Despite a stiff east wind Gail and I headed out looking for some good sized bass. We had to use spin rods to get the distance that we needed. It was a quick start with fish between 20 & 30 lbs. After a handful of fish each we called it a morning.
Albies being Albies
October 9, 2026 By
Today brought Chris down from the wilds of New Hampshire for a morning on the briney. We left early and found a few small bass that didn’t want to cooperate so we kept going. We came across a few small pods of albies that didn’t want to play. Finally we headed back to the dock with the promise that we would stop if we found them. You know that we found them.Had a few near misses so we continued on.Even closer to home we found several pods in shallow water. Chris dropped a fly right in the middle of a big boil and it was off to the races. When you are in seven feet of water they can only go one way. Chris’s new reel was up to the task and we ended the trip on a happy note.
Busy couple of weeks
October 8, 2026 By
It all started before last weeks nor’easter we decided to pull the boats out ahead of the storm. That went smoothly and when the water started to calm down a bit it was time for us to go to my reunion down in Alabama. It had been 60 years since I had gone to helicopter […]
[Continue reading…]What wind
September 22, 2026 By
Monday morning brought Liz and her son Jeffery down for their first try at spin fishing. I had warned them about the wind but they wanted to go anyway. We started off pretty close in a lee and they got a feel for casting. We moved out in search of fishable water and had to […]
[Continue reading…]A pretty good week
September 13, 2026 By
We got out a few days this past week to look for some albies to play with. We did pretty well but had to do a lot of traveling to find them. I got a hot tip about a place that was holding some very large stripers so we will be changing our quest when […]
[Continue reading…]It’s that time of year.
September 8, 2026 By
We’ve been busy for the past two weeks having fun with the elusive bonito. Some days we had to work pretty hard and other days it was pretty easy. Well, we went out this morning and all that changed.For the 27 th year in a row Gail put the first Albie in the boat for […]
[Continue reading…]Good day on the Briney
August 24, 2026 By
I f you know me this photo needs no explanation. We headed out this morning at a fairly reasonable hour. Found some fish pretty quickly and got rid of the skunk. There were good schools of these guys spread out over a ten mile area. We had to run and gun a bit but there […]
[Continue reading…]It’s been a while
August 22, 2026 By
We are still alive and fishing although we were laid up with a sick motor. A problem that is intermittent is a royal pain to figure out. Luckily for us Gary kept at it and fixed the problem. We put the boat in last night and took a shakedown cruise today. I brought a couple […]
[Continue reading…]Sharking Today
July 27, 2026 By
Julian brought his parents and good buddy Wes all the way from the west coast today. We started off with a bunch of sand sharks for everyone. They were followed by a half dozen porgys and a few fluke and one lonesome sea bass. We tried but could not find the elusive sea robin. The […]
[Continue reading…]When they’re ready they’re ready
June 29, 2026 By
Paul came across the RI border to find some stripers that were willing to play. We left near the end of the flood tide and stopped at almost every place that I’ve caught a bass and with the exception of one half hearted strike we pretty much struck out. Luckily the tide changed and when […]
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