Saturday, December 29, 2012

12/28 - FULL MOON TIDES...still!

Had to deal with the moon again, on the 28th too. Getting all my "Christmas crews" out. But today we rescheduled from back on the 26th, when it rained in the morning and was blowing a gale. So, day two of heinous FULL MOON tides!

After yesterday, I thought I'd be a "tad" smarter. I had regular, Tom O. and family aboard. And said, "let's not even depart till 10am. Maybe this will help with fishing less current".

But as we left and headed to the first spot. The tides current was still super wicked. Water moving this fast doesn't have any fish biting.

So you'd think!

But after fishing the spot, with frustration brewing like a thick black cup of coffee. Is when Jeff's float goes down! He was a bit shocked, because of all of the NON-floats going down. And when he reeled....He had himself a BIG Trout!




Not bad at all a 23 incher!

But as we continued to work the area, with the current just way too strong. We gave up and headed east. Hoping for less current and alot more fish.

But that didn't seem to be the deal.....we went to the jetties and the current was great, but there wasn't any bites! And now on the second spot. Fletcher, Jeff's son a "pro skate boarder" bangs into a rock with his float-rig, the float wobbles, and then it slams down......FISH-ON!
I guess if we can't catch "A LOT" of Trout today. We'll just catch BIG ones....Fletchers Trout is yet another healthy 23 incher!
 
We continue fishing the same spot, and absolutely ZERO is going on. So we move again, after taking a vote. Because about now, I'm at my wits-end!
 
We move, and at the next spot the guys to continue to fish hard. And mother nature just doesn't seem to care. GAWD, how I hate these ridicules tides!  As I always say, "When I grow up, I wanna be a Gulf Coast angler some day....."
 
But Jeff finds a fish willing to eat, and boats another large trout. This time a 21-1/2 incher!


 
Okay, that's 3 over 20 inches...and there's 4 of us on board. One more fish over 20 inches allowed. So if all the rest are over 20 inches, according to the unfriendly Florida Trout limit regs. If we catch another over 20" fish we have our over 20" limits for the boat, and if the 5th fish is over 20 inches it'll have to be released. Gotta love the "catch-22" screw ya over on a tough day fishing laws in Florida, huh?  And don't forget to measure.
 
But, Momma nature wasn't going to allow us the luxury of cussing the State of Florida, out. Because finally Tom, Jeff and Fletchers "host of this angling adventure" catches a TROUT!
And it too.......is a 21-1/2 incher!
 
And we never got another one, and via fishing like mad men we finally ran out of 10 dozen live shrimp!
 
So the guys struggled, but came up with 4 over 20 inch Trout. And now I know Tom probably hates these Full Moon "ludicrous" tides, as much as I do.
 
But he's ready to go out again next month. On hopefully a "normal tidal" day.

12/27 - BAD MOON

I knew it going in. I knew it when Bob called me and booked today, a few weeks ago. THE DREADED FULL MOON!
A float-rigging Trout fisherman's worst nightmare.

All because the ridicules tides (aka: current) in the St. Johns River goes from "every day ridicules", to all out "heinous" with the full moon.

It was my fault. We started at 7am and that was from pure habit. When in all reality, we never even had to depart the dock till 11am. Because it took till then, to actually get what we came for.

First spot though in the morning was good for acclimation. Bob and Sam never float-rig fished before. And Bob was all out truthful. "Dave, we don't know much about any of this, and won't claim too. So jus' show us what we need to do", Bob said. And I was fine with that. At least he was honest.

First spot, and first two minutes. The guys git bit by large Bluefish....."large for around here."   So, right off, they caught fish and got the whole float-rig fishing idea.

But the tide was troublesome. So we made our way out to the jetties. And even tried fishing "spinners" and jigs-n-Shrimp on the north jetty. Only bite, a small cold water shark. One of those "HERE'S YER SIGN" Sharks!  Telling me, if these things are in here, then that's probably about it.

Many times fish species tells the well rounded angler what the deal is:  small cold water sharks at the Jetties,  Bluefish on a Trout spot, as prime examples.

