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Big Vern · 08-18-2003, 11:16 AM

For the first time in a while, I had a GREAT weekend of fishing my favorite rips on the Cape...

I needed to burn some vacation days, and Friday seemed as good a candidate as any. There was no way I was not getting on the water, and I ended up having to fill the boat with a few buddies with limited fishing experience for an late afternoon session. Normally, I hate playing charter captain spending the whole time tying knots and the like, but it was an awesome trip. Ten seconds into the first drift, BAM! a nice 16 lber is brought to the boat. We had a steady pick of 32-37 inch fish until the tide slacked at which point there were bass everywhere on top. I pulled a nice 22 lber in right away, and followed it up with another that went 19. Here is where the technical limitations of my crew reared its ugly head. Only one of my friends was a proficient enough caster to get on the fish, and he and I were the only ones to hook the breaking fish. Even still, the tally for the trip was like 15+ bass all between 32 and 38 inches, one rat blue, and tons of short fluke. Best part of it: NO DOGGIES

Saturday was spent making sure the wife was happy, and it was a beautiful day to spend out on Nauset drinking beer and throwing horseshoes.

Early Sunday morning found me back on the boat heading out to where we were on Friday. This time I had an experienced crew to boot.

The action was just like we left it on Friday: small pods of 5-6 fish all over the top. I hooked into a nice 20 lber on the first cast, but it wasn't a morning for the first cast jinx as we brought a few more to the boat fairly quickly. All the while, the fog moved in THICK. REAL THICK. We had to shut off the boat, listen for birds, and head for them. That would put us on the fish, but it was pea soup out there. The fish on top eventually disappeared, and we picked up a couple more drifiting the rips, but the fog eventually got to us, and we decided to call it a day. Nevertheless, we boated 9 fish all stripers from 33-37 inches.

The MVP for the weekend was the Yozuri mag darter, and it looks like there's a lot of bait in the water all over the place. The fall run should be fantastic.

08-18-2003, 11:16 AM	#16
Big Vern Hooked iTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2002 Location: Boston Posts: 362	For the first time in a while, I had a GREAT weekend of fishing my favorite rips on the Cape... I needed to burn some vacation days, and Friday seemed as good a candidate as any. There was no way I was not getting on the water, and I ended up having to fill the boat with a few buddies with limited fishing experience for an late afternoon session. Normally, I hate playing charter captain spending the whole time tying knots and the like, but it was an awesome trip. Ten seconds into the first drift, BAM! a nice 16 lber is brought to the boat. We had a steady pick of 32-37 inch fish until the tide slacked at which point there were bass everywhere on top. I pulled a nice 22 lber in right away, and followed it up with another that went 19. Here is where the technical limitations of my crew reared its ugly head. Only one of my friends was a proficient enough caster to get on the fish, and he and I were the only ones to hook the breaking fish. Even still, the tally for the trip was like 15+ bass all between 32 and 38 inches, one rat blue, and tons of short fluke. Best part of it: NO DOGGIES Saturday was spent making sure the wife was happy, and it was a beautiful day to spend out on Nauset drinking beer and throwing horseshoes. Early Sunday morning found me back on the boat heading out to where we were on Friday. This time I had an experienced crew to boot. The action was just like we left it on Friday: small pods of 5-6 fish all over the top. I hooked into a nice 20 lber on the first cast, but it wasn't a morning for the first cast jinx as we brought a few more to the boat fairly quickly. All the while, the fog moved in THICK. REAL THICK. We had to shut off the boat, listen for birds, and head for them. That would put us on the fish, but it was pea soup out there. The fish on top eventually disappeared, and we picked up a couple more drifiting the rips, but the fog eventually got to us, and we decided to call it a day. Nevertheless, we boated 9 fish all stripers from 33-37 inches. The MVP for the weekend was the Yozuri mag darter, and it looks like there's a lot of bait in the water all over the place. The fall run should be fantastic.