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Date: July 22, 2021 Body of Water: Casco Bay, Falmouth, Maine Moon Phase: Full Moon minus two days; waxing gibbous moon Tides: Low Tide at 3:57 AM; Quadrant III Boat: None; shore-fishing from landing float With: Alone Target: Striped Bass Time: 4:45 AM - 7 AM Conditions: Mild cold front after several days of heavy rain and thunderstorms; clear skies with a modest northerly breeze and no mosquitos! About 65 degrees; water was 66 degrees and flowing right to left (favorable!) Blood-worms made their first-ever appearance in my arsenal. Reportedly twice as tough and vigorous as sand-worms, consistently large and more hearty to boot, they might be worth their extra cost; I had an excellent session. Tide and weather had dictated my pre-work appearance at the float; the promise of Quadrant III awaited. The new worms provided action from my first cast through my last. I set my first bait at 4:45 AM, and by 4:46, I was hooked up! A nice 23-incher showed me that bass were present! After losing a few baits to unknown pests, I hooked one; a perfect-sized mackerel! I immediately put this under a float, and it was instantly harassed and jumped by a bass. After a few moments, things quieted down, and I put the rod down to tend to other things. Of course, that's when the bass ate with confidence; I was surprised that this hard-pulling bass was only 25 inches long. A smaller bass (21 inches) ate a worm shortly thereafter, and I'd had a good day in my first 45 minutes! At about 5:45, a worm nibble turned into a serious, 26-inch bass; and while I fought and landed that fish, my other worm was eaten by a smaller bass. Imagining the cool photo of a solo doubleheader, I dropped the smaller one off the float; still, I was happy with my 26! And, with 5 nice stripers in my first hour of effort. My second hour wasn't quite as active, but it did produce three more worm-eating bass, including a pair of 26-inchers. And a sure sign of a good session; I'd almost given up for the morning (it was getting bright, work was looming, and the landing's crossbar was now underwater with the flooding tide) when I got my last bite at 6:45 AM. At 27 inches, it was the longest fish of the day! I was home, showered and at my desk before 8 AM. And, I was feeling pretty good about things! What do I have to say about this? This was another good prediction on my part, and I am glad to have targeted this tide. Tides are still in my favor, I still have worms, and I will be back in position tomorrow! Same place, same time; same results? That's a big ask. But with slack low in play, perhaps I'll stumble across a larger fish. I was impressed with the blood-worms. They worked, and they are certainly no creepier than sand-worms (equally so, but in different manners.) This was no one-off; I am committed to taking advantage of my new home/work situation. For the price of a little sleep, I can live more fully. Pondering the questions of core essence and finding meaning in unexpected ways
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