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Date: September 24 and 25, 2022 Body of Water: Woods Hole - Falmouth, Massachusetts Moon Phase: New Moon Boat: None, shore fishing from stubby pier With: Alone Target: False Albacore Time: 6 AM - 11 AM both days Conditions: High tides at 8-9 AM. Super clear and NNW wind in excess of 25 mph on Saturday; Overcast and westerly wind about 10-15 mph on Sunday. A fish could have made a mistake on either day; both were fishy in their own rights. Bait, birds and moving water were all evident and in abundance. The chop favored a fish making a mistake as opposed to shunning a presentation. But catching a false albacore from land is a difficult proposition! Saturday was slow, with just a single, fleeting chance at some passing fish. The bird activity stayed a few hundred yards away, and waters within casting reach seemed devoid of predators, despite the clouds of silversides and rivers of peanut bunker. Still, I worked hard with epoxy jigs, metal spoons (Clark and Crippled Herring), Albie Snax and a Popper-and-Fly. Other than snagging silversides and peanuts from the dense schools of bait, I didn't touch a single fish. A few other casters joined me to get similarly skunked. Sunday seemed even fishier with overcast skies, a more moderate westerly breeze and moderating temperatures. And it was, for super-selective stripers! I got distracted by these blitzing fish, and slowed down for them. Still, I got no positive response as I changed through baits and colors to include a Hogy Slow-tail and ultimately a white Hogy worm on a jig-head. Sporadic feeds popped up, again usually outside casting range, but with at least a few being reachable. I know at lies a few funny fish saw my lure during these, but to no good avail. Sunday's winner was the guy on the end of the pier. He was there upon my arrival in the dark, and he took advantage of this superior position. He scored a few stripers from the blitzes on a 3-inch white Al Gags swim-bait. This same lure attracted a few shots at albies, too. Even the bass preferred this bait raced just under the surface. I may have learned a couple of other things, too. Fishing here was better on the falling tide? I didn't see this, but I heard it a few times. Afternoons? Maybe, but my schedule didn't allow for me to try. Go Big instead of small and natural? Perhaps, but the one guy catching was using a small bait. The Popper-and-Fly (or Egg- or Float-) is real! I saw a few variations on this and a local fishing celebrity scored a striper on this while blind casting. I was in the game when I was casting this. Once again, I left Woods Hole in a humbled and demoralized state. Once again, I am already thinking about next year. Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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