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REALLY GREAT TO HAVE MIKE M. BACK IN THE BOAT. HE ALWAYS SAID, ''WHEN MY BOYS GET OLDER, I'M BRINGING THEM''
WELL, I BELIEVE THEY WERE 13 & 16. AND WERE GREAT TO HAVE ABOARD.
THE ORIGINAL DAY WE WERE GONNA GO WAS ON 12/26, BUT THE ''WEATHER GUESSERS'', SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE 15 KTS FROM THE NW, AND BURNING C-O-L-D.
AS IT TURNED OUT, THE WEATHER GUESSERS WERE WRONG. AND 12/26 WASN'T THAT BAD AT ALL.
SO WE SHOVED OFF AT 7AM ON SUNDAY INSTEAD. IT WAS COLD, 30 DEGREES AND VERY LIGHT WINDS, AND SUNNY.
MIKE SAID, HE'D LIKE TO TRY FOR SHEEPSHEAD.
BEING THERE'S NO FIDDLER CRABS IN THE COLD WEATHER. I OPTED FOR $20 WORTH OF BLUE CRABS TO USE, AND BROKE OUT THE CLEAVER AND CHUNKED THEM INTO PIECES.
WE MADE A LONG RUN TO A FAITHFUL SHEEPSHEAD SPOT......
AND NEVER HAD A SHEEPSHEAD!!!!! ONLY TOADFISH. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
THEN WE WENT TO A AREA WHERE I'VE BEEN CATCHING BLACK DRUM AND SHEEPSHEAD.
OH, WE HAD DRUM ALRIGHT. TWO 10 INCHERS!
AND MORE TOADFISH. WE STILL HAD PLENTY OF CRABS, AND IT DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER IF THEY WERE PURE GOLD. NO ONE WANTED THEM, BECAUSE NO ONE WAS THERE?
OKAY, ON TO A SPECKLED TROUT SPOT, A GOOD ONE....''THAT HASN'T PRODUCED MUCH, BUT IT WAS CLOSE TO USE.''
HOURS, OF FLOAT-RIGGING LIVE SHRIMP. HARDLY A BITE, SHRIMP DYING OF BOREDOM. A MANGROVE SNAPPER......
THEN FINALLY, A B-I-G 5 POUND SPECKLED TROUT.
VIDEO COMING....BUT NOT ALL VERY EVENTFUL.
OUR TIDE DIED OFF LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH, SO N-E-X-T ? BECAUSE WE STILL HAD A WELL FULL OF SHRIMP.
WENT TO WHAT SHOULD BE A YELLOWMOUTH TROUT SPOT. IT WAS A CATFISH SPOT, WITH ONE BLUEFISH. TOSSING KNOCKER-RIG 1/2 OZ. EGGS WITH A SHRIMP PINNED ON.
DIDN'T GO TO THE JETTIES, SHOULD I HAVE? MAYBE. BUT LAST TIME I WAS THERE IT WAS PRETTY DEAD ALSO.
NEXT UP: A 1/2 DAY ON TUESDAY.
YOU CAN'T TELL ME THE COLD DID THIS. I'VE HAD DAYS COLDER, WHERE IT WAS A BANNER DAY. PROOF IS ALL OVER MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL:
https://www.youtube.com/c/captdavessportfishing
