Jane's Island, High times and Low, by: Steve

     

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      I haven't fished in over a month, luckily everything is right where I left it, in no time I cast to the first point. First point, first fish. At Jane's Island we like to say "There's a fish on every point!". 

It is night, we are trolling small bass assassin's rigged weedless, picking up small bass along the banks. KGB is with us, he did not read our Jane's Island post from last year, nothing is where he had left it. he is not trolling yet...

small bass on the troll

      These fish are small 12-19 inch specimens, we want to fish to a spot that Alexi and I both have a picture of in our Imaginations. KGB is getting ready to launch, I troll back that way to get him started in the right direction, he didn't look at the map of Jane's Island. 

KGB hooks up! the fish hits his rod, it is gone. This will be his last trip.

      A bigger fish is in shallower water...

night rockfish

      Hot dogs and buns in case of no fish. If fish then hot dogs for stuffing. Old bay, foil, and charcoal, good. Beer, of course. We did forget two things: Lemon and Butter... We had a party.

a.m.

      Hard to wake up. But we did early enough to go into a little mist. The current moved us north. KGB's setup fell into the water because of a bad boat, he jumped in after it. He didn't try to fish again. He never will.

hung up to dry (for good?)

      Alexi and I drifted back north. We caught a fish on every point along the way, and two speckled trout, but not big ones.

small trout

      After a while we started back towards the launch to find KGB. Jane's Island is a large area for a kayak, with lots of winding trails, no cell reception, and KGB doesn't carry a marine radio, so we figured we better find him and make a plan.

      We found him right where we left him, trying to snag his rod off the bottom with a heavy bucktail, it was hard to watch. Alexi and I have gone through some tackle over the years, lost and broken setups, radios, cameras, sunglasses and on and on, Alexi says "You can't stay mad forever". I don't know, but I think KGB will stay mad for a very long time.

      Me, I can't wait to get back to Jane's Island...