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| Thousands of birds would obscure the ocean on days this at the time of this photograph when it's going on. Instead, I only saw several seagulls working over the ducks that were pushing up sand eels. I looked to the north and didn't see anything coming down. Empty. |
Now, someone will probably bang out something like 15 fish this week in two hours, but like I said I'm starting to pull out. In other words, I have not finished, the gear is still on standby if I get the urge to make some casts later in the week or this weekend before the holiday. I have been late to Christmas dinners before because of a blitz, so it's worth it to keep a finger on the pulse until at least New Year's.
What bothers me about the end this year is that the beach looks like a straight formless worthless nothing. Translated to mean there are no structures, edges, points, or dips to hold fish over a long stretch, which is the type of fishing I count on after the blitzes subside. At least when there are no fish it's fun to put your plug in some nice water, and until we get a storm that gives us more than a 3-4ft SE ground swell which does nothing to move sand, that situation is unlikely to change. That's just a reason for me to have more sleep and prettier eyes.
Eithery way, a lot will be determined by what goes on this week. If it still seems fishy I will hit it this weekend, but if not, done.
