Wow. The start of this season has been as cold (literally and figuratively) as last season was smokin' hot. After a trip to the UK, and a busy lacrosse season, I was looking forward to getting the striper season off to the start I had last year in which my first trip landed 2 dozen keepers in a bit over 2 hrs. Missed the early run on the River. Two weeks of rain led to two brief an unproductive trips out of Haddam. Today I decided to try out the salt H20, hearing good reports from Stonington. Not used to fishing Stonington in a small boat in fog at night, I opted for Niantic. Fog was thick and I had to rely on GPS to cross the bay and the mouth of Jordan's Cove. Marked lots of bait in Niantic Bay, and fished up to Harkness by 7:00 am without a bite. Decided to throw in the towel and fish the reactor outflow. I typically feel like I'm fishing in the children's pond when I reach this point. As I made my way back to Millstone, the fog was giving way to dark clouds. After a quick check of my radar (Yes, my 14 ft. boat has radar and a GPS chartplotter - an iPhone), I decided to head for the barn. As I was feet from the dock, the heavens opened up. I ended a short morning with a wet skunking. My hope is that I'm getting the bad juju out of the way before heading down to the Carolinas in a few weeks.
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