A "Fisherman"

A "Fisherman"

By: Capt. Hap Farrell

I run a charter service out of Rock Harbor in Orleans, Ma. Cape Cod. I fish the waters of Cape Cod Bay. I also specialize in light tackle. I've been at this for 30 years now. Needless to say I've had many good fishermen aboard my boat the Stunmai II.

For the past five years I've been taking Chris Ewen and his friends out on mainly full day trips. He's been bringing one of his daughters, Emily, for most of these trip. Emily, when she was 10 or 11, was exposed to using the light tackle I had on the boat. Tackle down to 2 lb. test mono for landing bluefish. She accomplished this with ease. As she grew and came on the most of the 6 trips a season Chris booked she was exposed to fishing for striped bass. Each season she would land a bigger bass than the year before. It did take long to notice that she always landed the biggest bass on these trips for that season. Each year her skill at handling these big fish improved.

Now, I think she is 15, she can handle any fish found in the Bay. It is also become clear she's been landing the biggest fish on most of the trips she comes on. The trip before last, while drifting sea clams, she landed a bass weighing over 30 lb.. with 8 lb. test line. This last trip the bass fishing was a little slow. We were able to get our limit but we had to work for it and most of the fish were not over 30 inches. Not good enough for Emily. She jigged up this 27 pound bass amongst all those small ones. She has become a true "fisherman".

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