So we moved on. We tried a few other areas, catching one small Trout. And I just new as soon as the tide got low we'd get into some good fish. But the wait was agonizing for me. But for Bob and Sam. It was just fishing and good experience.

When things are going like this it's a pure, "IT'S NOT HOW YOU START, BUT HOW YOU FINISH" kind of day.

So when things got right, I made sure we were where we needed to be. And it paid off handsomely!!





 

OH YEAH......BIG TROUT were finding their way to the net and into the fish box! It started of slowly. But my crew was now in the thick of it and floats were going down nice and steady. And as the current slowed. We had to fish fast. Because when that current slowed, it went from flowing to all out STOPPED in a heart beat.
 
But Trout from 18 to 21-1/2 inches were now in the box.
Then, as the current completely died and no floats would move, we stayed at it. And Bob was surprised by this 25 incher, when his float went down and this big Trout gave him a real thrill of close quarters combat.
 
This was Bob's largest ever fish. Let alone largest Trout. Between Bob and Sam, they had I believe 8 beautiful Trout in the box. And git to see first hand how much the tide/current speed matters, when float-rig fishing. And tracking down quality Trout.
 
I like to pitch a jig when everyone is float-rig fishing. And I made a few casts inbetween netting their fish. I pitched a 1/4 ounce jig head and an Avacado Green Matrix Shad soft plastic, and thought I had caught a clump of oysters or a piece of anchor line. My jigging rod is a super-duper "fairy wand". So light of an action that a Pinfish will double it over. So now the rod was in the shape of a horse shoe as I pulled "WHATEVER" off the bottom. Then that piece of debris turned into a drag pulling, head shaking, Fish!
 
As it rose off the bottom I was astounded. It was a huge Flounder!  Sam, was eager to play net man. And as he scooped it up, he could barely pull it out of the water, without assistance.
 
Yep, I guess some BIG flatties are still out there!!!
 
It was a frustrating day, for me. But a good one, because I had such a quality and up beat crew during this Full Moon tide fishing trip. And now Bob and Sam are hooked. And they are welcome to come back again, hopefully on a day when it doesn't take till noon to start catching decent fish.
 
 
 

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

12/25 - Jettywolf's Christmas, weather's coming?



WEATHER GUESSERS WERE RIGHT...
NOT 12 HOURS LATER, GUSTS TO "GALE FORCE"


"SAME SHOT" - 12/26/2012 - 0845 HRS.

OH YEAH. BIG AZZ WINDS.

12/25 - NEW VIDEO TOOL'AGE

Soon I'll be working with a new all weather camera on the Jettywolf. Through much research I decided that I could use a new set up from my present Kodak Play Sports Video camera. My litl Kodak still is a great camera. But it's time to upgrade.

I just don't care for those GOPRO HERO camera's in the plastic case. Because everything is an expensive "add-on".


COMING SOOOOON!  The "DRIFT HD GHOST". This baby is awesome!!!!!

 
Under water, is still an option. As it was with my Kodak. But I never dunked it.
 
My "home grown" video's on my Youtube channel have been doing very well. I get emails, and even charter inquiries from them.

 
And with a new camera, I hope to be a bit more versatile with quick tech tips, here on the blog.
 
So, stay tuned!
 
Hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday.
 
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I'll be back at it on the 27th, 28th, then I have a guest Capt Kris Robert from Dock-Side Bait & Tackle in Slidell, Louisiana coming to Orange Park for the Holiday. He'll be fishing one day aboard the Jettywolf with me. "to see how the other 1/2 lives" compared to EZ days Lake Pontchartrain Trout fishing. Then, I have Ed B. a regular coming to fish on the 2nd of January.
 
As of CHRISTMAS DAY Weather Report:
 
Mayport Florida
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORYS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

REST OF TODAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST
10 TO 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS. INLAND WATERS A
LIGHT CHOP. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

TONIGHT
SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3
FEET BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. INLAND WATERS CHOPPY.
ISOLATED SHOWERS.

WEDNESDAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO GALE FORCE.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET. INLAND WATERS ROUGH. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.
INLAND WATERS CHOPPY. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.

THURSDAY
WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. INLAND
WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.

THURSDAY NIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO
3 FEET. INLAND WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.

