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Date: September 9, 2023 Body of Water: Casco Bay - Maine Boat: amybaby22 With: A Target: Striped Bass Time: 9 AM - Noon Moon Phase: New minus five days; waning crescent moon Tide: High tide at 7:54 AM Conditions: Hazy sunshine, persistent but very light southwesterly wind, about 65 - 80 degrees. Water temperatures 63 - 66 degrees F (+/-) We found no macks at our first, convenient stop, but had barely trolled a minute with the current in Hussey Sound when I loaded a string and pulled the school directly beneath the boat. A few additional drops over 100 feet of water secured more than enough lively mackerel for the morning's fishing. By 9:30, we were deploying baits along Cow Island's southern shoreline. This rocky edge tumbles quickly into 30 or more feet of water and is a "higher" tide fave for me. I was retying my rig when A announced that she had a fish on. A few minutes later, we netted her striper, a nice mid-20s fish. The fishing here had some legs. A relaxed with a book while I worked this shoreline hard. I landed three similar bass and missed a fourth take. A pretty active morning was taking shape. After a final pass with no reveals, we moved over to Crow Island with confidence. I didn't hook up here, although one bait was harassed to death in an eddy behind a rocky, current-swept point. We finished the fishing session with a stop at Clapboard Island's west end. Here, I had an immediate take from the edge of the bar extending from the complex' extremities and into deeper water. I was fighting this fish and complaining to A that I didn't like fighting fish with monofilament anymore (I was using my chunking outfit at the time) when the hook pulled. No more complaining from me, mid-fish! Fortunately, I was able to redeem myself with another quick fish here, and another to cap the morning around the corner and over an historic waypoint. All these fish were similarly sized, between about 23 and 26 inches. There was stuff to be done! We were back at the dock at about Noon with a beautiful day still ahead. What do I have to say about this? We were fortunate to make bait quickly, and then things proceeded as if on cue. The Cow-Crow-Clapboard (West) sequence can be reliable when starting from a higher tidal situation, and each of these has produced big fish, so is always worth a try. "Taking' it easy" and enjoying the day is always a viable strategy, and an especially good one with A aboard! Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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