Ocean Adventures

The Shimano AX4000 is my beater reel I keep in the car. I haven't busted out the Saragosa or Baitrunner yet.

A few weeks ago I helped out at a beach clean up at Fort Foster in Kittery. The Maine Island Trail Association is a group that does upkeep on public trails and beaches. When I signed up to help out I thought it was no big deal. Now, I have no idea how the beaches MITA cleans up would look without their aid. There were several locations that our group hit picking up garbage that washed ashore through the winter. The area I worked in was the worst! We had 12 lobster traps to dispose of. Six of which were all stuck together. It took two of us over an hour to break down the traps and rope into carry able sizes. Each trap weighs roughly 75 lbs. but when they wash ashore they fill with rocks making some of them closer to 150 lbs. I was fighting the end of a nasty cold but gave everything I had. I felt it in my legs for days after. Anyone in Maine who enjoys the beaches and trails should at least look into MITA and appreciate their work.

Cleaning up after lobstering is harder than lobstering!

All from 1000 feet of beach.

I have been hunting around for decent salt water access for fishing. I have been able to get a line salty and wet a couple times already. I have been going behind the building where I work on lunch breaks and throwing some lures into the tide with a coworker. The stripers are just getting into Cape Cod right now so it will be a few more weeks until I get to see one, but practice is nice.

Throwing any lure I got behind the store.

Salt water.

 Rusty and I went to the Biddeford Pool to see if any fish were around a few days ago. We caught zero fish and got nearly attacked by a giant beaver.

Today I found a spot about 2 miles from my house. A guy came down while Rusty and I were exploring and we talked for a while about fishing and this particular spot. He said the shad (American Shad) will be in soon and in a few weeks that spot is awesome for stripers (Striped Bass). Rusty and I went back later at high tide and throw some lures but didn't catch anything.

My fishfinder.

Saco.

Thursday and Friday I am dedicating to turkey hunting! I have all my stuff packed. No excuses. I gotta bag at least one bird.

Links

www.mita.org

It's a boy! And other stuff...

 

IT'S A BOY! We found out we are having a boy and I can't even describe how excited I am. I have been busy hanging cameras, taking down stands (finally) and throwing a few lures here and there. I had lunch with the guys from FishNerds.com a few weeks ago. We talked fishing over some fresh redfish sandwiches at Bob's Clam Hut. The Fish Nerds produce a podcast on iTunes and run a website (www.FISHNERDS.com). They are based out of New Hampshire and recently completed a quest to catch and eat every freshwater fish in New Hampshire. Now they are looking to possibly take on a new quest and hopefully I can help them out. They are fun guys and are definitely worth downloading on iTunes!
Not a whole lot to share right now other than pictures and I can just explain them with captions. I am still waiting on my bow. The Hoyt Faktor should be here any day and I am kind of bummed I probably won't have it ready for Turkey season next week.

I took Rusty with me to work to spool some reels. We had to check out the tidal pool behind the store.

I needed a lot of line!

Shaking off the cold water.

I threw everything I had this day. I've been told due to the dams on both sides, there are no fish here before July.

Frozen boat launch.

Getting some sun.

Iceberg hopping.

Even worms didn't provoke a bite today.

Here is a reservoir Rusty and I checked out that is right after the Skelton Dam.

There is a hand carry launch site here that is pretty cool.

The waters were rushing like crazy this day. It was loud!

Cotton.

Either a rock or a nice fish straightened out my Mepps. Probably not the latter.

Spittle.

You wouldn't even know I was fighting 60mph gusts.

My fishfinder.

I set up a mineral site. It was not visited though at anytime during the week.