I have had two days off this weekend partly due to the lousy weather and partly an intentional break. I have had a chance to clear my desk of the normal pile of incoming mail and other accumulated items that I need to deal with. It is great to see the top of my desk again.
I was striper fishing in the Saint George with a father and his eleven year old son one morning last week. The fishing was pretty good and I had just pulled up to a new spot. Both of them cast toward the ledge and immediately hooked fish, this is going very well from the guides perspective. I walk forward to coach the son in landing his fish and as I look down through the clear green water I see what I think at first is a big striper. Very often a really big striper will stalk a small one that has been caught, I assume sensing that it is distressed and interested in an easy meal.
Saturday morning I had a striper fishing trip on the lower Saint George River in the morning. I have had fish chasing bait to the surface in several places over the last week and Saturday when I pulled up to one of the most likely spot there were two adult eagles sitting in an oak tree. I had seen them the day before, in fact they were right in amongst the gulls working on the bait that the stripers were chasing to the surface. A great addition to any fishing trip but a real treat on the salt water.
