"How's your spring been?"
Hmmm, "A lot of exploring." I say.
That's another way of saying it's been slow. (Except for the epic blue-fish bite)
So:
I went out with Nick to a new area last week. Exploring, trying to suss out a new possible camp-site in Southern New Jersey. The Island we were looking at was owner occupied, so we stayed away.
Cormorants. |
The first thing I couldn't help but notice when I was approaching the proposed possible camping area was a flock of not-so-happy Cormorants. I would not say that they are a pretty bird. The only grace they have is when diving, otherwise their flight is erratic. A sea of black, awkward in flight, squaking birds doesn't make for a pleasant potential campsite.
Hidden in this grass is thousands of killies |
Next were the Herring Gulls, they make a god-awful noise.
possibly Herring Gulls |
And, mixed in with everyone else was the Great Egret. This island was FULL of nesting birds, and though I think we could have squared off with them and squatted on their land, we decided to wait until later in the year when their nesting is done.
Looks Fishy |
I managed to pull two 20" bass from the banks. One on topwater, one on a weedless bass assassin.
There are no pictures of these fish, so you'll just have to believe me.
Slowly but surely I think I'll end up fishing every estuary from Cape May to Barnegat Inlet. This trip fills in another little piece to that puzzle.
When considering how my spring has been, I ask myself, how often did I target large bass? I only fished with eels in the back once or twice, and only surf-launched once and there were no bunker to be seen. Am I just a shitty fisherman? Have I resigned to picking up trash around the Sod-banks? What happened to "fishing in the dark?"
While the blue-fish were a welcome diversion, I wonder if my game has been thrown off by them. But, then I remind myself, it's technically still spring....
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