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Well, I did better than Sunday, but not by much. I landed one 20-21 inch bass in the dark
about 5:30 AM on a black SP Minnow, and then I fished until 9 AM without a
touch. I felt kind of bad landing one
resident fish, probably out for his usual predawn constitutional, and
apparently alone, but at least I am on the board for the Fall 2021 season. It can only get better. After first light and no birds or bait in
sight, I continued to drive north and scope out three more beaches. I should have gone south, but that is the
game with peanut bunker and blitzes.
Shoulda woulda coulda. While
tossing a small shad at the final stop, just to stick maybe one more dink, I
did finally see birds diving well south of me and way out there. One of these days, I am going to walk into a
blitz or get lucky with a move, but as a land-based angler, I will have to
continue to drive around until that happens.
That is, unless the more
consistent sandeel bite materializes—that is built for a guy like me who doesn’t
mind getting up at 3 AM, driving 90 minutes, and fishing 3 hours for a short
burst of fish. Although, as I posted on
Sunday, there are more skunks recorded when the bite is like this, but the good
days can be epic. Maybe tomorrow if I am
up, but Sunday with Sandy Dunkin and Brady Windknots if nothing else. Maybe I sleep in and catch a trout tomorrow instead…
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| A little more white water, but the dead sea (for me). Probably awesome 5 miles to the south! |
I was thinking the overcast sky would have given you endless morning and more fish. In between my Dad's place in DE, and my DBay cottage and boat I got humbled on about 10 trips to LBI. Have you considered starting late afternoon and into the dark?
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The morning tides were def not in my favor this week, but I could not fish the afternoon with my work schedule. I don't mind low because I can get out on the bar like I was a kid again, but the fish have to be there! I think I started fly fishing more again right around the time that the surf became too many long drives for not much payoff. If I lived within 40 minutes, I would be there every other night for 4 weeks. I blame my boy Dolf (and Pete) for making me do it again the last couple of years!
DeleteYep, being there "Yesterday" makes all the difference. I bass fished 4 times this year and then OBX. 2 weeks fished almost every morning and evening. That's my year of fishing due to things that have to be done, but mainly like you...........distance.
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Years like this is why I got so heavy into fly fishing again... 90 minutes north and west, and I am in wild trout heaven. I will still throw small every December for schoolie action, like I have done the last half a dozen years, but unless I start fishing the dark again I don't see many November trips my future....
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