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Jamaica Bay

Since I guess the early season striper crowding the Little Neck Bay is over,
I have started fishing in Jamaica Bay.
I'll go to Breezy Point this coming weekend to see what's happening.

Little Neck Bay （Ⅵ）

My haiku:
Saturday strong north wind
Rough murky water
No fish, still fun

Last week I saw bunkers jumping in the Bay and I was not sure why.
So this week I tied some large 8-inch bunker imitation flies just in case stripers might be chasing them.
I could barely cast them out 25 yards in the side wind.
But when I casted them out in the same direction of the wind, these bulky flies could ride on the wind and go quite far away for their sizes.
 I hope I'll have a chance to catch some large fishes with these large flies.
 It will be very exciting.

Little Neck Bay （Ⅴ）

On Sunday I started fishing at my usual spot in Little Neck Bay at 5:30am.
High tide came at 6:30am.
No one was there yet.
The water surface was like the glass of a mirror.
This morning was so quiet that I wondered if I would catch any fish.

But it turned out to be wonderful.
After the peak of high tide, I started catching stripers
and continued catching them until around 9 o'clock.
It was unusual for me to catch basses up to half way of the low tide at this spot.

When I was leaving, I saw many fishes jumping in the middle of the Bay.

In the evening I came back to fish on the other side of the Bay and saw the ones jumping were bunkers.
My fly even snagged a 10-inch bunker.
I don't know why they were jumping.
Was a big striper chasing them?  It couldn't be.

I caught only two baby stripers this evening.

Little Neck Bay （Ⅳ）

I fished in the Bay again today.
As the high tide came at 2:00 pm,
I started fishing around 12:30 pm.
The wind was blowing from the mouth of the bay toward the back.
When I took my usual fishing spot at the back of the bay, it was swollen with water because the wind had pushed the water there.
A shower seemed to be coming at any moment.
I thought these were favorable conditions and gave hints of fish presence.
In addition, only a few fishermen were around and it was the most important condition for good fishing.
In a short time I caught a few stripers.
                                                                                   When the shower began, I had to leave because my
                                                                                    hands got very cold.                        

These flies work well, I think because these flies with most of their weights on their heads make twitching movement better.

Little Neck Bay （Ⅲ）

                                I finally got a striper today in Little Neck Bay.
                                The first one always means a lot to me after a long off season.

Little Neck Bay 2012 (Ⅱ)

                 I went to Little Neck Bay fishing early last Saturday morning.
                 When I got there, a plug fisherman had already taken the fishing spot where I had many  
                 good times before.
                 I fished a little away from him because I tried not to bother him with my long rod and line.
                 He caught 5~6 striped bass one after the other.

                 Fishes were in the Bay!!

                 But they were not on my side.  I got nothing.

                 The next day I woke up early again and  made sure I got that nice fishing spot no matte what.                                    
                 Guess what I saw when I got there; 7~8 fishermen had already crowded in that spot.
                 The fisherman of  yesterday probably told everyone, so they were here really early.
                 Unfortunately nothing happened to anybody.
                 Fishes were in the Bay, but they didn't come to the spot.
                 Well, maybe too many fishermen scared the fishes away.
                 Gradually everyone left and I was the only one who still kept trying.

Little Neck Bay 2012

                                                I have started my fishing season in Little Neck Bay today.
                                                 But fish seems not ready yet.

    

                                        I stopped by Jackson Hole Diner for lunch after fishing.
                                       The Diner's TV screen showed that NY Knicks lost again and it was the fifth in a row.
                                        That sounds like inshore fly fishing, doesn't it?

The 2012 Season Is Coming.

I am ready for the new season!