They're baaaaack! The schools of Striped Bass are swimming north, following the warming waters (52 degrees being their impetus) and the running schools of herring, squid, bunker, porgies, sand worms, clams. What a menu! They wintered over in the Chesepeake and in their migration to warmer waters they can head as far North as the Cape. I fished for them as they made their way south in November as one of the few women surfcasters in the Montauk Locals Annual Tournament....which I didn't win. But it's not the wining or losing. It's being THERE at sunrise, chatting it up with my old time fishing buddies, listening to the screeching birds, playing the blitz. And now for some early spring fishing. Slowly I repack my car with freshly cleaned and oiled gear, and WD40 my rod rack for my new rod with my very own name in gold: GEORGICA JENNY (named after my fishing spot of choice).
It is, after all, why we are here.
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