A special day!

As of today Argy and I have been married for twenty nine years. Time sure flies when you are having fun! If you had told me that day all of the adventures we would have together I would not have believed it. Two great kids, an beautiful place to live and a couple of amazing careers. What more could anyone ask?

Even though we are a few weeks from the official start of summer, today definitely feels like it is here. This morning’s striper trip was warm with a pretty stiff breeze out of the southwest when I put the boat back on the trailer to come home. Looking out toward Rockland now it is very hazy with thunderstorms in the forecast for this afternoon.

There are a few stripers around but not enough to get me excited yet. The alewives are in the river in excellent numbers. A bountiful food source like that draws a crowd. This morning we saw cormorants by the hundreds, ospreys, eagles and great blue herons fishing with us.

The number of eagles continues to grow I would guess that we saw at least a dozen different birds and as many as three at a time. I always like this early season striper fishing as much for the wildlife sightings as anything. I am looking forward to the large numbers of migrating fish to arrive and expect them in the next week or so.