My hunch that the latest hot spot was a first light only place was confirmed today. I made the 3 nmi run to the spot at 04:45 which is the earliest I can navigate safely, as I needed to pass through a harbor and a couple of lobster trap "mine fields." I panicked a bit when my first cast was unmolested, but felt much better when a fish tail-swiped my second cast right back at me and I reflexively ducked. I hooked up on the next cast and landed 4 bass between 23 - 27", along with one 17" rat during the next 15 minutes. Then the sun cleared the horizon and just like yesterday, the bite DIED!!
And then the mind starts to wander and the Devil pops up on one shoulder, "You should just anchor up at sunset tonight, fish a while and then sleep onboard until tomorrow morning's Nautical Twilight and start fishing again!!!", but the Angel on the other said, "Screw it!! Just get a good night's sleep and enjoy the brief flurry." I'm sticking with my better angels for now, BUT trying to figure out if I could access this stretch of shoreline for surfcasting...
These 5 put me over 300 for the season. Fishing is definitely slower this year, but I'm running a 44 consecutive "No Skunk Streak". Size is much better than any of the previous years, the 4 bruisers I caught today left me quite happy, and how can one not be happy catching stripers while witnessing a dawn sky like this??
And then the mind starts to wander and the Devil pops up on one shoulder, "You should just anchor up at sunset tonight, fish a while and then sleep onboard until tomorrow morning's Nautical Twilight and start fishing again!!!", but the Angel on the other said, "Screw it!! Just get a good night's sleep and enjoy the brief flurry." I'm sticking with my better angels for now, BUT trying to figure out if I could access this stretch of shoreline for surfcasting...
These 5 put me over 300 for the season. Fishing is definitely slower this year, but I'm running a 44 consecutive "No Skunk Streak". Size is much better than any of the previous years, the 4 bruisers I caught today left me quite happy, and how can one not be happy catching stripers while witnessing a dawn sky like this??
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