Striper 2020 wwc

Great that you were able to get out, not so great that the fish were a bit too sneaky yet. Hope you get a few next trip!

I looked all over the net for some frozen herring with absolutely no luck. Either shops are closed or they're out of stock.  Thought it would be a good back-up.  Up the creek without a paddle and a best laid plan of mice...... Got a new, cheap Ugly Stick that is similar to a rod I used in the surf  20 + years ago, then gave away in a fit of generosity to a friend that grew up on the coast and missed fishing.  Oddly, he just bought a townhouse with access to my favorite  Cape Cod estuary and beach. Spare bedroom, too. Ugly for the money? Bargain city. I asked HT advice on it, he steered me straight. Set up with a workhorse Okuma, should do the job. Rather have a Shimano or a Penn, and I might get one later for the brutal salt to stick on my much longer Penn surf stick.  Can't wait for the Hudson, areas on the coast are going to be tough- All campgrounds are closed, if they open up interstate traffic, I might just take a few long drives towards the end of May when they show up on Cape Ann. My buddy that is a  revered guide, gave up the business  and is going to stick to working on boats. We are going to go out, though with me as usual chipping in some doughnuts and gas money.  
    I'm still fully engaged in mortal combat with the C word, makes the thought of fishing with friends  even more  productive of happy thoughts. Talked to my good friend Uglyfish who belongs here, too. We've got some wild brookie and Schroon River outings planned, as he's bought a house up towards Lake George. He'll head down to Fish Vermont wilderness with me, too.  Stripers  first though.

The same people will be on the Cape Cod Canal  in the end of May.  I got a half dozen bronze fish in the 2-4 range  upriver in five feet of clarity  ,Sunday aft.  I always thought stripers are relatively predictable, and used that info to be very successful chasing them. It's people that aren't and what makes it difficult to  plan.  Had a great conversation with my buddy on the Cape last night, when the travel ban goes off, We'll be out in estuaries , small beaches and harbors.

Hey folks, I was just losing my mind this weekend and had to blow off steam. I wasn't trying to direct comments towards any person or persons not to go fishing. It was just more than I could handle for the last 3 weeks seeing " strangers " in my backyard fishery . Not that the trib or river dosen't get pressure but this was over the top watching people with boats that don't belong here and people who really don't either not having a clue. It reminded me of the wall pool on a prime Saturday. And trying to launch a lake boat in a mud bay / flat at low tide= minus 1.5 feet with zero water. I don't even mess with the jon boat at that time.
Hopefully help is on the way. While I kinda felt selfish of the launch and marinas closed, now I'm glad there's other places that the interstate people will use instead.
I stopped today at the boat and there are fresh herring in my barrel pen swimming.
No pictures but word of its time...
Please play nice mother nature and let's all fish together instead of against each other.
Peace and tuna

Shoulda, codda , woulda. I said Wednesday was the time.
We had fun.

hot tuna
Shoulda, codda , woulda. I said Wednesday was the time.
We had fun.

Glad to see you caught a break in the weather and mud! Congrats on the catching... had to have been quite a battle in the small boat!

I’d be kind of scared of those fish tipping the boat... Nice fish! Hope you get into more.

Invited on another boat today.

Bravo HT. Keep em comin. There's enough fillet in the picture to last me a year. 👍