John Wade
10-20-2005, 09:54 AM
Posted yesterday about an outing where I found a patch of nice fish that were not feeding on top. The spot is about fifty yards in either direction from places I have fished many times (can't recall how I have done on those spots, so I guess nothing very memorable), and for the life of me I can't recall having even noticed this particular hole before. Its a little cove at higher tide, it has a sloping rock beach. There are rock points on either side that you can't get out on, and the cove is maybe 150 feet wide between the points (did I burn a spot-NO-I just described maybe 500 spots along our coast). And to top it off the hole is about a 50 foot jaunt from your parked car.
When I was catching fish there yesterday, I thought the hole was somewhat shallow judging from the wave action in the cove and was thinking that must be the reason I didn't spend any time exploring this spot before. So I filed it away.
This morning I thought to drive by and take a look(no fishing today). You could have knocked me over with a feather! What a perfect hole. Right down the middle of that cove is a deep channel reaching almost to the beach at high tide. It is about two thirds as wide as the the whole cove. The edges of the channel are a mix of sloping rockpiles and sheer walls, complete with scads of nooks, crannies, and gaps to let waves swirl in and out. If you were writing a book about where to find striped bass, you couldn't find a better example! All I could think is that I found where some huge fish were hiding from me all summer.
What a great lesson-Pay attention to your surroundings and look over your coastline at low tide. Next summer around mid July with a late night high tide, the first eel I chuck in the ocean will be right there!
After five years of fishing here, I continue putting off my plans to fish "other places", such as Cape Ann, Boston Harbor, even Southern Maine just a few miles up the road. Now I know why!
When I was catching fish there yesterday, I thought the hole was somewhat shallow judging from the wave action in the cove and was thinking that must be the reason I didn't spend any time exploring this spot before. So I filed it away.
This morning I thought to drive by and take a look(no fishing today). You could have knocked me over with a feather! What a perfect hole. Right down the middle of that cove is a deep channel reaching almost to the beach at high tide. It is about two thirds as wide as the the whole cove. The edges of the channel are a mix of sloping rockpiles and sheer walls, complete with scads of nooks, crannies, and gaps to let waves swirl in and out. If you were writing a book about where to find striped bass, you couldn't find a better example! All I could think is that I found where some huge fish were hiding from me all summer.
What a great lesson-Pay attention to your surroundings and look over your coastline at low tide. Next summer around mid July with a late night high tide, the first eel I chuck in the ocean will be right there!
After five years of fishing here, I continue putting off my plans to fish "other places", such as Cape Ann, Boston Harbor, even Southern Maine just a few miles up the road. Now I know why!