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Date: September 5, 2021 Body of Water: Casco Bay, Falmouth, Maine Moon Phase: New Moon minus two days; waning crescent moon Tides: Low Tide at 4:34 AM Boat: None, shore fishing from landing float With: A! Target: Striped Bass Time: 5 AM - 7:15 AM Conditions: Cloudy and about 60 degrees F; little to no wind; water temperatures about 65; Quadrant III Conditions seemed perfect; I risked jinxing our session by mentioning to A that we needed to take a picture of the fourth fish of the day. Number 210 for the season would break my personal record and would be noteworthy regardless of size. The bites on floated blood-worms started almost immediately. The first few fish were small (18 or 20 inches) and barely sipped the worm, but the fourth ate aggressively and at approximately 25 inches, was certainly picture worthy! With the increasing light and a slight break in the pace of bites, I added a second rod to the mix. It presented a mackerel chunk, free-drifting to the bottom. Almost immediately, a decent line-sider picked up the bait. This was a good addition! A tended the chunk while I wormed. My next bite pulled drag like crazy; I coaxed the 33-incher to hand on my light worm rod. This was my biggest of the season, and a pleasure to hold. The sun was just now rising; we'd already landed seven nice bass! While the worm bite slowed, the chunk bite accelerated. Heads, tails, mid-body chunks; all were eaten, most often on the fall before reaching bottom. We got the first "head"-hunter of the season, and enjoyed a double as I quickly hauled a smallish worm-fish out of the way of A's really nice 27-incher. By 7:30, we'd landed a dozen, blown past my season record, had both landed personal bests for the season and were enjoying breakfast at the house with J. It had been a really good morning! What do I have to say about this? We'd caught a dozen but left a few on the table. A broke one off on the float's ladder, and I suffered two (!!!???!?!?!?) break-offs. Strangely, both occurred on the braid and not at knots. All this fishing around rocks and barnacles has taken a toll for the season. But rest assured, that line has been replaced! I guess there's always room for improvement. Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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