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kenyee · 08-02-2008, 10:43 AM

Well...the good news is the greenheads seem to be gone. I stopped by Surfland then strolled down to the beach at the end of the street. No mosquitos, no greenheads. :-)

Picked up a bunch of eels for the boat trip. Kay said people on boats have been having luck but not so much the shore people, so the fish are coming back.

Spent from 7:30pm to 1am out on the coworker's boat and spent the early part of it wandering around practicing casts until enough of the tide came in. Mosquitos apparently can fly over water pretty well but at least you can use bug spray to keep them away :-)

The two coworkers got a hit or two before 10:30pm and the fish got off but that was a good sign that there would be fish at PI finally. Chummed w/ shads(? a nice couple gave them to me as they were leaving the launch) at another spot for a little bit and got another hit, then we spent some time pulling the eel/shad baited lines out of the prop because we didn't yank the lines out of the water before moving the boat (loads of fun). While doing this, one coworker pulled in a 34" 12# (yep, skinny w/ all the bait around???) out. Then the boat coworker pulled in a 38" 20# after a bit of a fight before the hoards of boats roamed over and we left before crashing into someone. We tried a few different spots after than and hit the launch at 1am. Talked to another boat at the launch who caught 4 all on eels (ours were on black sluggos).

Me, I think I'm going to change my nickname to Pepe Le Pieu...skunkeroonie for me again but I didn't expect anything more. I tried everything from swim lures to bass kandy to striper magnets to sluggos to baiting dead shad. The fish must smell me a mile away :-P

Scariest time of the night: pea soup fog w/ 10' visibility and trying to navigate the minefield of sailboats all over the river on the way back from the flats. Parking your sailboat in the middle of the water w/ no warning lights seems like a dumb thing to do :-P

I might try Plum Island Kayaking's fishing tour in a few weeks to get the skunk off again. The flats is a pretty cool area.

08-02-2008, 10:43 AM	#22
kenyee Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Boston, PRofMA Posts: 276	Well...the good news is the greenheads seem to be gone. I stopped by Surfland then strolled down to the beach at the end of the street. No mosquitos, no greenheads. :-) Picked up a bunch of eels for the boat trip. Kay said people on boats have been having luck but not so much the shore people, so the fish are coming back. Spent from 7:30pm to 1am out on the coworker's boat and spent the early part of it wandering around practicing casts until enough of the tide came in. Mosquitos apparently can fly over water pretty well but at least you can use bug spray to keep them away :-) The two coworkers got a hit or two before 10:30pm and the fish got off but that was a good sign that there would be fish at PI finally. Chummed w/ shads(? a nice couple gave them to me as they were leaving the launch) at another spot for a little bit and got another hit, then we spent some time pulling the eel/shad baited lines out of the prop because we didn't yank the lines out of the water before moving the boat (loads of fun). While doing this, one coworker pulled in a 34" 12# (yep, skinny w/ all the bait around???) out. Then the boat coworker pulled in a 38" 20# after a bit of a fight before the hoards of boats roamed over and we left before crashing into someone. We tried a few different spots after than and hit the launch at 1am. Talked to another boat at the launch who caught 4 all on eels (ours were on black sluggos). Me, I think I'm going to change my nickname to Pepe Le Pieu...skunkeroonie for me again but I didn't expect anything more. I tried everything from swim lures to bass kandy to striper magnets to sluggos to baiting dead shad. The fish must smell me a mile away :-P Scariest time of the night: pea soup fog w/ 10' visibility and trying to navigate the minefield of sailboats all over the river on the way back from the flats. Parking your sailboat in the middle of the water w/ no warning lights seems like a dumb thing to do :-P I might try Plum Island Kayaking's fishing tour in a few weeks to get the skunk off again. The flats is a pretty cool area.