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Breaker, Breaker - Over
Set out this morning in spite of the 15-20 winds out of the north to explore some new territory in case Goodhands is over run tomorrow. I got on the water about 7am wondering if my efforts would be worth it. I opted to hug the shore line and try and stay in the lee of whatever I could. The fetch was pretty short, so the northerly winds didn't have much chance to kick up many waves where I was.
I began with a standard paddle tail set up and proceeded to troll shallow waters looking for life. I kept seeing birds working in the distance, but farther than I wanted to chase in those winds. As I was trolling I spied some interesting looking ledges near my route so I rigged for deeper waters and headed that way.
I almost instantly started marking fish. I had on a Tube / worm rig that I had been dying to try a an a YoZUri deep Diving Minnow. I made one pass at the images on the screen and was circling around for another when I saw gulls and terms getting busy not far away. I was tempted to jet over there, but decided to stick to my plan of attack on the known marks on my FF. After one more pass, I couldn't take it any more.
The squaking and screaming of the birds was the siren song I couldn't resist. So like the Ancient Mariner, I reeled in my trolling rods, paddled over, dropped anchor and grabbed my topwater pole. Best decision I made in a long time.
I was in the breakers and they were hungry. It was mostly schoolies with the smallest caught about 14 inched and the largest 22+. After about a dozen fish hauled in. the surface activity dissipated and the silence resumed. I was still marking fish, so I kept at it and continued to land decent sized fish for another hour.
The bite ended and I paddled back against the wind, smiling for having enjoyed the best day of fishing so far this year. I don't know what the final count was, but it was close to 2 dozen fish from 14" - 22". There were only 4 keepers in the mix but I had a blast anyway.
Lets hope the mojo stays strong for the next 2 weeks. I will be fishing the tournament tomorrow, Boston's South Shore and the North Fork of Long Island in that window of time.
I will share the details of location AFTER the tournament!
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I began with a standard paddle tail set up and proceeded to troll shallow waters looking for life. I kept seeing birds working in the distance, but farther than I wanted to chase in those winds. As I was trolling I spied some interesting looking ledges near my route so I rigged for deeper waters and headed that way.
I almost instantly started marking fish. I had on a Tube / worm rig that I had been dying to try a an a YoZUri deep Diving Minnow. I made one pass at the images on the screen and was circling around for another when I saw gulls and terms getting busy not far away. I was tempted to jet over there, but decided to stick to my plan of attack on the known marks on my FF. After one more pass, I couldn't take it any more.
The squaking and screaming of the birds was the siren song I couldn't resist. So like the Ancient Mariner, I reeled in my trolling rods, paddled over, dropped anchor and grabbed my topwater pole. Best decision I made in a long time.
I was in the breakers and they were hungry. It was mostly schoolies with the smallest caught about 14 inched and the largest 22+. After about a dozen fish hauled in. the surface activity dissipated and the silence resumed. I was still marking fish, so I kept at it and continued to land decent sized fish for another hour.
The bite ended and I paddled back against the wind, smiling for having enjoyed the best day of fishing so far this year. I don't know what the final count was, but it was close to 2 dozen fish from 14" - 22". There were only 4 keepers in the mix but I had a blast anyway.
Lets hope the mojo stays strong for the next 2 weeks. I will be fishing the tournament tomorrow, Boston's South Shore and the North Fork of Long Island in that window of time.
I will share the details of location AFTER the tournament!
DSCN2858.jpgDSCN2856.jpgDSCN2854.jpgDSCN2852.jpgDSCN2851.jpgDSCN2850.jpgDSCN2848.jpgDSCN2846.jpg
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