Most of the folks that I get to spend time with outdoors are a pleasure to be around and sometimes we are like old friends after only minutes. The couple I took on the lower Saint George Saturday were an absolute delight. The stripers did not cooperate at all but we were successful in capturing mackerel and watched lobstermen haul their gear up close. They were very interested in this world so different from the center of the country where they live. And were eager to learn as much as possible, it was even more fun than usual to have them aboard.
The best part of the trip was the beautiful scenery and the gradually improving weather all morning. We had a bunch of wildlife sightings guillemots, gulls, eagles, ospreys, seals and harbor porpoises. We started the trip with a stiff south wind but it went down all morning and we returned to the harbor in pleasant warm temperatures with sunshine and some blue sky.
From the striper catching perspective not a great trip but perfect in every other way.
One thing that I am frequently asked about is if clients should worry about getting sea sick. I always reassure them that we will be in the river where there is not an ocean swell. As you can see in these pictures even out at the islands on this day there was a flat sea.
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