Made it to the BISC meeting in Henderson, NC only to find a handful of fishermen interested in keeping the club running. No discussion of Kiptopeke fishing. Guess that's in another world and a different time.
The travel to the BISC meeting takes me about 60 miles cross country and frequently I get lost near Henderson as the GPS usually leads me around in circles. But this trip was different as I had a rumble strip sound occuring frequently all the way to the meeting. Leaving the Golden Corral felt like something was grabbing and breaking loose. Resumed the rumble strip when I got out of the lot. At home, I thought I would lose the truck on the road, but it made it into the driveway. Next day, crawled under to see any obvious defect. Now think it is a wear indicator completely shot and killing the rotor. The shop down the street will let me know in the morning. If not, I'll need to go to the dealership for a diagnosis/repair. :(
Water at Kiptopeke Beach is 69 degrees and at the CBBT it's 68. Not cold enough up North to drive the bait South. Maybe arriving at Kiptopeke too early for the COWS. Tidalfish.com isn't giving much in the way of current fishing reports. http://www.wunderground.com/MAR/AN/632.html can provide daily wind, wave, water temp, at several locations near the mouth of the bay, including Kiptopeke. Another link that seldom works for me is http://stripertracker.com/ Think it only gives striper information for the lower Delaware coastal area.
Still got hubs to lube, new tie-down to install, motor lube to do and maybe a visit to the boat shop to evaluate motor needs. Been 3 years since it's been checked. I have been careful to use only alcohol free fuel, use startron, seafoam, and a Yamaha decarbon additive. Two new start batteries in the aft hatch and replaced one of the trolling motor batteries. The boat is rally gungy and I'm sure the stripers would never suspect that I'm a pro looking for them.
Got my annual statewide pass for the VA State Parks. For a handicap senior, the annual pass is $44. A good deal with the launch fees going up all the time.Yet, for Kerr, ya need an annual pass for the Corps ramps in VA and a Dept of Nat Resources annual pass for the NC ramps. Really easy to get things mixed up. Too bad they can't get together and have one placard!
While Ramrod plans to be at Kiptopeke during the same period that I am, he just finished should surgery and may not be fully recovered in time for the COWS. Sure hope so as he knows where they hide.
Other frequent fishermen are lodging from Smith Beach, well above Cape Charles and scattered all the way to Sunset Beach Resort. Ha, ha, like providing info about stripers, few will provide exact locations for their lodging. Yet, sharing on the water for safety is of critical importance for me.
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