Maine Vacation Day 11

 

Day 11 A Day out in a boat and this whale of an opportunity was only possible because of the generosity of others. We went out of the Piscataqua River. First off what a beautiful river and it was full of bait. I don’t know what types of bait exactly, but it was everywhere.

After seeing the first striper boated with bait, I switched from the eggbeater to the fly rod and then to bait.

We went out to sea lol to catch some mackerel and these were a lot of fun to catch on sabiki rigs.  This reminded me of what we call perch jerkin up on the great lakes. We fish with emerald shiners on a spreader with a heavy weight on the bottom. The spreader has 4 to 6 baited hooks. When one nails it you reel up a little and the others feel compelled to do the same the most likely say “well Earl ate one well why not!”.

We caught almost 2 dozen and headed back in from the 4 to 5 footers. Side note I am glad I took some Dramamine cause this old sea dog does not have his sea legs like he used to! I did well and at some points I was impressed.

We lived lined with mackerel with circle hooks and this was a total new experience for me. After missing a few after feeling with bait go nuts because it was getting nervous, I took the boat captain’s word for it and reeled slowly in.

This was the same slow retrieved motion up in the southerly north Maine woods ironically enough.

Then on a medium heavy rod the magic happened a stripper took my money!  It was on and took drag out like I hooked an E-bike!

I fought it for a few minutes trading line for line and then finally I gained ground on it. I got it to circle the boat and finally got to see this nice slot. It was Bert almost all grown up. Lol

I am always open to all sorts of styles of fishing and sometimes as long as it’s legal you have to change it up.

Thank you to my new friends, I had a whale of a time and again I greatly appreciate you and all you did for me to give me an experience that will last forever.