The end might be nearing but its not here yet!

Went out to the housy tonight for the top water striper bite and after reading Mr. Rich Zaleski's post this morning I didn't have high hopes. We had some very strange weather in a short time period.. pouring rain, gale force winds, sunshine, rain, windy again then perfectly calm the last hour and a half. The good news is we saw plenty of fish tonight but they were swirling the bait and not really taking it. As we were fishing Larry see's a spook on the surface stuck on a floating branch.. I joked with him saying.. hey thats the one I lost last Wednesday in that same area... Well it was. 5 days later after all that rain it was right there. Could tell because of the hooks I had just added to it and the leader. Too funny. Was a sign that I had to fish that lure. Not five minutes later I caught the first fish of the day. 28 inches on the dot but thin. Rest of the trip was missed blow ups and follows until I hooked this nice 29.5 inch fatty on a slug go. Was a bad night for totals but a good sign to see so many fish. Thanks Larry Johnson for another adventure. We found most of our active fish in 2-5 feet of water and the water temp is climbing fast. Ranged from 60-62 in some places. Had a ton of rises and missed blow ups on the Cobra Bait sad shad tonight but didnt hook up at all. But that was the theme of the evening. Fish seemed full from there heavy diet of herring. Ill be back out again this week for sure. There are big fish to be had.