From the Harbor (Photos from September)

I had my first chance to fish the salt this year, thanks to my wife. My guide was fantastic and I had a pretty amazing day.


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My first striper, at 6:15am, my first time fishing in salt water. The day is complete and I'm just getting started. Caught this guy blind casting to a rocky island.
Other than those NASTY salt water mosquitoes (ADK Skitters don't have ANYTHING on these guys), I was happy as a clam (pun).

Already feeling better about the day than my last guided trip, I made a few casts and we moved on to a flat, where Mark (My Guide) set about hunting and spotting stripers. One big splash and we knew where to go.

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On the other end of the line, taking me fast into the backing and wrapping me around a buoy (which we were able to get unwrapped from)

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Water was 3 feet deep...

Decided since the wind was low we'd head out to open water to fish the shoreline.

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I turned green quick in the several foot swells so we jetted back in shore to a different flat section...

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