Just around the corner...
I took the eight weight out to the pond for an hour of casting, with some backhand casting too. I really suck at that. I tend to not have a full stop when trying to cast that way, but I'm working on it.
Even managed to catch a pune bass...
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I'll be in Harkers fishing with Capt. Sarah November 7 - 11..
@Dougfish@driver @RiverbumCO @Rhody
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-guide-post/id1556170236?i=1000578556707
The Albie Project
Albies are starting to show up. I may go down for a preliminary run in two weeks. Spanish mackerel bite is on fire right now.
I took the albie rod out last week for stripers last week. Found a few.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CktFNoZDqR4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
@Dougfish @Rhody in the boat following Brian
East side looks nasty.
https://marine.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-76.51841553114299&lat=34.586480923659636#.Y2rY2C9Okgo
62,63
A lot of gas was burned, eyes were squinted, sea legs were tested.
Just not a lot of cooperation from the feesh.
Monday was a lovely bluebird day.
Sunday was a ride in the washing machine.
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Grass fire in the median on the way down. GD smokers!
(https://i.imgur.com/vB7UpmA.jpg)
Heading out this AM. Gnarly up to here. First chance to grab a shot without losing the phone.
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Shitty Blood Moon pic at 6 am today.
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Shark on. Big shark on.
Jason had to break it off when the boat chased him down and got most of the line back on the reel.
(https://i.imgur.com/CZLNnDA.jpg)
8:30 am Dead Guys Ale after getting back to the dock this AM.
Brian had declared the day a top 3 gnarliest in and out.
Arghhhh.
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Monday's calm start.
We got Albie skunked. Got some bonita, blues and a spanish mackerel to barely soothe our egos.
Salty clothes and shoes are washed. Rods and reels just took a shower with me.
Had a good time with Driver and Rhody.
I'm 0 for 4. Am I the banana in the boat?
Back to the troots. :Dance
:cheers
Damn, that sounds less pleasant than a day at work, lol.
Quote from: Onslow on November 11, 2022, 07:42:14 AMDamn, that sounds less pleasant than a day at work, lol.
it blows and is still blowing
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on November 11, 2022, 08:32:27 AMQuote from: Onslow on November 11, 2022, 07:42:14 AMDamn, that sounds less pleasant than a day at work, lol.
it blows and is still blowing
It blows and sucks all at the same time.
2022 Albie season is wrapped up.
Was kinda a shitty year. (At least the time I was there)
I arrived the last weekend in October and left the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
The only good fishing was the first day I went and Thanksgiving day and the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Most weeks I came back home and worked for 4 days then back to Harkers Island.
After the first weekend the fish disappeared. No one was finding Albies, not even the guides. I caught 3 or 4 fish in that time span.
Can't really blame Doug's bad luck as the fish were not showing well before he arrived. Rhody had done well before I arrived that weekend.
The Wednesday before Thanksgiving I didn't even fish, I had fished the previous four days and hadn't seen a fish the the last 3. I decided to save my fuel.
My old man arrived that Wednesday night and we went out Thanksgiving morning and had a great bite until noon on 17kt winds. We put about 8 in the boat. Next day it poured rain all morning so we slept in. Back at it on Saturday and it was an exact copy of Thursday except the seas were a lot calmer. We put about 9 in the boat and had many come unbuttoned.
It was a grind. Kind nice to be back to normal.
Photo dump
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Was excited to see white pelicans in NC.
Cheers
Wish I had been there despite the poor fishing