I am always surprised at how there are times when humans apply our own laws of seasonal change to the laws of nature, and then are surprised when that application fails to match up. For example, in spring, when it gets warm, we all (myself…
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Overview:The presence or lack of heat will usually be the driver of most fishing pursuits in August, at least from my perspective. It’s one of the main factors that drives fish feeding schedules, along with bait, and in saltwater, tides. So, if I’m planning on…
The obvious story about July is that it’s typically in the running with August for our hottest month of the year. Water temps, vegetation, air temps, oxygenation, everything matters in July if you want to make sure you’re maximizing your chances of catching fish. One…
June feels like a month when we can finally breathe a bit. The transitional season is over…its summertime! And with summer time comes a whole bunch of options in both fresh and saltwater. Excluding the fall migratory pelagics like false albacore, June and July offer…
May always seems to me like the gateway to summer. Lilacs are blooming, grass is green, the fish are arriving in waves with every tide and moon, and for some reason a campfire and a cold beer begin to call my name every weekend. I…
OverviewApril brings with it a lot of excitement, and I bet that will be true even more so this year after the snowy and cold winter we’ve had here in the northeast. Between November being frigid and then several major snow events, the cabin fever…
OverviewIn March, we start to feel that desperate pull for spring to begin. It’s a transitional month, and one that goes out of a cold month and into a warmer one, which for me can be a frustrating time. For some reason, despite it having…
OverviewBuckle up and layer up, because January and February are our true winter months here in southern New England. It’s when we get the most snow and, unsurprisingly, when there are the fewest options for getting out and wetting a line (unless of course you’re…
I tend to look at my saltwater fishing season as beginning in March searching for schoolie striped bass in tidal rivers and holdover creeks and ending when Connecticut tautog season closes in late November. Yes, November fishing can be rough weather-wise, but I’ve always felt…
Picking up from where we left off in September by proclaiming it as my favorite month to fish, I admit October is a close second. At worst, it would be third behind July, usually my favorite big striper month. But October to me has more…