Trifecta and a Slam

Today Jamie brought his son Mac out for a morning trip. We beat the sun and found the bass right away.. both guys caught a bunch and when the tide slowed we went in search of the elusive ones. The first stop produced a couple of bluefish and shortly after we saw the tell tale […]

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Two Fer

Todays report is for the past two days. Monday Gail and I took a ride looking for you know who. The weatherman was his usual inaccurate self. We had a pretty stiff wind from the east and that usually is the kiss of death for bonito. We did manage to find a large bunch of […]

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It was a great plan until it wasn’t

Today I had the pleasure of fishing with the infamous Dr. Jim. In all the years that Jim has fished with me we have never been able to get him a bonito. Todays plan was to leave the dock before dawn catch a bunch of bass, tire Jim out and go look for bonito around […]

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Nice day on the water

This morning Gail and I left at the crack of bonito time looking for a repeat of yesterdays fun. The wind was down, the tide was moving, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky 12 miles of visibility. What more could you ask for? We arrived at the desired location and three hours later we […]

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Grand Slam

I took a solo trip this morning to search for the ever elusive bonito. The bass bite has been really good early mornings so I beat the sun leaving the dock today. The bas co operated and I caught a bunch before moving on. I passed a school of chub mackerel and picked up one […]

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We have a winner

Wednesday morning Bill brought his son Jack down for a chance at some stripers. We left early on a calm but foggy morning. At the first stop Jack hooked up very quickly with his first striper. Within fifteen minutes he had a trifecta with a bass, a bluefish and a mackerel. We had a steady […]

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Bass and more bass

This morning Gary took the long and dangerous ride up Rte. 95. We left early and found several schools of bass that were in the eating mode. After a bit we took a ride looking for the elusive ones. All we found were small bluefish and more bass. The tide changed and we returned for […]

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Guess what I found

I had a very late start Monday due to a random drug test. I left the dock promptly at 11:00AM under a cloudless sky and no wind. The first spot produced a bass on my second cast. They were packed together in behind a large boulder. almost every time I put the fly there one […]

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Still looking

Gail and I took a trip out this morning and we were fishing the tide so I got to sleep till six AM. It took us two casts to double on stripers. We stayed until the sun was high so we only stayed in the same spot for two hours. We headed out to see […]

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Perfect

Today brought the infamous Dr. Jim out of the deep woods of New Hampshire. The weather report was for perfect conditions on the sound. We left the dock with the sun rising and we made our way to our first spot. We stayed there for three and a half hours without moving. The action was […]

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