Living the salt Life Again- Short Version

The albie fly, while not the best lure for the day still
scored me dozens of feeding stripers.

I had the last two days off from work. I spent both days down by the ocean. Here is the short version.

Thursday

YESTERDAY WAS HOT!!!!!

I got to the ocean at 6:30. It was so hot and humid at 6:30.  I could shake my head and sweat would pour off. My friend, Dick, came down to fish with me.  I caught a bunch of stripers on an albie fly and float, hoping to get a bonito. It was so hot that by 9 am I was done fishing. The fish were still biting but, I couldn't take it.

I left to go birding in Charlestown. I saw at least 5 Western Sandpipers, which is a lot for around here. As the name implies, most of them live on the west coast. A few show up on the East Coast, but 5 in Charlestown is a lot. I also saw White Rumped Sandpiper and two Pectoral Sandpipers.

I went fishing again at the same spot I fished in the morning. It was loaded with fish. I caught so many that I got bored and left before dark. My friend Dave, and his son Jon, caught even more than me. The hot lure was the Jumpin' Minnow. However, I stayed with my single hooked Albie Fly. I caught more than my fair share of fish anyway.

Friday-

The weather was much nicer today. The high at the ocean was around 78 and the humidity was much lower.

I went birding because of a report I read. Caspian Tern and Buff Breasted Sandpiper were seen in Charlestown. I went down and saw the tern but dipped on the sandpiper.

I drove back up north to fish the rocks. By the time I got there the water was dirty. The fish had stopped biting, and the bait had disappeared. Still, it was nice out and there worse things I could be doing than standing on rocks, enjoying the breeze, and casting my surf rod.

Pictures below of Western Sandpiper. It is the bird with the long droopy bill