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Date: August 2, 2020 Body of Water: Crane Beach - Ipswich, Massachusetts Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous; Full - one day Tides: A little past High at first, falling throughout Boat: None - surf fishing With: Alone Target: Striped Bass Time: 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Conditions: Mostly cloudy, 80's, falling tide, water reportedly 63 degrees F If the girls were going to enjoy a beach day, I was going to enjoy a bit of surf fishing! I hiked directly to the pile of rocks I'd last visited on this beach, and I continued just a bit further. At this higher stage of out-flowing tide, there was an assortment of boats and shore-bound fishermen here. I positioned myself such that I could reach some flowing, deeper water with a 3/4-ounce jig with sand eel trailer. Ten minutes in, just as my bottom-hugging jig swung with the current to the outermost edge of the boulder field, I instinctively struck on a faint "tap". A small striper in the mid-teens (inches, that is) came to hand at just about 2 PM. Twenty minutes later, just a bit further down-current, I replicated this presentation successfully and found another biter in exactly the same kind of spot. This one, too, was only 15 or 16 inches long. Meanwhile, I'd seen just a single fish (another small striper?) taken by boat fisherman. I alternated several other lures into the rotation (popper, Crippled Herring, Hogy epoxy jig), but was unable to move anything else. With the tide falling and the wind picking up, I was losing touch with my baits. I was losing my confidence, too. I hoofed it back down the beach to join my family for the rest of the afternoon. What do I have to say about this? It was simply nice to connect with a couple of stripers under such tough conditions. Once again, I flubbed the photo ops; but I probably have enough bad pictures of small fish! Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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