First off i want to say i really enjoyed my time off today. The last 4 weeks have combined to become one long marathon of work for me. Having everything go as planned on my day off was great, and as I write I am preparing the spoils for dinner. I planed a 3 phase trip in an attempt to get in as much as i possibly could.
The last few weeks i have been sleeping in on my days off. I have been doing around 70 hours a week, and i just needed to sleep. Today i forced my self to get going and get Jan by 515am. The weather was perfect, foggy, drizzle, and around 60 degrees. We started fishing a string of rocks with the falling tide. Zoom flukes put fish in the boat almost instantly. Some fish were working fish on top, we broke fish off, and we landed a bunch of fish, one of which was a keeper. I had a grand plan in mind today and catching fish in the rocks as the tide dropped was only phase one. On to phase two.
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I pulled the plug on the first decent bass bite of the year to go clamming. Jan and I had not gone clamming together since march. After a call to the hot line to confirm the beds were open i fired up the boat and made quick work of the trip to the clam grounds. Phase two, was a bail job like phase one. Jan called it speed clamming. After about 25 minutes we were good with almost full half bushel baskets. The sizes were evenly mixed between the little necks and cherry stones. On to phase three.
On the way back we decided try and squeeze a few more fish out of the rocks during low tide. Yup, more fish. These fish ate up the poppers and hydro pencils we threw. After all was said and done we figured we caught about 20+ fish for the morning. One fish was a keeper and the others were of all sizes from 10 inches to 24 inches. Not a bad schoolie bite.
So, my 3 phase plan went off with out a hitch and everything turned out great. I absolutely love fishing low tide amongst the rocks in the fog. The speed clamming was the icing on the cake. The weather held out and we were able to have a great 4 hours catching sea creatures. I am making clam chowder for dinner tonight.
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| This stainless rake is bad ass! |
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That's how to do a day off from work on the water!
ReplyDeleteI really needed some time off to have some fun. The load of bass and clams cures the too much work blues.
DeleteNice when everything comedy together, days like that keep us coming back for more. It was the perfect storm savage, sick guy.
ReplyDeleteIt was a perfect storm. The clam chowder i made was even better!
DeleteHey Savage......sounds like a great time.
ReplyDeleteWhat no posting of the chowdaah like Alan(brktrt) would have done?
I was going to put something up, however, my non cream tomato enriched chowDER may offend some people. I have a strong feeling brook trout makes his with cream since he tied a streamer called "red sox nation". Next time I go I will make the new England. I usually make it in the winter since the fat from the cream keeps you nice and warm!
ReplyDeleteI knew you were a Yankee fan.... :)
ReplyDeleteI have never had Manhattan chowder just because of all the crap I would get. Maybe the next time I am in NYC I will give it a try.....nah!
Is lousy weather best for striped bass fishing? I read Rhode Island Striped Bass and he seems to catch fish when the weather is stormy.
At least some one gets it. As for the bass fishing, in Rhode Island and the cape stormy weather does seem to turn the fish on. Here in the extreme western part of Long Island Sound it seems to hamper it some what. The beat days for bass fishing seem to be the days when there is little wind and fog, or heavy over cast skies. out going tides during these conditions is also a big plus. Fog at night is also a big plus.
ReplyDeleteThanks....as the rivers warm up I am going to try the ocean.
ReplyDeleteAs for the Sox & Yanks this year, last place is what they are fighting for right now.
I was going to say something about last place but why ruin both our days
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