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Date: June 2, 2023 Body of Water: Casco Bay - Falmouth Foreside, Maine Boat: None, shore fishing from ML float With: A Target: Striped Bass Time: 4:45 AM - 6:15 AM Moon: Full minus one day Tide: Low at 4:16 AM; Quadrant III Conditions: Clear and glassy calm; 60 - 65 degrees. This was the June Full Moon Period, and with some nasty weather on its way, I wanted to take advantage of this small window. Sleep be damned, A and I were up before 4 AM and on the float by 4:30. It took only seconds to validate our presence. While I missed that first bite, my second drift with a juicy, suspended blood-worm resulted in a solid hookup with a 20-inch striper. The next cast resulted in a 22-incher, and it was looking to be a fast morning! After a lull including a scenic and peaceful sunrise, three consecutive bites at about 5:15 (low plus one hour) produced two more bass, about 20 and 25 inches, respectively. Once again, I thought things were picking up, only to go fishless for the next hour. We had lost our tide, and I had no momentum. We called it a morning. Still, this workday was off to a good start! What do I have to say about this? Any opportunity to score a bonus sunrise is worth acting on, even if one is dead tired and facing a 14-hour work day. As a secondary bonus, the mosquitos were not a factor, and as a tertiary note of value, I am approaching 50 stripers landed for the season without a single gut-hooked fish. Circle hooks work, even when the bass are biting as lightly as they seem to be on the worms. In a couple of instances, the float barely waggled before slowly descending beneath the water's surface as if in slow motion. By focusing on a single, hand-held presentation, I am converting bites that might have been missed in the past. The ospreys had a good morning, too, with several successful dives nearby. It was unclear what they flew off with, but there appears to be some larger bait about. The season continues to evolve nicely! Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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