Took advantage of a short break in the relentless wind we have been dealing with this fall. Went through Plum Gut, at the right time & tide, not a single boat striper fishing, made 6 or 8 drifts just to keep it honest with no results, then headed west in the sound looking for blackfish. Found a...
Got out early this morning as the flood tide was just over, & headed east of Plum Island. First stop, & the first crab hits the bottom, a solid hit & a 5 pound Blackfish is on ice, wow what a start, then 6 or 7 shorts find the bait. Finally get what feels like another keeper on, & half way up...
Got out early & checked the lights on the trailer as it was still dark. Got about 5 miles of 55 MPH road to travel, take a look in the mirror, one of the lights on top of the PVC guide posts flopping around hanging by the wires, what the hell, I know I didn't hit anything stop & the PVC fixture...
After many windy days & other obligations on fishable days, got out Friday in what started out to be light North West wind, & a flood tide. Started on the North side of Plum Island, & made my way east sorting through the shorts, until was able to put 3 Blackfish on ice, no sea monsters for me...
I remember when I was a little guy under 10, which would have been over 65 years ago, my uncle kept a skiff at a fishing station at the Bayville bridge, at the time their was an old guy who would take a row boat out at nite & troll worms under the bridge & score with big bass.
I don't have very much information regarding the first generation Minn Kota units, but I had the newer version installed on my 21' Steiger Miami, a pilothouse boat, this spring, & has been flawless, it is the auto deploy unit. Most times I fish along on the boat, & I'm just not climbing up to...
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