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Date: September 2, 2023 Body of Water: Casco Bay - Maine Boat: amybaby22 With: Alone Target: Striped Bass Time: 7:45 AM - 1:15 PM Moon Phase: Full plus three days; waning gibbous moon Tide: Low tide at 7:15 AM Conditions: Hazy sunshine, persistent but light southwesterly wind, about 55 - 70 degrees. Water temperatures 59 - 62 degrees F (+/-) After scoring eight prime mackerel off the east end of Clapboard Island pretty quickly, I began my search for bass. Still in early flood, I decided to visit Sturdivant Island for the first time in quite a while. My bait was nervous, but was never attacked, and with big bass in mind, I motored to Littlejohn Island. I stopped short of the usual shoreline stretch and started my drift at the 12-foot break into deeper (30+ feet) water. Almost immediately, my mack was pushed to the surface, chased, and eaten with surety. With equal confidence, I wound down, tightened up, fought and landed this nice 25-incher. It was good to find a fish in a new-ish spot! As the flood continued, I bump-trolled macks along likely shorelines and breaks. But my catching was done for the day, as I missed my next five chances (two hooks turned into the baits, one pulled hook, one chafed leader, and a quick "pluck" off the hook). I revealed fish along Littlejohn, a new beach along the south face of Chebeague, and the east end of Clapboard while totally striking out at Moshier. By my count, that put me at just One for Six for the day! I definitely missed some shots this day. What do I have to say about this? For whatever reason, one's luck sometimes runs hot and cold. Maybe it's all random, and one simply notices the extremes. While I don't like a 0.167 average, I do know that this "slump" is likely short-lived. It was good to find some mackerel in close, nice to expand a productive area, and always fine to find bass in a new location. Things could have gone better, but it was still a good day on the water. Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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