FRIDAY
NORTH WINDS 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. INLAND
WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.

FRIDAY NIGHT
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTH 10 TO
15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS. INLAND WATERS A LIGHT
CHOP. ISOLATED RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

SATURDAY
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. INLAND
WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
 

Sunday, December 23, 2012

12/23 - WARMER...No Wind.

Had Hank H. and Chad aboard the Jettywolf today. Specializing "also" in No Long Boat Rides, we fished all within a few miles.

Hank wanted to float-rig fish, like Ole Times. Chad, had never done it. Wew started out at the Jetties, and right away young Chad was on it. Boating the first few Trout, and a pup Black Drum.
Not bad for a "newbie" to the art of float-rigging the jetties.
We also picked up a decent sized Yellowmouth Trout, care of "Capt Dave".
The action nor the tide was all that super duper, so we moved on to fish the river.
And on the last of the falling tide is where we "boxed" I believe a 2 person limit. With Chad reeling in several 20-22 inchers!
 
Again, not bad for a "newbie"! 
 
I even played the Navy's Game, today. As we left the Jetties, I pulled over to the rocks along the base. I've told Hank all about how "our" beloved Jacksonville Navy has screwed over Jacksonville fisherman by taking away miles of shoreline from us. So I went over to where I caught my first 10 pound Trout, right along the base rocks, dropped anchor, and flipped out a float behind the boat. Handed it to Hank, and the float went down with a keeper trout on it!  The "MAN" appeared out of no where...in a car up on the bank. And chirped the siren at us. Not sure if they can hear me, I yelled....."Hey asshole, let us catch this trout first!" Hank flipped a keeper in the boat, first drift of the float, 10 feet behind the boat!!!!. So there ya have it!  Of course the fish are stacked up there, along that shoreline. They always are. BUT YOU, can't fish for them.
 
 We moved on.....The BIG trout, bit right as the tide slowed.....not unusual by winter standards. So we just hung out till the tide turned and tried to catch some more. But that produced only one more Trout and a scourge Bluefish.
 
So, Chad was slowing down. Since he had to "get up so early!" Then we headed in to clean our nice catch.
 
It was a super nice day.
 
BUT, changes are a coming folks!
 
TUESDAY NIGHT
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET
BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. INLAND WATERS A MODERATE
CHOP. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

WEDNESDAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING WEST IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. INLAND WATERS ROUGH. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO
3 FEET. INLAND WATERS CHOPPY.

THURSDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

12/22 - LIMITS FOR FIVE!

ABSOLUTELY NO DAY ON THE ST. JOHNS RIVER IS EVER THE SAME AS THE NEXT. With that said, everyone thinks it is, and hopes I can predict exactly what, when and how we'll catch our fish.

I can answer the WHEN & HOW:

- when you book your day
- how, 80% of the time is by "float-rig" fishing.

Last day I was out, was just a few days ago and if you read that report you may have got the notion that I hate it when the Bluefish are eating our perfect live shrimp.

Today, I had a group hosted by Moe Martin. The Swisher group, as I referred to them. I pulled into the boat ramp and didn't even put the boat in the water yet.

Reasoning, that because it was blowing 20 knots and gusting even more. And really cold. I didn't want to go through "dipping the boat", and then have them say, "FORGET THIS!". I'm always thinking ahead. For me it didn't matter either way. I could go another day, or today.

So as they arrived we had a pow-wow in the parking lot. Everyone "seemed" to be dressed right. I know I was! I actually have such great pair of Grunden foul weather pants that I had my shorts on under them, and I was perfectly fine all morning.

I was wanting the tide to fall for awhile before we went float-rig fishing. So we anchored up and bottom fished. And surprisingly enough. Even though I couldn't stay anchored very well, we boxed six Yellowmouth Trout. Okay, not great, but something.......
But one thing that really caught me by surprise was how fast the west winds blew the tide on out. So by the time I wanted to float-rig fish for Specks. Where I wanted to try it, there was no current!
 
Hmmm, I guess it was time to think fast and try another spot. And when I got to the next spot, there wasn't any current there either.
 
