Well the weatherman was wrong again, what a surprise.
Based on the predictions of NOAA and other marine reports, it was decided that my younger son and I would fish Sunday do to the forecast being bad on Saturday
which turned out to be the better of the 2 days.
We launched out of Milford Ct around 8am and couldn't decide where to go, Middle ground, West Haven or Penfield Light.
We finally decided on Penfield and headed west, after seeing numerous boats out there Saturday I figured it would be the best spot to run to middle ground if Penfield didn't pan out.
On the way to Fairfield we came across numerous schools of bunker off of Stratford, so many that their fins were sticking up out of the water, huge schools but no takers, we stopped and observed, that's when I noticed the wind was picking up, we sat for 20 minutes and then continued on, right around Bridgeport my son saw birds and fish crashing bait so we headed over, it also caught the attention of several other boats and as usual the fish disappeared when the boats ran through the school, I can never understand why some fisherman do this smh.
We tried for 20 minutes using epoxy jigs and deadly dicks but nada.
We continued on to Penfield Light to find the 20+ boats right in the rocks where the warning sign is, so I made my way in amongst the fleet hoping to find a nice rock pile, by this time the wind had picked up and we were getting 2 to 3 footers, my son tossed the anchor and we came tight, the boat was rocking big time and made standing up almost impossible for me.
My son was the first to hook up and it was a short, I was very frustrated at the weather forecast and it was getting worst, with the boat swinging the way it was we were getting hung up and donating rigs like crazy.
I decided that maybe just try and take a shot at Middle ground and we pulled anchor, well that was a bad decision and I turned around and tucked in be hind the light house.
I got as close as I could to the rock pile and we tossed the hook out, we came tight and I tied the anchor rope off to the back of the boat putting our stern in close to the rocks, it was nice to be out of the wind and waves, we stayed their for an hour with nothing but shorts to show for out efforts, we decide to call it quits and make the run for home, what a pounding we took going back, I was hugging the shore line and my son say dad, it does look so bad out in the deeper water, so I head out to the deeper water and it was worse lol.
We finally made it back to Charles island, on the way back in I noticed that all the boats that were out deep were no longer there and most of the boats were either gone or inside the harbors.
I am going to hold off one more week before I put the boat away, next weekend will be the deciding point, I will charter some trips out of R.I. before the season ends.
This has been a really bad year for me and I'm sure I'm not alone, I am going to sell my boat come spring, I need something bigger, I missed out on a nice 36 foot Tiara because I hesitated, it was sold 2 days after it was posted, better luck next time.
Here's hoping 2021 is a turn around for everyone , not just for fishing but everything in general.
Tight lines .
Jay
Based on the predictions of NOAA and other marine reports, it was decided that my younger son and I would fish Sunday do to the forecast being bad on Saturday
which turned out to be the better of the 2 days.
We launched out of Milford Ct around 8am and couldn't decide where to go, Middle ground, West Haven or Penfield Light.
We finally decided on Penfield and headed west, after seeing numerous boats out there Saturday I figured it would be the best spot to run to middle ground if Penfield didn't pan out.
On the way to Fairfield we came across numerous schools of bunker off of Stratford, so many that their fins were sticking up out of the water, huge schools but no takers, we stopped and observed, that's when I noticed the wind was picking up, we sat for 20 minutes and then continued on, right around Bridgeport my son saw birds and fish crashing bait so we headed over, it also caught the attention of several other boats and as usual the fish disappeared when the boats ran through the school, I can never understand why some fisherman do this smh.
We tried for 20 minutes using epoxy jigs and deadly dicks but nada.
We continued on to Penfield Light to find the 20+ boats right in the rocks where the warning sign is, so I made my way in amongst the fleet hoping to find a nice rock pile, by this time the wind had picked up and we were getting 2 to 3 footers, my son tossed the anchor and we came tight, the boat was rocking big time and made standing up almost impossible for me.
My son was the first to hook up and it was a short, I was very frustrated at the weather forecast and it was getting worst, with the boat swinging the way it was we were getting hung up and donating rigs like crazy.
I decided that maybe just try and take a shot at Middle ground and we pulled anchor, well that was a bad decision and I turned around and tucked in be hind the light house.
I got as close as I could to the rock pile and we tossed the hook out, we came tight and I tied the anchor rope off to the back of the boat putting our stern in close to the rocks, it was nice to be out of the wind and waves, we stayed their for an hour with nothing but shorts to show for out efforts, we decide to call it quits and make the run for home, what a pounding we took going back, I was hugging the shore line and my son say dad, it does look so bad out in the deeper water, so I head out to the deeper water and it was worse lol.
We finally made it back to Charles island, on the way back in I noticed that all the boats that were out deep were no longer there and most of the boats were either gone or inside the harbors.
I am going to hold off one more week before I put the boat away, next weekend will be the deciding point, I will charter some trips out of R.I. before the season ends.
This has been a really bad year for me and I'm sure I'm not alone, I am going to sell my boat come spring, I need something bigger, I missed out on a nice 36 foot Tiara because I hesitated, it was sold 2 days after it was posted, better luck next time.
Here's hoping 2021 is a turn around for everyone , not just for fishing but everything in general.
Tight lines .
Jay
