17 Fish
On board today I had regular, Billy Tedeschi, for light tackle striped bass and blues.
At first light, a strong west wind was kicking up and it was a little choppy. But we found a pod of fish in the exact same spot as yesterday on the same tide. Those fish were way up on the flats in 8 inches of water! With the tide dropping, we took a chance and zipped up on the flats and caught four bass. Then, with the engine trimmed all the way up, we tried to make it back to the channel… – just made it!
For the rest of the morning we chased schools of fish scattered around the bay. The fish are still very spooky and moving very fast. The blitz action lasts anywhere from 30 seconds to a couple of minutes if you are lucky. Billy stuck with his top lure, a Yo-Zuri popper. That lure took the majority of fish today. At one point, a keeper bass came comepletely out of the water chasing and missing Billy’s popper. Other times, the bass would knock it clear into the air.
Almost all the fish today were in 8 inches to two feet of water. A few fish were in the channels. Lots of birds resting on the flats around the bay as they too, are in full migration mode, resting/feeding in the day and migrating at night.
I spoke with a friend of mine that guides up in Maine. He is still up to his eyeballs in bass so there are a lot of fish that will be coming down the coast over the next month.
Our total catch and release was 17 fish today. All short, feisty, hard-hitting bass that ran and peeled drag like much bigger fish. Great fun on light tackle. You can’t beat fall fishing!
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Capt. Dave
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