After reading GUSTO's post I am wondering if this story should be posted but here goes........Some days I have more humility than others. Some days one doesn't even have to work at being humble. It just happens somedays like this morning. While fishing a new spot this morning, which I was introduced to last weekend by my teammates while fishing the TRI-STATE touney a funny little scenario played out between me and a guide and his three clients. I had been fishing since shortly before sunrise and had to work quite hard for the six fairly good size schoolies I landed when a four men rowed out from the inner harbor and pulled up on shore across the channel from me. The guide was an older gent that was dressed like his clothes came right out of a high end catalog that would never get sent in the mail to my house. His clients seemed like all down to earth fellows. One was a beginner flyguy and the other two seemed more advanced than the first. Just after they arrived I hooked up and the guide yelled over nice goinglike he was somehow politely part of my catch. His clients were not catching anything. I hooked up four of five more times and now the guide was staring me down. It wasn't hard to tell the guide would have liked to color me gone. The flyfishing quieted and I waded inshore and retrieved my eight foot schoolie gear with the FISHERWOMAN secret weapon attached and ran my days catch up to about 24 stripers before the guide and his clients got back in the aluminum row boat and rowed away. Only one of the guides three clients caught a fish. I am curious why when the bait and the schoolies were on my side of the channel the guide just didn't bring his clients over. There was plenty of room. When the guide rowed by he said thanks for showing me how its done. I thanked him for the compliment and wished all four a good day. I was curious to see if I had entered one of those "ZONES" that we all wish we hit once in our life so I bought a couple of scratch tickets..............and lost.
Peace and tight lines all

Too bad for him. As he is a professional guide taking his people out, he is responsible for showing his clients presentation and hopefully catching fish... You happened to be doing the right thing and there was no fault on your end. 'Course, he's probably upset that he couldn't say "Well, looks like the fish skipped this spot today" or something along those lines...

Sounds like a good morning for you - not working today?

Good for you Swimmer, glad the secret little weapon worked so well. Was down to the south side of the cape the other day and got about 90 fish, had a couple of fly guys down there trying to crowd the channel a little bit and I just kept fishing and catching they got only a few, they should have beached the boat they would have done better as they were that close to shore, instead they just got frustrated and left. Oh well there loss, I just don';t think some people get it. If that guy was any type of good guide at all he would have ask you if you minded him fishing with his freinds right near you, instead he probably didn't get any fish the rest of the day. Didn't make him look to good in front of his clients not making that move. LMAO

We took the boat out in the harbor yesterday, was a beautiful day, but not alot of fish happening. We only picked up 5 fish all day. Was kind of strange, some of our spring haunts weren't holding very many fish. But thats why they call it fishing!!!!!

Are you wokring tomorrow?

Hi Jul's,
Yes I did work today, I think. he he he. And I am working the next three days plus a little OT I hope. The 90 that you landed were they all in the same place? Better yet I think I'll call after dinner and ask.

signed,
He who swims with the fishes

Swimmer,
Even on my best day with the fish, I still always lose on the scratch tickets.
I stopped buying them a long time ago; on the good side, I've used all my profits for fancy new rods and reels. Every time I pick one up I'm a winner...
Well I feel like one at least, and I only have to pay once.
Later,
Rick