LightTackle
10-15-2001, 04:39 PM
Well, I was supposed to do a a bassfishing tournament up at Lake Champlain but my buddy called me Sat and said that the weather was supposed to suck. So we decided we werent going to do it and this gave me an unexpected free day. So I decided I was gonna make one last trip to Martha's Vineyard. Could't find anybody to go at the last minute so I ended up leaving solo on Sunday morning. I was on the water at 6:30. Wind was blowing about 5+ mph and was very foggy. Water temp had dropped down to 57 degrees, about an 8 degree drop from Monday. So it was a decent ride to Cape Pogue with only a few big swells, but pretty peaceful. Reached Cape Poge about 7'ish, plenty of daylight but still pretty foggy. Cruised around a bit and didnt see much in that area until I headed along East beach. Came up to that first (and only) Jetty and there were lots of birds working in that area. Right away I saw fish busting out and knew that it was just bluefish. They were working right along the shore line and out about 1000 yards. So I stayed there for about 1/2 hour to play with them. Landed 2 on a sluggo, moving it fast enough so they wouldn't bite off my hook.
I then moved onward to Wasque. By this time it seemed like the wind had picked up from the Northeast and white caps and swells were forming. On the ride I saw thousands of sea ducks, everywhere I looked. But no fish, so I turned back and headed to Poge again hoping that the action would pick up after the 8:30am hightide. Still no tunoids, I was figuring with the cold water, they had moved out. So I decided to make the most of this trip and went back to that jetty area and pulled out my 7 weight and tied on a steal leader and a popper. I caught about 16 blues on that little popper, anywhere from 12" to 6 lbs. Hey, I was still having fun. Not much left of that popper though.
I was finding the bigger blues further out from shore and on one of my drifts (drifting towards shore), I was watching the blues crashing and noticed a couple of fish in particular. I said to myself, "Hey those are Albies!!" I re-determined myself that I wanted to get my first Albie on a fly. I positioned the boat (OK, run and gunned it)at the next exploding pod and drifted in towards them. I made a couple of false casts with the Teeny 250 and the anchovie fly landed right in the middle of them. I stripped a couple of times then just let it sit, then bang!! I was psyched, but that was only momentary as I saw a blue fish jump with my flyline attached and then it broke off. Bummer.. So I retied and waited on the outside of the area. Another pod busted up and was in casting distance. I did the same routine and this time I was rewarded with a hit, and then the hookset, and then the sound of my drag racing out. It took me about 20 minutes to land the 6-7 lb albie. Finally, I caught my first Albie on a flyrod this year!! I can't tell ya how proud I was at that time. I saw a couple of other pods come up but I didnt get anymore oppurtunities. They came thru for about 1 hour and nothing after that. I was off the water by 3. Just wish I had someone there to take a pic. Come to think of it, I only saw 3 other boats and they didn't even stop by. Wonder if they had a better place.
Next outing I will be headed to NC to check out the Outer Banks and Cape Lookout with another buddy the first weekend of Nov. Will let ya know how it pans out..
Quit Wishin, Go Fishing!! RF
I then moved onward to Wasque. By this time it seemed like the wind had picked up from the Northeast and white caps and swells were forming. On the ride I saw thousands of sea ducks, everywhere I looked. But no fish, so I turned back and headed to Poge again hoping that the action would pick up after the 8:30am hightide. Still no tunoids, I was figuring with the cold water, they had moved out. So I decided to make the most of this trip and went back to that jetty area and pulled out my 7 weight and tied on a steal leader and a popper. I caught about 16 blues on that little popper, anywhere from 12" to 6 lbs. Hey, I was still having fun. Not much left of that popper though.
I was finding the bigger blues further out from shore and on one of my drifts (drifting towards shore), I was watching the blues crashing and noticed a couple of fish in particular. I said to myself, "Hey those are Albies!!" I re-determined myself that I wanted to get my first Albie on a fly. I positioned the boat (OK, run and gunned it)at the next exploding pod and drifted in towards them. I made a couple of false casts with the Teeny 250 and the anchovie fly landed right in the middle of them. I stripped a couple of times then just let it sit, then bang!! I was psyched, but that was only momentary as I saw a blue fish jump with my flyline attached and then it broke off. Bummer.. So I retied and waited on the outside of the area. Another pod busted up and was in casting distance. I did the same routine and this time I was rewarded with a hit, and then the hookset, and then the sound of my drag racing out. It took me about 20 minutes to land the 6-7 lb albie. Finally, I caught my first Albie on a flyrod this year!! I can't tell ya how proud I was at that time. I saw a couple of other pods come up but I didnt get anymore oppurtunities. They came thru for about 1 hour and nothing after that. I was off the water by 3. Just wish I had someone there to take a pic. Come to think of it, I only saw 3 other boats and they didn't even stop by. Wonder if they had a better place.
Next outing I will be headed to NC to check out the Outer Banks and Cape Lookout with another buddy the first weekend of Nov. Will let ya know how it pans out..
Quit Wishin, Go Fishing!! RF