EVERYDAY, EVERY CALL ''PRACTICALLY'' ALL SUMMER IS 4 PEOPLE. WHY???
ITS NOT LIKE THAT IN THE WINTER.
WITH 2-3 WITH VERY LOW EXPERIENCE, USUALLY.
I USUALLY WON'T BE TREKKING UP RIVER WITH 4, TO FLOAT-RIG FISH.
TODAY, ADD IN 20 KNOT WINDS FROM THE WNW, AND YOU HAVE BRUTAL CONDITIONS!
STARTED OUT AT THE SHRIMP BOATS, ABOUT 2 MILES OUT. SHARK FISHING.
HAD SEVERAL SMALLER 30 POUNDERS, SPEEDY, BUT NOT HEAVY WEIGHTS.
THEN A BBBIG BOY! AND IT DUMPED THE SPOOL SOMETHING FIERCE.
MY BOY ON THE ROD, WAS BRUTALIZED, HE WAS OFFICIALLY BUTT - KICKED!
THEN, AFTER 30 MINUTES WE LOST IT, TO A PULLED HOOK. DAMMIT.
WENT BACK IN THE RIVER TO SIT IN THE WICKED WIND AND FISH SHRIMP AND CUT BAIT.
ZERO BULL REDS.....BUT WE DID CATCH AND PUT IN THE FISH BOX SOME .........
ENORMOUS WHITING.
BIGGER THAN KEEPER SIZE SPECKLED TROUT.
15+ INCHES.
NOW DATS SOME BULL '''WHITING''!
IF WE COULD HAVE HAD 25 OR 30 OF THESE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A ''MESS''.
BUT ONLY A DOZEN.
THEY WERE EATING ''SHARK BAIT''......PIECES OF CUT BOSTON MACKEREL.
GUESS WHEN WHITING GET THAT BIG, THEY ARE REAL MEAT EATERS.
DIDN'T GET THE BULL REDFISH I WANTED. BUT IT WAS A FUN, BUT IT WAS A WINDY ROUGH AZZ DAY.
REMEMBER FOLKS
BEST DAYS EVER, ARE JUST TWO PEOPLE
NOT FOUR!
WHY ALMOST EVERY TRIP IS 4 IN THE SUMMER ALWAYS AMAZES ME.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MONDAY. HAVE A HUSBAND AND WIFE, THAT'S ALL
AND WE'RE GOING TROUT FISHING!
