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Date: May 21, 2023 Body of Water: Casco Bay - Yarmouth, Cumberland and Falmouth, Maine Boat: amybaby22 With: Alone Target: Striped Bass Time: 9 AM - 3 PM Moon: New plus two days Tide: Low at about 7 AM, High at about 1:30 PM Conditions: Clear and bright after torrential overnight rains; mixed winds and about 60 - 70 degrees. Water temperatures varied according to tide and suspended silt content and ranged from unchanged from 50 to about 58 degrees (+/-). Water temp at ML float was 53 at mid-afternoon. After an overnight front with torrential rain and a subsequent late start to the morning, I chose to stay local and launched from the Yarmouth boat ramp at the mouth of the Royal River. The facility worked out well for me, but the Royal was pumping out pure mud, and I'd made it out into a new part of Casco Bay before I found anything like clear water. Some terns were active outside the confluence of the Royal and Cousins Rivers. Most of their activity was simply squawking, but a few dived and dipped. I prospected with a dog-walker, but rose nothing. I moved into the channel between Cousins and Littlejohn Islands. A tube-and-worm produced nothing, although I marked some "bait" and the occasional arch. I continued my explorations along Great Chebeague Island and focused on Division Point. It's underwater bar is strewn with boulders and reached most of the way across the channel to Cousins Island. Once again, it seemed "fishy" but produced nothing. All this had been new-to-me water. I decided to run to the familiar confines of Broad Cove, where I found more of the same - nothing. Next up; Sturdivant Island. I thought my productive beach and point at the southwest portion of the island might produce, but neither the tube-and-worm, a small swim-bait, nor a fly-casted Clouser caught any attention. A change in family plans at this point directed me towards Falmouth instead of back to Yarmouth. I explored Mussel Cove and the adjacent familiar shoreline with both a tube-and-worm and swim-bait presentations. I'll blame the mud, here; once again, I found nothing. Instead of returning to Yarmouth to pull the boat, I went to the familial landing and launched our Portland Pudgy and moored the skiff. The local striper season has now truly begun! What do I have to say about this? It's difficult to reconcile the obvious presence of fish at the landing with my difficulties in locating any biters elsewhere. However, I seem to recall going through this last year, too, and this is only my second season here this early in the year. There's a lot of learning to do! And a quick review of my notes from last season do confirm that the better fishing kicked in towards the end of May, so it really is still early. It was nice to see some new water, and Chebeague is definitely within my radius from the landing. I need to explore it's points and beaches, and especially the rocky "Chebeague Point" at it's northeast end. Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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