Friday, August 10, 2018

8/8-8/10 - River fish vacated! (TROUT VANISHED)

TRIED THE RIVER TWICE. EARLIER THIS WEEK AND TODAY.
THE CROAKERS I WANT FOR BAIT ARE ABSENT FROM WHERE I WAS CATCHING THEM JUST A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE. 

THE RIVER SALINITY  WHERE I WAS FISHING IS QUITE LOW. AND ALL THE TROUT BITES DROPPED OFF LIKE A ROCK!

SO I STARTED TESTING AT LOW AND HIGH TIDES. 

A FEW TRIPS WITH NO TROUT OR REDS HAS ME HEADING EAST TO THE JETTIES HERE IN THE DEEP DARK MONTHS OF SUMMER, I GUESS.

THE REDFISH ARE EATING POGIES AT THE VERY END OF THE ROCKS, FOR THE TROLLING MOTOR CROWD.  I CERTAINLY CAN'T ANCHOR AT THE VERY TIPS OF THE JETTY ROCKS!

POGIES FOR ME HAVE BEEN A REAL BITCH TO CATCH. SO SCATTERED. AND NO MATTER HOW HARD I WORK HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY AFTER SO MANY BOATS RUN AROUND THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEAL IS. 

TODAY I TRIED TWICE TRYING TO GET JUST A DOZEN. RUNNING THE BOAT, LOADING UP THE NET, STEERING, TURNING, HERE AND THERE, THEN HAVING TO THROW ON THEM IS A LOT LIKE W-O-R-K!  I DO IT. BUT IT JUST HASN'T WORKED OUT FOR ME.

SO TODAY I GAVE UP AFTER TWO DIFFERENT TRIES.

FISHED ''DAVE'S OLE STAND-BY'' ......FRESH DEAD SHRIMP!

SOUNDS REAL ''LOW TECH''. BUT WITHOUT LIVE BAIT, IT CATCHES!

HAD LARRY & DILLON ABOARD, PUTTING UP WITH THE CRAZINESS OF DAY ONE OF OPEN RED SNAPPER SEASON. THE BOAT RAMP WAS A TOTAL JOKE!!

WORSE THAN ANY TOURNAMENT DAY EVER!

VIDEO COMING SOON!

PEOPLE WERE PARKED A 1/2 MILE AWAY ALONG A1A!!!!

I WAS AT THE RAMP AT 5AM.
TWO HOURS BEFORE WE WERE TO DEPART.

JUST TO MAKE SURE I HAD NO PROBLEMS PARKING MY TRUCK AND TRAILER. 

YES, I WAS 2 HOURS! EARLY.

HELL, I WAS UP AT 4AM....AND I'M DOING THIS REPORT AT 9PM, AND MY ASS IS REALLY DRAGGING AFTER A 15 HR DAY!!!!!

HERE'S WHAT WE DID. THEY WEREN'T BIG. BUT THEY WERE ''SOME WHAT'', PLENTIFUL.

WE CAUGHT,  ''BLACK JETTY SNAPPERS''.....JOKING.

NAW, WE CAUGHT A  3 - PERSON LIMIT OF BLACK DRUM. THREW BACK THE SMALL ONES.

BUT IF THEY MEASURED 14 INCHES...THEY WENT ON
I-C-E!

KEEPING 10 OR 11, OF THEM. AND LOST A FEW LARGER FISH.

































THE LARGER CROAKERS ARE ALSO FLUSHING OUT OF THE RIVER, SO IT SEEMS. WE CAUGHT PLENTY. KEPT A FEW OF THE REALLY LARGER ONES.

NOTHING GLAMOROUS.  BUT WE HAD ''F-I-S-H IN THE COOLER!''

REPORTS ARE, even fishermen offshore on the reefs are catching big Bull Redfish! Now, that's a flush, for deep summer. 


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