Fall blitz continues…!

On board today, Gary Condon & Crew for LT striped bass. Gary is one of my regulars and has been fishing with me for years.

Today at first light, we found several pods of bass busting bait on topwater. We bounced around a bit, running from pod to pod and finally hit the mother load – in 12-18″ inches of water! Bass were stacked chasing bait in water so shallow, even my skiff was bumping bottom from time to time. We fished spooks and kunckle heads in the skinniest of waters on the dropping tide and slammed them. This went on until the tide finally bottomed out and the topwater shut off.

From there we ran to the power plant expecting to get into blues. Wrong. Almost no blues at the plant but lots and lots of hooded seals and harbor seals. That may be the reason the blues are gone. Or bluefin tuna chased them out of a great white. Don’t know for sure, but what we do know is there are no blues at the power plant at the moment. Also, water temps have cooled down big time -as much as 7 degrees from a week ago.

We took a break for a King’s Lunch off Manomet that included french pastry, one pound roast beef sandwiches, chips, cookies, and frosty iced tea. Captain Dave was in a food coma! LOL…

Back inside the bay on the rising tide, many pods of VERY spooky bass scattered around the bay. Fast moving, spooky and hard to set drifts. Most were in a few feet of water up on the flats. But we managed to land a bunch before calling it an amazing fall blitz morning. Total catch and release: 82 striped bass, including 2 keepers!!!

Back at it as the full run continues. Stay posted:

Capt. Dave
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