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Date: October 25, 2022 Body of Water: Casco Bay - Falmouth, Maine Moon Phase: New Moon Boat: None, shore-fishing from landing float With: Alone Target: Striped Bass Time: 4:15 PM - 5:45 PM Conditions: Low tide at 5:42 PM; mostly Quadrant II and Low Slack Tide. Thick fog and dead calm; about 60 degrees. Water temperature about 57 degrees (+/-). This was likely my last local striper attempt for the season. My motivations were simply opportunity and to verify that I wasn't leaving anything good left on the table for my local striper season. The session started well enough. I had frozen macks for bait, the float was still in place (!), and the low tide and gray conditions were favorable. But I did note that the water was filled with fallen leaves (a first for me in my striper fishing), and the current was flowing to the right, which usually is less productive at this location. Still, I was glad to just be there. I set and tended three baits, two chunks suspended beneath slip floats and alternately, heads and tails deployed to the bottom with a third rod. An inshore loon and bottom-feeding crabs were my only company. There were no signs of other bait or fish. It seems like my local salt season is over, but at least I know it. What do I have to say about this? It's okay to skunk on the first and last sessions of the season. This effort confirmed what I thought I already knew. The stripers have migrated away. Will I use my remaining mackerel as bait for pike or cusk through the ice? I should! Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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