But we anchored up and gave it a try. And it wasn't but maybe 15 minutes, the tide started to push. The guys flipped out a few Floats with live shrimp that were plenty cold and not all that sprightly. And they both hooked up.
DOUBLE-HEADER, right off the get-go!
 
The Trout were shorts, but that was just the start of what was a GREAT day. And, only 2 Bluefish. Which was even better.
 
From here on out the Trout got larger, and we even had many "double-headers". As the tide pushed, the better and better the fish chewed.
 
Here's the happy Crew.
 

Double-headers!
 

15-19 inch Trout were filling the box.
 

Everyone was catching
This fella had no less than 3 from 20 to 23 inchers
More Double-headers
Over flowing fish basket full of limits for 5 people.
The Crew, and the pile of over 30 Trout!
W-O-W, what a day. A fantastic crew....no fishing guide out there could ask for any better of a day. That was blistering cold and blowing 20 kts plus. My crew was cold.
 
But they never ever wavered.
 
"JUST BECAUSE IT'S COLD AND WINDY. THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A FISHLESS DAY, ESPECIALLY NOT IN THE WINTER MONTHS.
 
FLOAT-RIGGING PRODUCES FISH, SO WHEN DAYS ARE LEAN, IT'S BECAUSE THEY JUST AREN'T BITING, I KNOW THAT TO BE DEAD ON TRUE, AFTER CHARTER FISHING FOR OVER 16 YEARS .
 
SO WHEN PEOPLE CALL AND ASK ME WHAT THEY'LL BE DOING. THEY REALLY NEED TO VISIT THIS FISHING REPORTS BLOG. OR THEY JUST WON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DAY WILL AND COULD BE LIKE." 
 
 

Friday, December 21, 2012

12/21 - Tech Tip: Rods & Braided Line

 
 
 
Was supposed to be out there today with a full boat (4 guys)...sure glad we aren't out there!
 
Mayport Bar Pilot Dock:
11:24 am EST
12/21/2012
Wind: W (280°), 19.0 kt
Gust: 26.0 kt
 

Thursday, December 20, 2012

12/20 - The Speckled Trout Blues..........

Had Tom O. back on the Jettywolf again. He brought his dad, this time. We departed at sun up...."I like that."
 
Problem was......."red sky in the morning, mariners take warning...and that meant W-I-N-D". And the forecast was dead on.

We hit the jetties with the float-rigs and a livewell brimming with frisky shrimp. It was the last of the falling tide. The guys caught some Yellowmouth, and Specks. IN BETWEEN THE HORDES OF SCOURGE FISH.

Small Blues!

They're back!!!!!!!  And I'll always HATE them. I've hated them for decades! Because they eat our hooks, our shrimp, and compete with the Trout that we really want.

But the guys pulled some Trout species between the hordes.
 

After feeding Bluefish one shrimp after another from right behind the boat. It was time to take our Trout and move on.
It was a move that was in another zip code, a spot that's been infiltrated by army's of ravenous Pinfish. But Tom;s dad slam-dunked into a big Redbass, but as it pulled and was too much to handle, he let Tom reel it in.
 

It was a long way to go, to feed Pinfish, and get one exact 27" Redbass. But worth the smiles.
 
So then we went back to the jetties. And things got really windy out of the south. But guess what was streaking through the Jetty rocks?
 

BONITA......aka: Little Tunny!  This one ate Tom's live shrimp, and streaked straight toward the stern of the boat. It went iunder the boat, under the motor, popped up way off the bow. Around the anchor line. Then over the anchor line. And finally to the net.
 
TALK ABOUT A SPEEDSTER ON LIGHT TACKLE!
 

 
Then, a school popped up along side the boat. And come to realize, other boats were hooking them up on light tackle too.
In all my years fishing the jetties, we've never hooked up on Bonita. I've had days years ago, when we hooked up on Almaco Jacks, a AmberJacks smaller cousin.
 
Tom hooked another one, and it streaked off so fast that it bent the hook.
 
It was really starting to get windy. So we moved off and hit another spot for just one more Speckled trout. So after getting waked by ships and Pilot boats we headed in to clean up the fish.
 
It was an exciting day.
 
(remember, to view photos in larger form, CLICK on photo, to open in a seperate window)
 

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

12/19 - Be Glad...?.

