeper thrown in.

Along the beach fronts and the Woods Hole passage, schools of larger bass are migrating through the area.  The secret is to be there when the fish are there.  To be successful you have to go often and hope to hit the migration just right.  If you do, you’ll be into some great fishing.

The Cape Cod Canal is probably the best bet for late fall striped bass fishing.  Conditions in the Canal require heavy duty tackle but there usually are fish to be caught every day during early November.  If you’re lucky, you just might be there when the fish are up on top from bank to bank.

As the saltwater season winds down, fishing in the fresh water ponds improves.  Trout are much more active than they were just a few weeks ago.  Bass are feeding heavily to fatten up for the winter months.  With the lower water temperatures and lower light levels, ponds can be fished successfully at almost any time of the day.