Fished Plum Island last night from 5ish to about 8pm. It started raining fairly hard as soon as I pulled into the parking lot, and that pretty well set the tone for the evening for me. I only had the flyrod and with the gusting winds fishing was tough. I was able to fish effectively inside, but the wind was blowing right into my left ear on the beachfront, and I wasn't up to the challenge of backcasting into the surf and watching out for breakers. I ended up getting the skunk, but it was my first trip out this year, and I pretty much expected that.
The spin and conventional fishermen fishing the beachfront were doing quite well, i probably saw 10 or 15 fish landed and thrown(literally) back into the surf. I noticed that 2 of the 3 people i saw fishing the beachfront were only wearing rubber boots, necessitating dragging the fish up the sand and then heaving it back into the water so that their feet didn't get wet. >( >( >( >( >(
-Matt
The spin and conventional fishermen fishing the beachfront were doing quite well, i probably saw 10 or 15 fish landed and thrown(literally) back into the surf. I noticed that 2 of the 3 people i saw fishing the beachfront were only wearing rubber boots, necessitating dragging the fish up the sand and then heaving it back into the water so that their feet didn't get wet. >( >( >( >( >(
-Matt