After I got through puking when that stupid tourist woman was rambling on about how "humbling it was to be there to see nature up close", and how the "naturalist" (who couldn't hold a job otherwise) exploits the ecological disaster of the Marine mammal protection act by bringing un-suspecting tourists to see the cute pinipeds who have wiped out the bait, small inshore flounder, juvenile cod, pollock and other fish that once thrived along Monomoy, I feel even more violated.
Monomoy was once the best, period, end of sentence, bass fishing on the entire east coast. Those of us who were priviledged to have experienced it from the surf will never get over what has happened to that place since the govt took it over completely.
I feel sad for all of you "newbies"younger guys, you never got a chance to see what real bass fishing was like in a place where the water was never munged up, schools of bait blackened the water and the bass were big racers that hit and fought like freight trains.
Places like Cuttyhunk, the RI shore and even Block couldn't hold a candle to Monomoy back in the days before the seals resurgence for consistent big bass fishing from May to November.
God dam shame.
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