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11/19 - Scott and I got out for a quick morning hunt and scouting trip for the last week of the season. The action was fast and furious - we hunted till 9am and had good action from shooting light onward. We had several single bluebills come in and 4 large groups that decoyed like as if on a string [...]

For the first time in years, I got my busy dad to come down and hunt with me - after all, he was the man who passed on his love for fishing and hunting to myself. We had a great time and saw a lot of birds... 12/27 - Captain Scott and I took my dad out for our first [...]

12/22 - Scott and I got to get out and hunt this beautiful morning - it was a chilly 35 degrees and very clear with a brisk N/NE wind (wrong again weather fools). We set the dekes, drank some coffee and got ready. 5 minutes after shooting light we got the first bird of the day - a black scoter [...]

12/17 - Scott and I embarked on our long awaited opening day journey. The weather was perfect - overcast, cold and with just enough wind. We saw a decent amount of birds today - many high-flying redheads, some big groups of scaup but we were covered up in scotters and buffleheads. We each took two black scotters (Scott also got [...]

12/3 - This morning I had the pleasure of fishing with two fantastic anglers - Emmit and his father Frank. With as bad as the weather has been lately - Saturday was a miracle. Not cold and the light north wind left us with slick calm conditions - perfect for trout fishing. Boy were we right - the trout were [...]

Expect some more good trout fishing until we forget about them to chase some cape lookout stripers! 11/26 - This morning I fished with Tim and his father Dan - the target species was albacore on the fly. Unfortunately, the terrible thanksgiving blow muddied up the water and dropped the temperature a bit under what I like for consistant albacore [...]