I hit it big today from shore. I landed 7 albies and 8 keeper bass (see photos at right and left) as I walked into pandemonium this morning. For hours fish were all over the spot I fished. Stripers were breaking in close, blues a little further out and albies busting way out. They were all feeding on massive schools of bay anchovies as well as peanut bunker. At times, there were acres of fish in a feeding frenzy. Even when the blitz subsided, albies were still roaming around and hitting when nothing was showing. It was that good.I got some albies on a Kastmaster XL and some on the float and Deceiver fly. I saw other guys catching them on swimmers and Jumpin Minnows. They were aggressive and were hitting just about anything that moves, very unusual for this finicky fish. The stripers were fussy. At times there were hundreds in front of me, all keepers in the 28-34 inch range, but they were difficult to fool. The most successful plug for me was a homemade 4-inch popper.
Hard to believe, but with all these fish around, I saw very few fishermen in a very public spot. I don't know where everyone is these days as there have been very few shore fishermen out trying. This week has been about as good as it gets in September. It's really happening right now.
