"A wet hook is better than a dry hook," I overheard Grumpy hisself say this to a customer. I'm not sure I believe it. Word on the street (or the internet) is that they're all gone. That's right, I said it. All of the fish are gone. Since we're new to this game, we don't have a lot of personal data to go by. Asking each and every old salt will garner the same answer, numbers are down, regulators are slow to respond or unresponsive. It's our duty to self impose stricter limits. But still, really no fish of any class size at all in three consecutive trips? Even if it is partially due to a smaller YOY class, or the total decimation of the species in the great sand eel blitz of 2011, you'd think that there would still be SOME fish in the bays. Well we sure couldn't find them, from Cape May county to Barnegat Bay, we couldn't even cach a damn cold!!
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| the boats were full of themselves with potential |
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| into the sunset we launch |
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| and confidence increases |
After fishing the evening bite for a few hours we camped out by a tree.
In thew morning the water nearly washed away my kayak.
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| overcast, perfect, but not a bite... |
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| Full of confidence in the morning, hot coffee and all... |
