Originally Posted by fishonnelsons
Oh heck, slow day at the tackle shop so I'll type a little.
I used to have hair, but now, for those who know me, I wear a hat for a reason! Change change change.
I hear it every day (no play on words there) - we used to slam them, we used to rake sand eels, we used to be able to drive to Wood End and Long Pt, and so on. Nothing is like it used to be in this world.
Are there seals,yes, have the plovers(or the Park Service/Wildlife etc)screwed us, yes, have the sand eels stayed off shore and we can no longer rake them up like we did years ago, yes (our commercial sand eel rakers are raking in 8 ft of water at low tide!), are there as many fish, no.
All truisms - yet last Thursday morning from 6 til 10 three gigantic schools of bass (20 to 30 pound range) went up and down Race Pt beaches - for the less than 10 people fishing on that whole stretch they had it all to themselves, on Friday right at the lighthouse, another school, Sunday, another - all surf casters fishing from the beach. A local just walked in right now, last two nights hammered the fish, ugly conditions, tough wind and rain, but got fish.
I agree it's not what it used to be, might never be - seals suck (but go to Monomy), the plover situation sucks, the seals suck (I said that already, right?), but it ain't all that bad.
OK, done with it, people in the shop, gotta go, I just get sick of the complaining and moaning and groaning - no offense intended to anyone - everyone is entitled to their say!
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