Tuna
06-15-2003, 10:19 AM
Despite less than exciting weather forecasts, decided I needed a few days off.
Thursday morning was beautiful - low wind, cloudy and foggy. Got some small bass and a few blues in 3 mile harbor, then took off for North Haven shore.
I got about 6 minutes of sun, enough to scare a few bass and see the small sand eels DanD had told me the blues were spitting up last Friday. They weren't all over the flats, but they were there in enough big pods to make things look alive.
When the sun disappeared, I got a few bass casting structure on the shore.
Then the wind died, and I started being able to see the bottom again.
Hooked a nice bass I saw near the boat but I had lazily left a knot in my leader and when I struck the fish, it was taking off and oops, broke at the knot.
I got shots at a number of other good sized bass, but at best turned them. Very light rain came and went (just light enough to cool me off) and until the afternoon the wind stayed so calm I was able to see bottom.
Wind came up a bit and the sun tried to peak through, but the visibility got bad, called it a day after about 6 hours on the water.
Friday the forecast was not as good, so I took small bass and a few blues in 3 mile harbor and called it a day. My first hookup seemed like a much better fish, but I lost it before I ever saw it.
Saturday, I fished with DanD. We alternated catching small bass in 3 mile harbor before 9 am, drifting into a bit of competition with each other. By the time we left, I was up on him, although he had taken the largest fish of the morning at the entrance to the harbor.
We took off for North Haven, starting near the Ferry. Inside of the feeding blues, we saw bass surface in about 6 feet of water and proceeded to take a good number of small bass while waiting for the sun. At this point, Dan was up 3 on me.
When the sun did show past midday, the winds were light and when we found the bass on the flats they were a bit spooky despite pods of sand eels here and there. We each had a number of fish turn, each got a few hits, but I managed the only sight casted bass, just under 25 inches, the best of my 3 days and compensation for having Dan beat me on total bass for the day. Between the two of us, we had landed 30 bass, a good day even if only a few were over 20 inches.
I was 50-50 on fishing today (Sunday), thinking I should attend to those nonfishing errands I tend to blow off during fishable months, but woke up to a fair amount of sun and was headed in the direction of fishing. The winds didn't look ideal (I'm ridiculously picky about a good day on the North Haven flats - don't want East in the wind [or it will pull me to shore], don't want light and variable or I won't drift well and the fish will be skitish), but ah the sun!
However, as I started to get ready, I found my get up and go had done got up and went, so I opted for those pesky errands.
The waters this year seem particularly alive. I'm seeing tons of crabs, now good amounts of bait, skates and blowfish on the flats, blues in a near constant feed at the Ferry, bass of various sizes in decent numbers. Good sights all!
Thursday morning was beautiful - low wind, cloudy and foggy. Got some small bass and a few blues in 3 mile harbor, then took off for North Haven shore.
I got about 6 minutes of sun, enough to scare a few bass and see the small sand eels DanD had told me the blues were spitting up last Friday. They weren't all over the flats, but they were there in enough big pods to make things look alive.
When the sun disappeared, I got a few bass casting structure on the shore.
Then the wind died, and I started being able to see the bottom again.
Hooked a nice bass I saw near the boat but I had lazily left a knot in my leader and when I struck the fish, it was taking off and oops, broke at the knot.
I got shots at a number of other good sized bass, but at best turned them. Very light rain came and went (just light enough to cool me off) and until the afternoon the wind stayed so calm I was able to see bottom.
Wind came up a bit and the sun tried to peak through, but the visibility got bad, called it a day after about 6 hours on the water.
Friday the forecast was not as good, so I took small bass and a few blues in 3 mile harbor and called it a day. My first hookup seemed like a much better fish, but I lost it before I ever saw it.
Saturday, I fished with DanD. We alternated catching small bass in 3 mile harbor before 9 am, drifting into a bit of competition with each other. By the time we left, I was up on him, although he had taken the largest fish of the morning at the entrance to the harbor.
We took off for North Haven, starting near the Ferry. Inside of the feeding blues, we saw bass surface in about 6 feet of water and proceeded to take a good number of small bass while waiting for the sun. At this point, Dan was up 3 on me.
When the sun did show past midday, the winds were light and when we found the bass on the flats they were a bit spooky despite pods of sand eels here and there. We each had a number of fish turn, each got a few hits, but I managed the only sight casted bass, just under 25 inches, the best of my 3 days and compensation for having Dan beat me on total bass for the day. Between the two of us, we had landed 30 bass, a good day even if only a few were over 20 inches.
I was 50-50 on fishing today (Sunday), thinking I should attend to those nonfishing errands I tend to blow off during fishable months, but woke up to a fair amount of sun and was headed in the direction of fishing. The winds didn't look ideal (I'm ridiculously picky about a good day on the North Haven flats - don't want East in the wind [or it will pull me to shore], don't want light and variable or I won't drift well and the fish will be skitish), but ah the sun!
However, as I started to get ready, I found my get up and go had done got up and went, so I opted for those pesky errands.
The waters this year seem particularly alive. I'm seeing tons of crabs, now good amounts of bait, skates and blowfish on the flats, blues in a near constant feed at the Ferry, bass of various sizes in decent numbers. Good sights all!