Shelter Island, 12-31-13

[Amish Ed]

Landwhale and I launched around 6:30 to a cool offshore breeze and clear skies. Water was 58.5º all day, everywhere I went. We expected a ripping current, but it was barely moving. We worked our way to an area that was supposedly hot. Turned out it wasn't so hot. I got 4 fish in about 2.5hrs. Moved out to a new area around 9:30 looking for current and found another fish. Moved again to the shoal off the Bali Hai for another fish and lots of current. It was smoking fast drifts. Drifted all the way to the launch for a few more fish. Re-drifted a few times, but didn't get anything else.

Lots of short biters today which I'm assuming were Lizards as I got one monster that hit just like the short biters. Despite only 9 fish my baits looked like I had a 50 fish day. If only I had as many fish as I had swings. Oh well, they were probably lizards anyways.

Mostly fished the 4" Flurry and 3 colors definitely stood out today... Magic Minnow, gold/chartruese, and Light Up. I also got one legal spotty on a 5.5" Big Hammer in Christmas Tree. Hot Sauce definitely helped to get bites today too.

I think next time I'd like to make it a night trip. I haven't fished Shelter in probably 3yrs, and possibly 7 or 8yrs since I night fished it. It was slow today, but I had fun and enjoyed hanging with Steve.