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Date: June 1, 2024 Body of Water: Casco Bay Boat: amybaby22 With: Alone Target: Striped Bass Time: 8:30 AM - 2 PM Tide: High at about 7 AM; Low at about 1 PM Moon Phase: Waning crescent moon, New minus five days Conditions: Clear; mild E/SE breeze; 50 - 65 degrees. Water temperatures 53 - 55 degrees F (+/-) except in Presumpscot River (60) and Broad Cove (58). Off to a late start based on work and tide, I left the float in search of bait, birds or bass. I did a scouting troll of Clapboard Island and associated aquafarms for mackerel without a sign of their presence. I casted attractive shorelines and rocky points with the high but ebbing tide and moved nothing. I relocated to the mouth of the Presumpscot River and associated bay; a combination of casting and then trolling with a tube-and-worm yielded more "nothing". Eagles, ospreys and seals all indicated bait, but there sure didn't seem to be any bass around here. I finished the day's efforts in Broad Cove, arriving just before predicted low. A fly guide was working the extreme shallows and scored a single fish. I worked the gut, associated galleys and the flats without seeing or moving a fish. I was skunked, and had to save some energy for the next day; I was off to The Tackle Shop to grab some worms as a fall-back. What do I have to say about this? The report from The Tackle Shop was plenty of fish on alewives further up-river. With the colder-than-usual bay temperatures and lack of small fish, there wasn't much going on in the "usual" spots. To that I can attest! I decided to give the river and the flats at its mouth more attention until things settle in - for me. Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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