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Date: September 10, 2022 Body of Water: Casco Bay - Falmouth, Maine Moon Phase: Full Harvest Moon Boat: Shore fishing from landing float and then amybaby22 With: Alone Target: Striped Bass Time: 5:20 AM - 9:15 AM Conditions: Low tide at 5:25 AM. Clear; inconsequential NE wind and 60 - 70 degrees. Water temperatures 62 degrees (+/-). Best during Quad III and slack low tide. A had graciously picked up some blood-worms for me the previous evening and so I was able to capitalize on a prime tide. I was greeted at the float by obvious but unidentified, active bait, and things went pretty much according to plan. My float got pulled down on the first drift, and I landed my first bass of the day (22 inches) in the darkness. I landed three more similar fish in the next 15 minutes, and a couple more over the next 20. I had six stripers in hand before sunrise. All were between 20 and 22 inches in size and had sipped blood-worms suspended beneath my lighted slip-float. Even though the bite slowed down I persisted, as I now expected the prime portion of Quadrant III to kick in. But the skies continued to brighten, the bait disappeared, and even the current dropped off to nothing. At 7 AM I pulled the plug, and started some maintenance on amybaby22. That went well, and I decided to go out but stay close and check the local bait scene. I found only a single pod of small mackerel between Clapboard and Basket Islands, but with a few in the live-well, I decided to try favorite sections of Sturdivant and Clapboard. Nothing happened in an hour, so I gassed up and headed home in order to save some energy for later in the day. What do I have to say about this? Thanks to A for making the extra effort to keep me in worms! The active pile of bait-fish is a promising development. The morning's dock fish were small, but welcomed. It felt good to bend a rod from the landing again, and this was a pleasant morning! But the day got even better! While I was able to score only a single mackerel from Hussey in a quick afternoon scouting trip, I converted this bait into a fine, 29-inch bass from my rocky stretch of Peaks Island. This capped my fishing day, but a picnic and beautiful moonrise with A capped my day as a whole. Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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