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Lots of diving gannets on Ballston Beach in Truro on Monday afternoon, Nov. 1st, along with terns and gulls. The whole lot was moving south at a brisk clip. (Headed for Rhode Island?) Wind was blowing at 20 knots from the north that day and increased to 25 knots when the sun went down. I was blown off the beach by 6:30 P.M.
Gannets generally feed on large bait fish, especially herring and squid but that day I caught only schoolies on Red Gill teasers. No strikes on my plugs. I wondered if the schoolies were feeding on sand eels while the gannets were feeding on a larger baitfish. Do you think this was the case?
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