Gail and I left the dock at the crack of 930 this morning to check on conditions after last weeks storm. I wasn’t expecting lock an load catching but I thought that I could find a few fish. On our way out I spotted some birds and then saw some splashes beneath them. Our first two casts with the fly rods brought two doubles. That is pretty much the kiss of death but not today. We stayed and caught fish for a steady hour and when some boat traffic put the fish down we left to continue with plan A. We found lots and lots more bait and plenty of swarms of fish feeding, We stopped and caught and then moved and caught some more. We had bass and blues to six or seven pounds just about everywhere that we looked. We finally gave up around 230 and left them biting to head to the dock. A pretty fun day with the fish liking everything that we threw at them. The sea breeze kicked in around 1130 so we had switched to spin gear and the fish didn’t mind at all. Not every day is like today but when it comes together its pretty fun.
Back at it
< This morning I had the pleasure of spending it with Matt & Amanda who made the short but dangerous drive all the way from Mystic. Matt has fished before but Amanda has not. The first two stops were empty so we went in search of the now elusive stripers. We switched lures and shortly afterward Amanda put her first bass in the boat. We decided to keep moving and looking. We passed several schools of chub and frigate mackerel but they didn't want what we had to offer. We pulled into a spot that had been productive for Gail an I last week. We found some bass and Matt made up for lost time by putting a handful of bass in the boat. On the way home we came across a bottle nose dolphin just cruising around and enjoying the day. All in all a pretty good day.Holy Mackeral
We haven’t fished for bass in almost a month so we decided to take a ride today. We arriver at the crack of nine to get started. In my time ashore I made a bunch of swimming plugs that I wanted to try. A slot sized bass inhaled one on my second cast. We tried several spots and picked up bass in each one on the new p[lugs so that was good. We then went to see what we could find. It was actually too hot out to just stay in one place. We found swarms of fish in several places. The first one had stripers swarming and they would eat flies. The next swarm brought Gail her first hickory shad and this one was almost four pounds. The next swarm was more bass and then we saw a swarm that looked like chub mackerel so we tossed a couple flies in and I came out with an Atlantic Mackerel. It was my first one since I was 15 years old. keeping on we came upon more swarms and these guys were chubs. We finished up with a few more bass and called it a fun day.
We are still floating
I know that its been a while since I have posted anything but I have a good reason. Its been really foggy for the past two weeks or so and I had a heat pump installed on our pool. Its hard to beat 83 degree water. We have bee fluke fishing the past few trips and it was ok until I bought a new fillet knife. The word is that some bonito have shown up around Block and that’s good news. We might have to look into that when the weather co operates. We were out yesterday and came across several large schools of stripers feeding on this years crab hatch. We didn’t bother them but next time it will be a different story.
Another good day
This morning long time friend and angler Gary brought Scott up for his first trip with us. We left the dock fairly early to catch the whole tide. The first two stops produced nothing on an almost dead tide. The third stop brought a brown and silver scup and a striper. By then the tide picked up and so did we. The next place produced a handful of fish as did our next three stops. Once the tide started we had pretty consistent action for the remaining time. We could actually see where we were most of the morning and that plus fish made for a fun day.
Foggy day on the briney
Today Micah brought his son Huckleberry all the way from California to catch some east coast stripers. On the way through New York they picked up Pancho to join in the Quest. We left the dock with a mile of visibility and when we got out a mile it dropped to 50 yards. We poked around checking spots until we found the fish. We had them pretty good for an hour or so until the tide started to run hard. We moved on and found a few more that were looking rather than eating. Micah had the largest of the fish and Pancho caught the most but it was old Huck that reeled in the most. So many in fact that he had to take a power nap on the boat. Lots of fun and the fishing was pretty good too.
Fathers Day
Today Henry brought his other son Henry Jr. out for a mid day trip. Jr. nailed a bluefish within the first ten minutes. He also caught a nice sized striper in the last ten minutes of the trip. Both father and son worker real hard today but the fish were not in an eating mood. Still a great way to spend Fathers Day.
Another adventure
This morning brought Dwight and his Dad David over to spend the day on the boat. We left the dock fairly early to fish both sides of the tide. We arrived at the first spot along with the fog. It took some work but we managed a hand full of bass and the first blue of the season. We had fun trying a bunch of different things. David lead with the most fish and Dwight had the most poundage. I’ll call this one a tie.
Off to a good start
Sunday brought Henry and his son Charley up the short but still dangerous drive up Rt. 95 for my first trip of the year. We left the dock with bright blue sky and high pressure sitting on top of us. Nice for a boat ride but not so good for fishing. Henry struck first with a couple bass in the boat on flies. For some reason the fish weren’t interested in my bucktails so we made a switch in lures and Charley caught on fire. They went back and forth all morning with Charlie in first place by two fish. A lot of fun and a good start to the season.
A little bit of everything
For our past two trips Gail and I decided to do some bottom fishing. Its been fairly decent with fluke up to six lbs. With them we added sea robins, sea bass, stripers, sand sharks, scup and skates. The tides are going to be good for bass this week so that’s going to be our plan. The good news is the our wonderful Governor has allowed the hotels to open which will make things easier for our out of state anglers.
