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Date: September 30, 2023 Body of Water: Casco Bay - Maine Boat: amybaby22 With: Alone Target: Striped Bass Time: 2:45 PM - 4:45 PM Moon Phase: Full moon Tide: Low tide at 6:28 PM Conditions: Hazy sunshine, very calm, persistent but light southwesterly wind, about 55 degrees. Water temperatures 58 - 59 degrees F (+/-) The hunt for macks was easy, and by 4 PM I was drifting along Clapboard Island's east end. My lively mack was chased to the surface at a northeastern nook and race below the boat. I retrieved the slack line and tossed the bait out with a "splat" in the area of disturbance. The bass was on it quickly and captured the mack from the surface. Perhaps I wound down too quickly, but the hook pulled after a brief slip of the drag. I missed my only real chance of the session. This quick start belied a very slow trip. I circled through this same area and raised a fish on a popper, and I closed the time with a lackluster surface chase of my mack right in front of the landing float. All in all, things were eerily quiet under smoke-dampened skies. In addition to Clapboard - East, I also fished Clapboard - West pretty carefully. I ended along the Falmouth shoreline as I awaited the arrival of my nephew and his family for a quick Seal Tour. (There were piles on Sturdivant Ledge.) What do I have to say about this? I'll continue looking for No. 250 of 2023, but it certainly seems as if the number of hunting bass has declined. This is not necessarily unexpected, but perhaps is a bit sooner than expected. Perhaps the big northeasterly winds of Lee spurred the annual migration and got the stripers moving. And perhaps I am incorrect and will stumble on a nice concentration of fish or two in coming sessions. Regardless, I've got two weeks (tops) left in my moored-boat season, and so I'll keep looking and enjoying myself while I can! Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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