TOURNAMENT

8-3-2013--Today's group were entered in a charity tournament.  One member ended up placing second in largest trout division and the group placed fourth in the heaviest stringer division with the stringer limit of three trout and two redfish.  Early in the day we left the trout to find redfish to fill out the stringer.  It worked but it was hard for me to leave the area that I knew held the most and biggest trout.  My friend who stayed in the same area, later reported, that his group limited on large trout once the tide changed between 11:15 and 12:15.  Sorry, no pictures.

TROUT ON CROAKER

AND MORE BLACK DRUM

8-1-2013--Another black drum day.  Looks like we'll be able to go for trout tomorrow.

MORE LARGE DRUM

BLACK DRUM DAY

7-30-2012--Today's group of four caught 2 mangrove snapper early in the morning.  We moved to a channel with moving water for black drum.  The black drum are good sized.  You can see them cruising by in groups of 5 to 50.  This makes for fun fishing. The secret is to throw dead shrimp in front of them and hope they get to it before the perch do.  The anglers caught 11 of the black drum before we headed to the dock at noon.

 

JACK CREVALLE

 2-24-2013--Had a group of three, including an eleven year old boy.  He caught his first redfish right off the bat.  Later, we spotted Jack Crevalle feeding on a pod of menhadden.  I told them to bait up and throw into the feeding frenzy while I maneuvered the boat.  The boy was first in the water and hooked up right away.  He did a good job of fighting the fish.  When the fish had taken almost all of the line I cranked up and followed the fish.  The boy tired and the other fishermen took turns at fighting the fish.  After about a 20 plus minute battle the fish tired and they were able to get it in the boat.  It measured 41 inches in length.

FISHING IS IMPROVING

7-20-2013--Fishing has been pleasant the last three days but the catching has been tough.  It got a better today so hopefully tomorrow will be the day.  The group today ended up with 14 nice trout.