end of summer wrap up…
August 30, 2010
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted… I was fortunate to spend most days on the water given the incredibly beautiful weather and excellent fishing this summer. In fact, we experienced some of the best fishing and weather we’ve had in years. The bait was plentiful… for live-liners, the mackerel and herring were abundant. The macks stayed longer than usual. More recently, we’ve seen clouds of tinker mackerel, along with smaller herring, and silversides. On most days this season, flocks of working birds in the morning (and occasionally in the afternoon and early evening) and stripers busting the surface voraciously feeding on bait were the norm. And there were schools of big bluefish in the deep water to add a little variety from time to time.
Last week, although we were still seeing schools of tinker mackerel, the fishing slowed down. The storm that passed through at the beginning of the week didn’t help matters and fishing was slow again this morning. Nonetheless, I’m very optimistic about the fall fishing given the numbers of bass and blues we have seen this summer and the amount of bait fish in the harbor. Perhaps, the best is yet to come?
Tight lines,
Capt. Wayne
