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Date: May 20, 2023 Body of Water: Casco Bay - Falmouth Foreside, Maine Boat: None - shore fishing from ML float With: Alone Target: Striped Bass Time: 4:45 AM - 8 AM Moon: New plus one day Tide: Low at 6:22 AM; Quadrants II and III Conditions: Pleasant; minimal south breeze and about 50 - 60 degrees. Clear, but hazy from Canadian fire smoke; heavy rain expected later in day. I returned to the float for a simple and convenient session. I was pretty beaten up by the previous day's wind, and didn't want to rush any boating activity into the present, apparent calm; heavy and wet weather was forecast. A good chunk of Quadrant II (last half of ebb tide) was available to me, and it did not disappoint. I'd landed three stripers on my suspended bloodworms in the first 20 minutes or so before sunrise, and these included healthy 26- and 28-inch beauties. The bite continued, and in the first hour, I was five-for-seven. The lull around slack low was pronounced; in fact, I didn't have another bite between about 6 and 7:45 AM. The pleasant conditions and the prospect of an improved bite in Quadrant III (first half of flood tide) kept me on post. The harbor was peacefully calm, and I was enjoying the birds, including a variety of waterfowl, raptors, shorebirds and corvids. They all seemed to be enjoying Spring, too. The bite did pick up slightly at about 7:45 (low plus almost 1.5 hours; expected prime time for Quadrant III); after a mystery pull-down, I finished out my catching with another 20-inch schoolie and a missed fish. But after a couple of drifts around 8 AM without another touch, I called it a (good!) morning. What do I have to say about this? Simple and satisfying; and just what I needed from the morning. Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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