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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