A chance to really help someone in immediate need comes only once in a while. I had a chance this morning. I had picked up my clients for the morning at their rental house on the river. After a good morning of fishing I dropped them off at their dock and headed back toward the harbor. But since it was a nice morning and the tide suited perfectly I decided to fish one of my favorite shallow coves. I pulled up into the cove, made a cast and was instantly fast to a fish that broke the tippet. The morning’s client had been using the rod and I am sure that it had a knot in it.
I am right in the middle of a very busy stretch where even an afternoon off is unusual. Mostly striper fishing but enough other trips to keep it interesting. In fact this morning I will be on a family canoe trip for a few hours and am looking forward to paddling a canoe. I have been treated to almost continuous wildlife sightings over the last week from a mink on the bank to eagles sitting close by and watching us fish. The osprey numbers in the Saint George near Thomaston Harbor are impressive.
This morning was consistently great fishing for stripers. If this is not the best that Maine has to offer I can’t imagine what is. I had two clients one who only wanted to fish surface poppers for stripers and the second who is learning to fly fish. He can cast a fly but not very far and certainly without much accuracy. We started it off in the harbor where we had a few fish on the first drift. Including a 23” fish that they kept for supper and a few other smaller ones.
