It had been an incredible morning. Waking up at 2:30AM to make the drive down Cape had been 100% worth it.
The morning had been productive fishing-wise, but the true reason I was so happy was due to the incredible scenery. It was near 7AM and I had just arrived on a long, barren, undeveloped stretch of coastline.
Large clay and sand cliffs loomed overhead. With no sea walls or jetties, nature is allowed to do her thing here, and an entire forest was slowly eroding away. The place felt wild and very fishy.
Leaving Small Fish To Find Big Ones
I had caught schoolies all morning long from a constricted point in a nearby bay.
The small fish had been feeding on the edge of a current, and I could have continued catching them, however I decided to venture off in search of larger bass.
For the past mile I had done nothing but walk. I had decided that with so many miles of beach ahead, I would resist the urge to stop and cast, and wait until I received some sort of sign that fish may be in the area.
Up ahead I noticed a small horse shoe crab struggling in the wash. The crab was upside down and desperately trying to flip right side over. I decided to intervene and successfully assisted the horse shoe crab in getting back onto his feet.
It was then I noticed a tag on the horse shoe crab from the department of U.S. Fish and Wildlife.
Was The Horse Shoe Crab A Sign To Stop And Make A Cast?
“Interesting” is what I remember thinking to myself, and then it dawned on me; could this encounter with the horse shoe crab be a sign to stop walking, and start fishing?
I waded into the water and noticed that there was a definitive drop-off just yards from the shoreline.
The entire beach to the east of my location had been flat, but now there was a significant drop-off.
The deep, dark blue depression, was right in front of me, and it beckoned for me to make just one cast before moving on.
So that is exactly what I decided to do.
Extended Fishing Report (available to MFCC members) contains:
- additional photos of the areas fished
- 15 minute long video report
- aerial footage
- more information on the areas fished, techniques used and much more
