Rock Harbor seems to me to be a misnomer. It is on the inside of the elbow of the cape and is an expanse of sand. At low tide there is a massive sand flat which goes for miles on either side of the harbor channel.
The harbor channel is very shallow and the use cut down old trees as channel markers. Here's another pic, the channel is not very wide, maybe 15' which is navigable, if you look closely you can see the bottom.
Carl wrote: ↑Nov 6th, '21, 07:24
Peter, Eye Candy is Cams post…
Cell phones are a double edge sword, but It’s nice to capture a moment.
I’m totally joking… . It’s nice when all the drinkers, I mean boaters clear out for the season. You guys are on a real nice spot with a view in that marina.
We West Coasters have an advantage as the sun sets through Pacific Ocean maritime air. Throw in some wild fire smoke and they can be really striking. And best of all at that time of day you can have a glass of wine and enjoy it. I think on the East Coast most color comes in the AM when the sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean. Although I guess some could be having a Bloody Mary about then.
Prevost Harbor, Stuart Island in the Northwest corner of the San Juans.
Your right it was a really nice sunset Sunday night.
I took pictures, but they were mostly of the wash from the jet drives...very impressive. 40mph, we went from Atlantic Highlands to 39th street in Manhatten, then up the Hudson to Cold Spring New York in 3 hours. Stayed a bit walking the shops, had a great lunch and then back on the Ferry reversing the trip in 3 hours back to the highlands.
This was last Friday, it may have been the last trip of my season, if not one of the last.
So that would make this my last fish of the season, if not one of the last. I'm not sure if I'm happy it was small enough to be a keeper??? It's so odd HAVING to put the bigger ones back.
Carl wrote: ↑Nov 9th, '21, 11:11
Tony- that's a great video, thanks.
Your right it was a really nice sunset Sunday night.
I took pictures, but they were mostly of the wash from the jet drives...very impressive. 40mph, we went from Atlantic Highlands to 39th street in Manhatten, then up the Hudson to Cold Spring New York in 3 hours. Stayed a bit walking the shops, had a great lunch and then back on the Ferry reversing the trip in 3 hours back to the highlands.
The Seastreak Ferry. I always wanted to ride on one, and we did there and back we rode on one for 6 hours on Sunday. I was impressed with that large of a vessel running 40mph. Quiet, smooth, and fast...had a nice swell coming in from the hook on the way back, it made for lots of remarks from passengers.
Running 40mph in the dark in that area with so much big debris had me a little apprehensive...but as they say...ain't my boat. Up around West Point he was going slow in a no-wake area, tons of BIG debris...as he went to run he got a piece of something stuck in the drive, heard it go in...tons of vibration every time he tried to run. He did a few reverses which did nothing and we went the last bit to Cold Spring slow, where we got off. He made a trip with others back to West Point slow. I guess they got it cleared as coming back to get us he was running. I was wondering how long to get back at 5mph or would they send another ferry up.
Neil, I know it's crazy, guys are getting them up to 50lbs one after another, yet everyone is coming home with empty coolers. It's like they know we can't keep big bass and they are biting just to piss us off.
Normally I wouldn't care as I tossed everything back, but last year I finally got a taste for them. So this was a good trip, got a keeper...a small bass.
Yannis wrote: ↑Nov 11th, '21, 22:32
You keep the small bass and throw back the big ones?
Shouldn't it be the other way around?
You would think...
It just goes to show you how screwed up we are getting over here.
To keep Striped Bass in NY, they have to be no less than 28"(71cm) nor over 35" (89cm). This year everything seemed to be way over 40"(101cm) so yes they all went back in.
I can't say if it is a good sign for the stripers, I didn't catch a slot fish this year, all were 30# or bigger or sub 24". It seems like there is a gap in the year classes.
Carl wrote: ↑Nov 12th, '21, 08:01
To keep Striped Bass in NY, they have to be no less than 28"(71cm) nor over 35" (89cm). This year everything seemed to be way over 40"(101cm) so yes they all went back in.
Carl-Our King salmon have been steadily decreasing in size over the years. They only come back once, on their way to spawn so its not as though we're catching (well, some are catching) them at an immature stage of their lives--the mature fish are just getting smaller. Could be a lack of ocean forage or its possible by keeping the large ones and releasing the small ones which go on to spawn we've been inadvertently selecting for smaller size.
BTW, the largest salmon used to be the Elwha River Kings which would get up to 85 lbs. Fishermen called them "hogs". Then they installed a dam in the early 1900's which killed off that run. The dam was removed about 10 years ago and salmon are moving upriver again to spawn but no evidence yet if the large fish genetics survived.
It takes time to replenish and see a comeback. Bass here in the 80's was horrible...a keeper was 12" and getting one of those was tough. I remember fishing all night under the Verrazzano with my dad with only 2 or 3 fish...and we were the ones doing well. Kinda...a customer went commercial in same area.
I fished with him a few times on an open 25' boat in NY harbor, to out a bit just past the VZ "up to Governor Island", not past it as "those" fish were toxic from PCB's. Anyway, with him we would put 10-15 fish per person in the boat, using little tricks of the trade...it worked and the night was never boring. With dad we gave an area a try meaning it could be 1/2 hour to an hour with multiple drifts to decide, nah not a good area. With Sonny, my sinker would just about touch bottom and he'd say lets go...
Anyway, it took years for the bass to come back. First truly good run was when I bought my first house. Buddy came over to help me spruce it up before I got married and moved in. He didn't want to fish so we worked on the house for weeks, the bass run I heard was incredible. I got phone calls daily about how good it was...that I believe was 96. So 16 years for a good comeback, they kinda faded a bit and now it seems we get a nice run each spring and fall. So maybe a few years of good conservation will turn the tides on the salmon...maybe it will allow the Hogs to revive.