Shorebirder

After 10 great years with my old Sea Hunt Ultra 196 center console, I decided an upgrade was in order. Several months of shopping ensued, and I finally purchased a used Edgewater 245cc in June. A month of prep work later, she was in the water, and I was itching to see what she could do.  The inshore waters south of Montauk, NY and Block Island, RI have been holding great numbers of pelagic birds and mammals for several weeks now. This is not the case every summer; you never know where the bait (and the "life") will be from year to year...or week to week! These waters were not really in range for a day trip from New Haven with the old boat, but can be done with much greater safety and confidence with the new rig. That being said, it still takes a really calm day to be done comfortably. As luck would have it, two recent excellent boating days have coincided with time off from work. One day I picked up crew in Groton and we headed to the waters south of Block Island. On Day two ...