Hammonasset Fishing/Camping with the Family.

Day 1. Went down to Hammonasset to do some fishing/camping with my parents. Got there at 5 pm on wednesday and went over to the hammonasset river with my brother to see if i could find some bait and caught a few hickory shad on small white grubs. First shad ive caught in 8 years. Caught a few schoolies too. Saw some bunker but didn't have any luck snagging any. Went back to the site with intentions of fishing the next morning. Well after a bike ride down to the beach around 8 pm i came back and told my dad the sound is flat as a pancake and zero wind. Next thing ya know were going night fishing! We set up 2 rods off the beach and i tossed out a shad head and we had one quick hit and drop on my dads rod then at 11 pm my rod goes. Clicked the bait runner and fish on. Two times i thought i lost the fish but it was just swimming in at me. After a few minutes and some awesome runs i had my second heaviest fish ever on the sand. My Mom and Dad said hey i know you release everything but this one is dinner. I couldn't argue. Had no more hits fishing until 1:30am. Once back at the site i measured and weighed the fish. It was 38.25 inches and just over 20 lbs.





Day 2. We had a late start cause we slept in but managed a few more shad in the river and went to the beach for about noon. We didn't have a single blue fish hit for 5 hours.. but the sea robin show was unlike anything i had ever seen. To the point that i went to my car and grabbed my bass rods and went on to catch 36 robins on spinner baits, paddle tails, grubs and ribsters on a jig head. It was a lot of fun with everyone i caught having 3 or 4 friends following it. Talking with some other people fishing no one has seen any blues yet but it should be any day. I did catch one 8 inch snapper while going for the sea robins. We called it a day and went to the site to eat the striper. Had it on the grill and it was amazing. Might have to keep one every once in a while. Good few days spent with family.