Bob came back for day two this morning. We headed out to where they were yesterday but nobody was home. we got an encouraging call that lead us to a good bunch of widely scattered bass. Bob struck quickly and we had our first of the day on board. That dried up so we went off to see what we could find. For the next five hours we were into steady fishing. Bob put a bunch of 8 to 10 lb. bass into the net. With an hour to go our friends the albies showed in good numbers. But exhibiting their usual behavior they didn’t want to play.Tons of bait coming through so the next few weeks should be pretty good.

Today old friend Gary brought his buddy Scott up the ever dangerous Rt, 95. The plan was to start with some bass and finish with albies. The first part worked the second not so much. wWe found the bass in shallow water and both guys had fish in the boat in short order. The fish moved off and so did we. We found more on a mud flat right up against the bank in less that two feet of water.Bass fight pretty good when they are in yhe shallows.We had a lot of laughs catching them in close..The sun got higher and we left for part B. We looked but no joy came to us in the shape of albies. Before we finished we headed back to the area of our earlier success. We added a few more bass to the total and called it a day.

This week started with Dave and Aiden for a father son trip. The wind was still up so we went back to yesterdays place of activity. We found the fish close to where they were and put a few in the boat pretty quickly. We moved around and had a steady bite. Aiden brought a fish to the boat that was in the 20 lb. class. It made one last effort to escape and ended up breaking the hook.That was a good fish.

Tuesday brought Scott back and even though the wind had slowed we opted to stay local. Scott nailed a good 12 pounder fairly quickly to start. For some reason the bass would not co operate today. We had a little activity but the majority of the fish had lock jaw.The area is still loaded with bait and the water temps are still up there. I will be off tomorrow and be back at it on Thursday

Our friends Simon and David from across the pond have returned to spend some time in the boat with us. They missed the past two years because of the pandemic but are now back in business. Both guys can throw a good fly and are just as good with a spin rod. The wind was up so we opted for some striper action. They started with fly rods and after a few hours switched over. I don’t know how many they caught but I had to put a glove on because of striper thumb. It was the best day in 10 years. Lots of laughs a lesson on the UK and solid fishing.

This past week we had the pleasure of having the Michigan Fly Fishing Club spend five days with us. It was their second year coming East. We ran the gamut from normal days to flat calm and winds gusting to 30 mph. We would have fished in the rain but got to the dock just in time. They mostly used flyrods but switched to spin gear when forced to. Everyone caught fish. Mostly albies,bass,bluefish, a couple sea robins and a porgy. Lots of laughs with a dash of competition made for fun days on the boat. Plans are in the works for next year.

Friday Jim brought Doug out for his first saltwater trip. We left in the dark and were able to see a pretty cool sunrise. There weren’t enough fish to keep us at our first stop so we kept moving. The guys were throwing Albie Snax lures and when we found a school of chub mackeral Jim put his first one in the boat. A short time later Jim cast and got a birdsnest wjth the braid. I untangled it and when he reeled it in there was a fluke attatched to it. Next he cast out and let it sink and it came back with a sea bass. Are you seeing a pattern here? Next he landed a nice striper and he followed that with an albie. Five different species on the same lure. More bass followed with Doug getting his first. Lots of fun that trip.

Its been quite a while since i posted anything. A few people contacted me to see if everything was ok. we are doing pretty well so here is the recap from the past few weeks. When the temp is in the 90 s and there is no breeze sitting in a boat is like sitting in a frying pan. The pool was a plus. Then we had a good push of bigger bass come through. We did well till the monsoon came. About then we had the transition from summer to fall. There was a good amount of bait around until today when even more piled in. Gail and I left the dock around 10:00 am and were soon into acres of bass. We did well with fly and spin gear and then the albies showed up along with the wind. We each put fish in the boat until the tide died. By then we were pretty well beat. I only have a few openings in the next three weeks so don’t wait too long to call.