The Harbor Comes Alive...
It's the 1st of May. A sunny day, warm with no wind to speak of. I moved my boat over from Sesuit to Rock Harbor the day before. Now I'm getting all the gear on it, the chairs, tackle, rods and reels, plus doing some small projects before the season starts. This will all be done the next 4 to 5 days. It's dubbing around time. My first rip is around the middle of the month. I will get out a few times before that to see what is happening, but for now it's dubbing time.
Chuck Cataldo, on the Fair Lady got out today to see if there were any fish up towards Welfleet and along the Eastham Shore. He found a few Mackerel and one small striper. That's a good sign. They are getting small keepers in South Sunken Meadow now by drifting sea worms, so the bigger fish are here, that is a really good sign.
The next few days will tell whether the bigger fish will come out from the shallow water. If it stays mostly sunny and warm for the next 3 to 5 days the keeper size bass will move into the 15 to 25 foot water where they will start feeding on the squid and mackerel in the area. At that point we have them where we want them and we'll start catching them.