Heading out on Thursday with a regular customer Tom O. and his dad. I'm probably, having to move Friday's charter to Saturday....."have ya seen the wind report?"  Gust to Gale Force!

Be glad, because no matter how cold it gets in J-ville, Florida we can fish. And this goes for you that charter me on those cold days too.

But at the same time, I feel a bit like it's on the wind-down. Because after the 21st, the "days" will start to get longer again. And as a angler how loves the winter fishery. That mean's it's slowly coming to an end. 

BUT THIS COULD BE HOW WE HAVE TO FIND FISH!, RIGHT NOW!




















Tuesday, December 18, 2012

12/18 - TECH TIP

Capt Dave's Shallow water Float-rig tech tip:  #1

(This is not a public video. This video is only for fishing report blog readers)

Monday, December 17, 2012

12/16 - SOLO GATORS!



Have a dermatology appointment on Monday. So I had to go on a Sunday amongst the gawkers. But that's "weekends" for ya......Or I would have waited till Monday to go, so I could be alone'ish.

Glad I went though. GATOR SPECKS GALORE!
Released a total of 5, after getting a 24 incher right at the start.
Largest was 27" at 8 POUNDS!




















Had my limit, and released the others by 10-11am. Plus 4 Yellowmouth Trout (weakfish), and had my ass handed to me while on the phone by Brutus T. Redbass. He broke me off in a nano-second down deep.

 

 
FULL BELLY?

 

 
LOOKED LIKE SUMMER BY 11:00 AM
 
 
YOU MISSED IT.

Had a call for today (Sunday) but this fishing isn't "party boating". Not for large groups.
<<<<LIGHT TACKLE...2 person MAX. is BEST, always.>>>>>


-DID YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CLICK ON ALL PHOTOS TO VIEW LARGER VERSIONS, ON EVERY REPORT?

-GO AHEAD, TRY IT...DON'T BE SCARED.





Saturday, December 15, 2012

Bearded Guy, a decade ago:

THEN:



Portion of my old "educational video" from Bennet Marine Video.

3/8th's oz. "plain" jighead and fiddler crab..."don't let anyone tell ya it's a new technique".

BEFORE Braided line was even invented!!
W-O-W, how time flies.



NOW:

"replay, refresher of what you'll be fishing and how aboard the Jettywolf!"


ONONEOUTDOORS:   cLICK PHOTO FOR VIDEO

Friday, December 14, 2012

12/14 - Can't hurt tryin'

Don't know why I'm expecting any more out of, "Bazzaro World Florida", but for some reason I always do. Shows that I am not a poo-poo'er. But rather a "fishing optimist"!

I talked to Doc Miller and was sooooooo glad to have such a good day yesterday with Tim and the nasty weather.

So I said, "if it's gonna be nasty again, lets go!"

So off we headed this morning to the same areas. And with an even better tide. The same areas as yesterday were,
D-E-A-D!

Bazzaro World strikes again!

So we opted to just fish some old places I haven't been too in a decade.

PUP RED BONANZA.....max fish size: 16"

















Toss in a small Trout or two.......well, actually I did catch a 16 inch trout earlier. But one out of nuthin is not really killin' it. And Doc caught a throw back earlier too.

So we didn't leave fish to go find fish on a smoking incoming NEW MOON tide in the river. This was about as good as it's gonna get.

It was cold, windy, but not raining. "A good thing???"  Not sure, we did better yesterday in the super nasty.

So after a good amount of pup Redfish, I just had to fish an ancient spot that I have not fished in years. I wanted and was hoping for Black Drum on the float-rigs and a few more Trout, at least.

I GOT IT!

The next spot gave me two more Trout in the fish box and 3 pup sized Black Drum. "TARGETED SPECIES!"
That means alot. Go to a spot and target a species and catch that species. I like it!
NO they weren't huge......but they were over "legal". Which had them meeting Mr. Ice Chest.
 
Throw back Trout, a few keepers, alot of small Redfish, and three keeper drum, and one small Flounder. Not great, not yesterday's Trout action. Not Jetty sized Trout. But it was fishing on another day that was blowing and cold.
 
