We took our first serious trip this morning. We waited for the tide to start before heading out. There was no breeze and a bit of haze and fog. We didn’t make it to the planned first stop before coming across several large schools of bass. We played for a while before returning to plan […]
[Continue reading…]Tuesday morning I took a shakedown and scouting cruise. The forecast was for NW wind 5-10 so that looked promising. When I arrived at the dock it was 15-20 from the East. With that and a cloudless sky I wasn’t overly optimistic about catching. Mostly I just wanted to check the motor and see what […]
[Continue reading…]We launched the boat this morning at dead low tide. Everything went well so we took a little shakedown cruise. The water temps are a couple degrees higher than I expected. Heard reports of some nice sized bass in the neighborhood and saw a big bluefish that was taken on a fluke rig. we will […]
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We just came home from our very successful Atlantic Salmon trip to Canada. This is my guide Boyd with my first fish of the trip. The boat is in the driveway and the prep work has started. If the weather cooperates we should be in the water in the next couple of weeks. The schoolies […]
[Continue reading…]We picked up the boat today and brought it home to start getting ready for this season. Last year we replaced everything north of the driveshaft and this year we went south. About the only things older than one year is the computer, drive shaft and the engine cowling. Just like having a new motor. […]
[Continue reading…]We pulled the boat Monday morning to end our season. This was a strange year for us. We had decent bass early and they were larger for a change. I think that we only caught a couple of bluefish this year. The bonito weren’t as good as the bluefish. Albies showed up on time and […]
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Friday morning Jim brought his son and son-inlaw out for a cold weather trip on the briney It didn’t take long for Jim to hook a nice striper. Unfortunately it didn’t stay hooked. That started a little flurry of activity for the guys. They each caught a fish or two before the bite died. We […]
[Continue reading…]A lot of my anglers ask how the fishing is in the fall. My answer is that its like eating a doughnut. Sometimes you get the doughnut and some days you get the hole. Today Dr. Jeff made the long and dangerous drive up Rt. 95 and he not only got a doughnut but he […]
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Today was the first chance for me to actually fish in almost three weeks so Gail and I left early to see what was around. The bass were a no show so we went in search for the elusive albis. We did find some but they were in a big hurry to be somewhere else. […]
[Continue reading…]Capt. Sandy Noyes has lived and fished in the Southeastern part of Connecticut for his entire life. … [More...]
