When you go to Martha's Vineyard you must fish the surrounding waters for bass, blues ,bonita and false albacore. Larry's tackle shop in Edgartown across from Grand Union should be your first stop. Steve owns the shop. He has fished the surrounding waters for years and knows them like the back of his hand. Whether you fly fish, spin cast, or troll he has your supplies. To book a guide - he does that too. If you are really lucky you'll be able to hire Steve.

I was with Steve on Friday setting up his store with our Big Eye polarized sunglass program. Steve was hard at work getting the store ready for the arrival of the first bass around mid April.

Woods Hole, the departure point for the ferry to Martha's Vineyard, is a fascinating area of shoals, islands and narrow passages in which the currant ebbs and flows with tremendous force. It is also a great area for striped bass in season. On Friday the rips were not full of bass, they were full of eider ducks staging before they head "North" for the breeding season. For the first fifteen minutes out of port the ferry was putting up raft after raft of eiders. For an old duck hunter like me it was a sight to behold.

Back at my home waters of the Connecticut River things remain quiet. We may set record low temperatures (mid teens) tonight so there is not much fishing going on. Don't worry, the calendar is in our favor. Within a month the schoolies will be on the river and the fishing will have begun and it won't stop for six months or so. Contact me and join in on the fun.