First week of October in the Sedges, by Alexi

Steve at the launch on Wednesday with his new striped bass shirt

    Northern Harrier's were gliding over the sedges looking for anything to eat,

This picture is from Wikipedia and is not mine

 and the American Oystercatcher was on what was left of Seal Island.  (Seal Island is disappearing.)

The Sedges are an ever-changing enigma.

This picture is from Wikipedia and is not mine

Along with all of the usual suspects (White Egrets), there were these new birds around the Sedges I hadn't noticed before.

During the week ending October 11 we fished the Sedges in shifts.   I fished behind IBSP Sunday through the night.   Steve showed up Monday and we chatted at the launch as I was leaving and he was arriving.   He fished all day and into the night Monday.   Then we both fished most of Wednesday and Thursday.

My largest fish during the week went to 26" on a big Bass Assassin swim shad with a 1/2 ounce jig-head.

Monday night fish

The Bluefish were still around, and they made it difficult to fish with soft plastics or eels, as they bite the tails off of both.

20 some-inch bluefish on the smack-it popper in Snake Ditch (Wednesday day)

We camped out and in the morning had some coffee.

The bite was slow on thursday, until sunset.  We had a couple of fish during the day, but nothing too big.

We got into a nice bite just before sunset and both tagged and released several healthy fish.

Most of the fish last week were on bass assassins; small and big, sluggo soft plastics, and bkd's.  The top-water bite was slower, though I probably did end up catching three or four bass on the chartreuse zara Spook Jr.

 Tight Lines!  The fall migration is starting and we're probably fishing the Sedges behind IBSP every window of opportunity for the next two months.