Thanks or the nice words Sandman. You are right, this island is also amazing. It's just everytime I go to the Vineyard I marvel at the miriad of different salt water fishing environs. Diversity of habitat is the words that come to mind.
The build-up over here hasn't been as bad as one might read. Anyone can still go to the beach on any summer weekend and have it all to themselves. Good surf, great fishing incredible restaurants and a winter that sends all the transient folk packing their bags every fall. We like to say that "Winter is the great equalizer" meaning that for all the loving to death that the island is going through it is a tourists fear of winter that keeps them away in the offseason. People often ask us "How can you live here in the winter ?" My response is usually "Because I am not a tourist ?"
Regardless, it is a special region with live in and the two islands have much in common. I fish super hard and will continue to until the flame burns out. Midnight walks on the beach are a dose of solitude I find no where else and their is never a crowd, if not a soul, at any of the popular fishing spots after dark. There are few of us that are really nuts about shore fishing but for the most part there isn't much pressure. No hiding from people tailing you. No doubt of where you caught a fish. If someone says "I caught it here" You can guarantee that the next day there will be 20 trucks there. I stress day because so few actually work it hard at night. Offshore fishing is a TOTALLY different story. We have got some nutbags here. As you know going offshore is one of the most exciting trips a person can make and information is guarded with tight lips.
I look forward to fishing Musgeket and the west rips this spring. Hopefully we will see each other out there.