And I like it!
 
A FISH FRY, in the makin'. Add a few PBR's and this fisherman's happy.
 
As the afternoon went on the sun broke out as I washed the boat off at home. So the "front" has passed. And by this weekend it's supposed to be warm again.
 
Not sure if I like that.
 
It's winter! Remember? "I thrive under less that perfect weather conditions."
 
Till next time, 
 


12/13 - Rain, Wind, Cold, Overcast & Nasty..."go shallow angler man!"



Had Tim, a long time customer from St. Pete area on board today. And I just had to make a video of us. Tim was wearing an old Foul Weather suit of mine I brought for him. Because he had no "nasty weather apparel" with him.

We hit the "cove" and caught fish from the first drift of our floats to the last. Had a ball as the temp fell even more, and the wind blew like hell. PLUS, IT WAS THE DAY OF THE NEW MOON AND THE TIDE WAS MEGA HIGH.  Perfect for a 26' boat to go fish 2-3 feet of water, along the submerged marsh.

But, when dressed right, and with the right attitude. This can be just the ticket.

Personally, I thrive on adverse weather conditions. And the cold doesn't bother me what so ever. I have the gear!
I don't supply foul weather gear to everyone, like a Alaskan fishing lodge. It just happened to work that way, today.

Always dress for success!

Here's Tim's "Copper beauty" Redbass:























Here's what the Trout eat.......BIG POGIES. Plus, "our live shrimp"

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Getting into the Christmas Spirit????

The MAYPORT News:










"They just needed a bigger boat!"

I heard Mrs. Claus was okay. But Santa on the other hand didn't fair that well.












Heading out with a long time customer from St. Pete on Thursday.Gonna try something a bit different. I actually want crappy weather and winds.

Cuz, they bite then, where we're going.
At least they have been.

Stay tuned!
Even 'pencil-neck' wishes
you a happy holiday.

Monday, December 10, 2012

12/9 - More of the same. A good thing!

Left out early....because it was a weekend. I call it my "default departure time" 7:00am on ALL WEEKENDS!
Being that the slow down of persons on the river has not happened yet.

Evidence is the jetties lined with "sheepherders". Bow to stern, those "all bones a head" fish, don't stand a chance.

If they only knew what was swimming under their boat. But it's great that they don't care.

Had Micheal and son Matt aboard today. Leaving early didn't match up with the proper float-rig fishing tide. So we bottom bumped around. Not alot of action.

Then I had a chance to get a slot in the row of boats, per buddy Doc Miller. He had his limit and was going home. So we slid in and Matt had action on his 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th drifts with nice "sweetheart" sized Trout!

The boy, was now officially "SPOILED".


Between Matt and dad, they quickly put limits in the boat. And we finished our day, cleaning a pile of Trout, and one big Yellowmouth , a few Croakers and just for the heck of it a mutant sized Pinfish.

12/8 - Tis' the season for limits!!!!!!!!

The bottom bite at the inlet and in the river seems to have really fell off since last tuesday. As I just like to fish some shrimp on the bottom during a falling tide and maybe get Drum, Reds, Yellowmouth Trout etc.

But the last two days have had me watching my 12" sounder screen and seeing no life down deep. So that meant ONE thing. Wait for the ripp, roaring tide to slow down (gawd how I'm over that current!) then bust out the float-rigs and send some live shrimp out behind the boat.

And when done properly.....(IE: getting a good day, and working hard) "THIS IS WHAT YA GET!"

Had Robert, Scott & Ed aboard on Saturday. And the guys had to work hard, for the first few. Because the current was so ripping.
But when it slowed.

Mayhem, insued!

One after another came to the net.

Even Ed's good sized Yellowmouth trout. But it was wierd. The Trout waited to go nuts, when the current died. I guess they're as over the hassles as much as I am.

Sure, Ed put some to the boat while the tide was freakishly blazing along in 10' of water. And they were small Trout.

Then, Robert caught up. But Scott....he wasn't feeling the same love.

But as we fished, it all worked out and limits as I said, came to the net and went into the fish box. Trout to 21-22".

It was F-U-N.






 

 Box starting to fill by the minute.....