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Date: October 1, 2023 Body of Water: Casco Bay - Maine Boat: amybaby22 With: Alone Target: Striped Bass Time: 1:15 PM - 3:45 PM Moon Phase: Full plus one day; waning gibbous moon Tide: High tide at 1:03 PM Conditions: Brighter but still hazy sunshine, very little wind, about 70 degrees. Water temperatures 57 - 58 degrees F (+/-). The water is markedly clearer. Mackerel remained readily available right near the surface over 60 feet of water off the east end of Clapboard, and I had 20 in the well in very quick order. With a little more time available to me and the extreme full moon high tide, I went directly to my favorite stretch of Cow Island's southern face. Moving as slowly as possible with the current and just starting to fret about the lack of action, my first mackerel got smacked hard without warning, and immediately over a favorite waypoint. I was relieved to connect and enjoyed a nice fight over deep water. A few minutes later, I slipped the net under my 250th Striper of 2023. I repeated this pass and even threw a fluke along the wave-swept concrete wall. This looked and felt prime, but I moved no other fish, and so I motored over to Crow Island. I missed another hard strike on a live mack off the steep southern face, and that was it. The outgoing tide was hitting the north face of the island, hard, before deflecting over an historically productive waypoint into deep water. As I prepared to position myself for a chunking session here, I discovered my battery was spent; neither the trolling motor nor the bait well pump was running. So much for the chunking session! Knowing my bait would not last long without recirculation, I ran over to the Long Island shoreline near College Island. I drifted a quarter mile or so without a touch or a hint of action. Things are really slowing down; I returned back to the dock a bit earlier than I had anticipated. What do I have to say about this? It's been a fantastic season, and I hope to keep it going. If I can continue to make bait, I'll try to hit a chunking home run. If I can catch any low tides, I may search the shallows for some crustacean-seeking bass. And then, it will be time to go trout fishing! Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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