First Fishing Day of the Season

Waterborn

Shared on Sat, 05/16/2009 - 21:42

I finally got out on Mass. Bay today to go fishing for the first time this season. As some of you may know, one of my main area of interests is watersports, particularly kayaking. (who'd of thunk with my Gamertag and all?). My buddies and I fish via kayak, for stripers and bluefish mostly. The season usually doesn't really begin until mid-June, but it looks like the fish have arrived a bit early this year. All the fish we caught today were too small (MA regs require stripers to be at least 28" to keep) and had to be returned to Mother Ocean, but it sure was good to get out on the water and cast some lines. Check out these pics to see what we hooked into today.

My fishing partner Sean with the first catch of the day.

My first of the Season

And Striper # 2 for me for the day.

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H2Daddy's picture
Submitted by H2Daddy on Sat, 05/16/2009 - 22:00
Looks like you had fun. I would like to get a kayak but I don't think they make one big enough for my fat butt.
J-Cat's picture
Submitted by J-Cat on Sat, 05/16/2009 - 22:28
I once met a REALLY cute guy who was into kayaking... "paddle like you are petting a puppy." That's all I remember about him.
Waterborn's picture
Submitted by Waterborn on Sat, 05/16/2009 - 22:32
Hehe J-cat, I am not even going to go near that comments :?P
J-Cat's picture
Submitted by J-Cat on Sat, 05/16/2009 - 22:38
ha! I don't blame you!
pearly_54's picture
Submitted by pearly_54 on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 06:15
So that's your buddy? Where are you, behind the camera? Fun times.
ekattan's picture
Submitted by ekattan on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 10:39
Nice fish. Do you rent those kayaks or own them? I really wanted to buy a Ocean Kayak but were around 1800 bucks,
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Submitted by Waterborn on Sun, 05/17/2009 - 11:20
Pearl, I took the photos. The two pics of the fish only are on my kayak. Ekkatan, I own 5 kayaks, including the 15' Ocean Kayak Prowler fishing sit on top that you see in the pic. Depending on where you live, you might want to check out boatertalk.com or your local Craiglist for boats that are on sale in your area. There is a "Swap Meet" forum over at boatertalk that usually has tons of boats up for grabs at very reasonable prices.

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