The bm opener at Kingston might have been chilly and bit windy but the fishing was red hot.
Hit fish immediately with a candlefish dart down 90' at the ferry hole. Kept the first fish at 23'' and then switched to fish for chum but nailed a big bm about 15# instead. The bm were so aggressive in the pocket that I moved out to deep water to keep the commercials company and fish the rips for chums. The chum were running thick with the tide and jumping everywhere. Some herring I had jigged up was the ticket at 30 pulls on a leisurely troll. The dog I ended up keeping was absolutely the best fighting fish I have caught all year and he made that 15# bm seem like a flounder. Screaming runs and an aerial show extraordinaire; what a blast. The good news is it looks like there's a alot of fish heading south if the nets don't get um first.

Speaking of a leisurely troll, something happened to my 9.9 Johnson while I was out there. When I headed back it would die if I tried to throttle up past my troll speed. Any ideas what it could be ? I've eliminated the tank and line as suspects. I'm leaning towards carburation, but maybe someone knows better. Thanks in advance for your input.