Saturday, July 24, 2010

Block Island All-Nighter: Andrew's Last Stand


The poor bugger is leaving for Ohio, where there are no fish. So we went to BI to get him a keeper bass before he's landlocked. Me, Steve, Bob, and Andrew have been fishing together quite a bit these past years, so it was the right posse. We behaved quite badly without contravening any laws.

We fished all night and Andrew got into a few large stripers in the mid 30" range, exactly the class of fish he wanted. We went to a beach and within a short time he was dancing porgy and large ocean bass. It worked out just perfectly because on this very rare occasion he caught many more fish than I did and by far the bigger specimens. [Of course, I didn't actually attach a fly to my line, so keen was I for Andrew to have the sport just this once].

Here's the tale.

We crossed Block Island Sound on a trawler.


I am the best looking of the group.


I really am.


This is not a "wiper".


I don't know why he always tilts his head like this. It's a gay thing, I think.


Steve insists on thrusting all his fish up to the camera to make them look bigger. It's the modern way.


All done.


JA

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Boat!



Turning 40 has a silver lining - a birthday present of a long awaited fishing kayak. She tracks wonderfully and is quite quick, as well as being nice and stable for fly fishing the local inland waters. Fitted with a rod holder, I'm ready to roll. This morning, the only fish I saw were of the jelly variety. Which is fine, as I'm enjoying the simple wonders of just being afloat.

12' Sit on Top Perception Pescador