We had nothing to show for the first hour of fishing. I was determined to put my nephew on some fish, and we ended up spending a half hour determining where we would fish next.

After some serious contemplation, we decided to head down to the herring run. I’ve had success fishing the herring run before, so I figured this was a good bet.

After about a half hour of fishing, we landed our first fish. It was no monster, but a fish nonetheless!

On the next cast, we had another fish. Things were certainly starting to pick up.

The next two hours of fishing proved to be phenomenal. We landed fish after fish, even getting bass on every cast at some points. However, my nephew was absolutely out-fishing me.

We were both hooking up almost continuously, but I was landing small bass while my nephew was pulling fish well into the 20 pound class.

He even got up-close-and-personal with a bass clearly in the 30 pound range, but the hook popped as he went to land it.

The stick shad he was using was distinctly out producing my magic swimmer. I clipped my stick shad on, and broke it off on the first cast!

Now we only had one stick shad between us, but the fishing was so hot it didn’t matter. These large fish were crushing the stick shad non-stop. My nephew and I shared his rod, and took turns landing big fish after big fish.

Our first fish was caught at 5:30AM, and the last was at 7:42AM. This big fish blitz lasted for over two hours, and was a truly unforgettable experience to share with my nephew.

As we caught these great fish, I felt as though I was watching him become a man. He was growing up before my eyes!

Additionally, my sister recently passed away. On this morning I had planned to spread my sister’s ashes down by the canal at sunrise.

I was also thinking of my uncle, who passed away on 9/11. He taught me essentially everything I know about fishing, so all in all this was a very emotional experience for me.

Later on we would learn that my nephew got the starting quarterback position on his high school football team! This capped off what was truly a memorable week.

We’ll have a new moon within the next few days, and new moon tides can produce some excellent fishing, as they did this trip. If you’re looking to get in on some fall run action, the next few days are very promising.

Get out there and catch ‘em up!

Matt​