Unlike conclave AM there was no wind. Flat calm. Waquoit channel gave up a schoolie or two as well as my 3rd pogie of the weekend; the 2nd which actually ate a fly!
That was the only thing I caught on a fly all day as on a shooted backcast I shot too well and found my LLbeans Superhead sink tip without the sinktip. It had parted at the joint of running line and head. back it goes..
I saw a ton of fish; lots of albies feeding deliberately and almost invisibly off Popponesset in 15' of water. There was little surface action, lots of horizontal slashes with only backs visible. I had a bump on a sluggo, but no hookups. Two fly fisherman in a blue contender got a couple which is why I know they were albies.
Eventually one guide to many showed up in their buzzing white hewes flats boat and I gave up; the water seemed to clear and the fish were started to get put down. Headed homewards and investigated some action in close among the jetties in front of Bournes Pond. At first I thought they were albies also as the fish were pushing herring in sprays. However a close look and one hookup showed them to be bass.
With no wind; bright sun and very clear water I amused myself for about an hour cove hopping from one jetty lined beach to another. What I saw, not caught was fascinating. About every 3rd or 4th cove was literally carpetted with hundreds of schoolies who happily did the puppy dog thing; following whatever I threw, but not biting. I often could see a couple dozen fish sniffing at my lure. Even an eel wouldn't tempt them though they would hang just belowit and eyeball it curiously when i twitched it.
What was interesting was that certain coves had fish by the hundreds, others had none. It was easy to locate them; witht he sun angle and clear water it was also easy to see fish 30 or 40' away, a rarity in New England.
I didn't see any monsters; just schools and schools of mid sized bass.
Between that and seeing false albacore rocket under my boat it was an