July 7

      What a difference a few days make.  Hurricane Arthur deposited vast amounts of fresh water all over Maine.  Today the river is a brown mess and 30 knot gusts are creating seas as high as 8'.  Today I postponed two trips to let conditions improve and they will.  Prior to the hurricane we were averaging double digits Striper trips jigging our way through the Kennebec River.  Yesterday we only managed 3 Stripers.  Friday morning, before the hurricane hit, my son and I freighted our newly made bait pen(pictured below) with Mackerel. Yesterday and today the Macking was slow.  Things are still unsettled.  Today's big blow will not help, but I expect things to improve and get back to pre-hurricane status in the next few days.  We shall see.