My son and one of his friends carried a canoe to one of my favorite bass ponds and had an excellent afternoon of fishing. The smallmouth bass are on the spawning beds this week and they caught by their own estimation “a bunch of fish” of course I am now striper fishing for a while and won’t have a day to get up there before next week. Interesting that the fly rod accounted for many more fish than a spinning rod, sometimes it just happens that way.
The season is off to a great start, this morning I fished for stripers. They have been around for a week or so but this was my first real chance to chase them. I headed up the Saint George to my regular spring striper spot and had a fish on my second cast. This spot is very close to the head of the tide and the river feels much more like a freshwater river than the tidal flow that it is. The water is dark brown and still like many of our ponds. The reason for the stripers being there is the spring run of alewives, a herring that is heading up the river to spawn.
Today is one of those days that the chamber of commerce loves to talk about, clear skies a pleasant breeze and enough clouds to give depth to a crystal blue sky. It is cool sitting in the shade with only a shirt on but plenty warm enough in the sun, spring is here in full force. The dandelions in the hayfields are almost in full bloom making them into a yellow carpet.
