Tuesday, November 7, 2017

November 4th and 5th, 2017 Hero to Zero (East Wind Sucks!)

My friend Bill with his first albie, in November!
The title says it all! East wind sucks.  I experienced phenomenal albie fishing on Saturday.  A friend and myself caught 4 albies.  There were albies everywhere, outside the islands, inside the islands, and all the way up inside Norwalk harbor, north of the gas dock.  It seemed like they were everywhere they should be and shouldn't be.  I saw them feed with subtle sips on the surface, as well as full out launch themselves 3-4' out of the water.  We caught them on bone and silver 7/8 epoxy jigs.  I even found a bunker school with big blues on them.  I threw a spook and connected multiple times with 27" fish.



Bunker school being harassed by big blues


Then the wind shifted overnight. It was blowing 15 out of the East on Sunday morning and there were no albies to be found.  I checked everywhere; inside of islands, outside, harbor, Saugatuck.  The East wind has once again proven to be a major factor in fizzling out what was extraordinary fishing the day before.
A friend took this pic of me hooked up with an albie
awesome colors
Jones Brothers 1910 LT Cape Fisherman working some albies on a beautiful fall day.