Said f-it at about noon as there was a instant when the wind was less than 20 and the rain was a drizzle; hopped in the Mako and battered against SE 15-20 to Waquoit.
At what passed for low tide the east jetty was awash with crashing surf. I headed in and worked my way around a variety of inside spots picking up a bass or three here and there. Birds periodically would go low on the surface and a splash or two indeicated fishy action. For quite a while I was unable to connect under the birds; popper, jig, and fly all were equally ineffective.
Eventually I figured it out and picked up first a 6 pound blue, then a 5 pound bass on a popper. There's a little bar up in Waquoit hard on Washburns island and a cast along the shallow sand, deep weed edge started to produce bass after bass.
At about 2 the tide slowed and the wind died to about 10. I went way up in Waquoit and found a bass on every jig/fly spot up against a marshy edge.
At dead high the bite stopped as did the wind.
Back into Waquoit to my little bar. About 3:30 the tide staretd to flow out and the wind picked up. All of a sudden gulls everywhere low on the water fish crahing the surface. Blitz city. Schoolie bass and surprisingly picky snapper blues. The bass would eat slow flies or poppers; the blues would only take drifted flies.
Eventually the whole center of Waquoit; perhaps 2 channel markers long by double the width of the channel was going off.
Unfortunatey so was the rain and wind. The drizzle had turned to a downpour; the 10-15 SE had turned to 20-25 ENE and the bay was loaded with whitecaps. Realizing it was 4:30; I was alone on the water and had a 2 mile open sound trip home I decided to use common sense and rather regretfully left the blitz.
The channel was higher than I ever had seen it; the outer east jetty was completely awash and breakers were rolling across the channel. For all my moans about the mako's hatches and accessories I was really glad to be in a Deep V hull as I picked my way out the end of the channel and turned west/homewards.
Vineyard Sound was running 4' waves all the way home but with them at my back; the ride; while a bit nerve-wracking, was uneventful.
I have to reiterate my advice of earlier today - the beachfront is a weedy mess; the ponds are choked w/ weed; not a good weekend for the S. cape..
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