Lots going on and been stuck out on the island for a few days helping family, so I drug the boat down with me. Not too many glorious reports, but I did do some fishing…
Thursday late afternoon headed out to a rising tide. Caught a keeper 16" flounder right off on a MM on a float, followed by a couple of dink trout. Then the spottail showed up. Caught a dozen or so, all slot, one overslot that was a lot of fun on my new St. Croix Triumph ML and Penn Conflict 2500. All caught on MM under a float, overslot caught on MM on the bottom. Cut bait/finger mullet yielded nothing.
Saturday morning put in just before high tide with no bait. Someone robbed my MM trap…AGAIN. Time for a new spot I’m afraid. After failing to find bait, even menhaden, I hauled tail to Bohicket to find some MM. $4/dozen isn’t terrible for marina prices, but the MM were so small that some of them couldn’t even be hooked…terrible.
Anyway, managed to snag 4 nice reds once tide started moving out good. All on MM on a float. Cut bait and frozen shrimp yielded nothing.
Sunday morning headed out by myself for some much needed mind-clearing alone time. Before I even reached the landing I was upset…this time someone STOLE my mud minnow trap…ugh. Even stashed strategically and using camouflage paracord for string, they found it and wanted it more than me I guess. Floated boat and headed to Bohicket for some micro minnows…
First spot yielded nothing, but water was flowing good when some guy (I think a guide) came barreling through and into the small creek I was fishing…no wave, no hi how ya doing, nothing…pissed me off again, so I left.
Decided it was time to go check out the back of Ocella creek and see if they have begun working on the bridge…NOPE, it’s still out. But there is a skid-steer parked at the gate, so only a matter of time before they get to work on it. I wish I knew who to contact to ask them to make it taller so we can boat under it…