August

I am entering a new part of my season. I am going from the time of the summer when I think I am ready for it to be over, to the part where I become nostalgic about fishing and chartering. This morning, as I waited for my clients, I sat swinging in a chair watching the light slowly creep into the horizon. Just twenty five minutes later, the sun still had not come up and we had completely blacked out my baitwell with Spikes. Spikes are Mackeral so small they are beyond Tinkers. Basically, the perfect bait. There are plenty of Herring around too but the Spikes make terrific baits in just about all situations. You can see what the Spikes look like on the finder when they are really thick.

As we cruised to the spots, sun coming up, wind down, I wondered do I have a great summer job or the greatest summer job?

We began on a mud flat in just two to three feet of water. The wind was down so we could all see Stripers swirling on bait in an area roughly three acres. The Stripers were rolling and eating crabs off the bottom. We took two fish, one keeper and one too big in the shallows.

When we lost water on the flat, just ten minutes cruise from there, we began fishing structure in the Kennebec. We had several double hookups and caught Stripers up to 31". The river seems to have turned back on and I am looking forward to a strong week.

Only two weeks left till school begins. I have some openings at the moment, but I expect to be busy right up till I go back to school on August 30th.