Was able to sleep in a bit as the tide was dead low at 1st light and woke up to ZERO WIND!!! Shocking!!! Decided to hit the water to check out my incoming spots now that it seems the bass fishing has settled into the summer routine. I was excited in that I could use my normal drift patterns, not worrying about anchoring in a high wind and tide spot, not worrying about wind on tide making the popper jump from wave crest to wave crest, not worrying about "Hat Overboard" drills, had one yesterday, etc.
Got a dozen from 17 - 24", but even before I caught the first one, I was enjoying the morning so much I said to myself, "This is a great day! I don't care if I get skunked!" The wildlife was abundant, eagles on either side of the river declaring that they had the biggest you know what, osprey flying with alewives in their talons, deer feeding along the river side (They eat rockweed, I guess for salt or iodine?}, seals swimming around and even a muskrat, that was a first!!
Drifts were perfect, so perfect in that as I was thinking to myself, "I should have been hit by -- BAM!! -- now." Fish caught in all of the historically accumulated incoming spots targeted this AM, another gratifying part of the day.
Bottom line, it was just a perfect morning!! Maine, the way retired life should be...
Got a dozen from 17 - 24", but even before I caught the first one, I was enjoying the morning so much I said to myself, "This is a great day! I don't care if I get skunked!" The wildlife was abundant, eagles on either side of the river declaring that they had the biggest you know what, osprey flying with alewives in their talons, deer feeding along the river side (They eat rockweed, I guess for salt or iodine?}, seals swimming around and even a muskrat, that was a first!!
Drifts were perfect, so perfect in that as I was thinking to myself, "I should have been hit by -- BAM!! -- now." Fish caught in all of the historically accumulated incoming spots targeted this AM, another gratifying part of the day.
Bottom line, it was just a perfect morning!! Maine, the way retired life should be...
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