My wife and two of her sisters wanted a day on the water today for fishing and site seeing. Knowing that cameras would be brought- I expected the trip to be fishing-light, and was right.
The groups rallied at the chosen hour (5 AM) but we’re delayed getting out of the house by puppy dog walks (yes- there’s a new addition to the English Springer Spaniel stable at our house), etc... One of the sisters and I launched the boat a little before 7 AM and picked the remainder of the crew up at our dock shortly thereafter.
Down river in search of working birds and fish we went. The usual spots didn’t look to be doing much so we opted for the cruise to the mouth of the harbor and a cruise around the islands Outer islands. Not much happening anywhere (other than many ubiquitous photos taken of lobstermen plying their trade). Clearly the Atlantic Ocean is the Dead Sea.
So back upriver on a site seeing tour we went. The site seeing ended up making the trip (though I did manage a few menhaden for a future trip). No sharks were noted on this trip. Photo credits to my sister-in-laws, Annie and Susie.
Seals on the ledges.
Seal plying its trade.
An osprey heading to work.
An eagle (one of many) beating up the locals for their dinner.
Pheasant Feathers Splashing in the Mud “Puddles”
Puddles at work.
I dig that picture of the seal on the pogies. That's prime! I've been in Downeast Maine for the summer and I've been watching others have a lot more fishing success than me this summer, and by others I mean seals and ospreys. Watching them fish is pretty fun, I've decided. I've yet to land a striper this season, though I haven't been really trying as hard as I could be.
Thanks. My two sister-in-laws have a good eye with their cameras.
It’s been a hit or miss year on the stripers. I’ve found flies have been more effective than hardware. But now that the pogies are in and have pushed the herring out things are getting tougher (well fed fish). Downeast is tough striper ground as most of the migration stops along the mid coast, but you can find stripers in any of the estuaries. They are around, just in lesser numbers. Good luck!