Trolling south of Sandy Point

[5th Tuition]

Left Sandy Point at a reasonable hour; sun comes up late now. Headed South and was surprised at the waves. On the way to SP we didn't see a flag rustle in the wind. Wind on the water was from the west southwest and we stopped short of our original destination. Dropped 6 lines in about 35 ft of water and picked up two rock and a big blue. We saw birds working in more shallow water. We shortened the lines to accomodate less water. As we approached the bird action stopped, but we did pick up a couple fish under sitting birds.
About every 15 minutes another bee hive would erupt. We ended the day (before noon) with about 10 rock and 2 blues. We kept our 4 largest (21-24 inches) and we backed off and phoned a friend (who jigs) over to our spot to try his luck.
This is the first time out that I can say we experienced the beginnings of the fall pattern. We used #15 tonys and small (1/2 oz) bucktails with 4 inch twister tails. The deeper rods did the most damage today. Ten and twelve oz back 60 and 40 ft worked best.
Ran back on calm water and cleaned fish for dinner.
5th (Marty)