DaParson's Fishing Adventures

Dewey and I headed out to the Jetties today. There was a strong SE Wind in the morning that turned more eastwardly later in the morning. The waves were too much to fish out at the end in the channel - but we were able to find a spot on the leward side of the Jetty. The water temp was 76.1 and we fished a tepid outgoing current We found some stucture that held some fish and Dewey took out a light rod and began to haul in the sand trout, whiting and croaker. He turned 1/2 pound of dead shrimp into 47 fish (not counting hardheads) with about 40 being keeper size! I kept harassing him about Crappie fishing at the Jetty - but he did provide us with some bait for the big rods. The first fish that hit my balloon line was a 4 to 5 foot spinner shark. He hit the bait - the jumped clean out of the water. At first my mind thought "Tarpon" - but it is too early - and it was clear that it was a spinner shark. He put on a tremendous show - but I lost him when I chewed through the ...

I caught this Jack after I put one of the sand trout Dewey caught under a balloon. It was a wonderful fight - with the line being fairly far away from the boat - his initial run almost spooled me. After I turned him - it was a long tedious fight with three good runs. I really don't know what this Jacks are good for - but they do put up a whale of a fight! 

Dewey and I had the pleasure of taking out fellow 2Cooler - Brad - aka Palerider - out to the Jetties today. The weather looked good with a front approaching later this evening - water temperature was great at 71.2 - we had a brisk incoming tide - small baitfish were busting all around - we had everything going our way ... except for the fish! We moved 4 different times - fished at all the "hot spots" that usually produce - but it was just s-l-o-w fishing today. And for the life of me - I cant figure out why! We fished with Crab, Shad, Shrimp, Whiting and Sand Trout - floated, ballooned and on the bottom. Just one of those days!

This is the only Red we caught on the day. One Red - One Drum and Palerider caught several sharks - one at about 4 foot. We wondered what could have been the problem with the fish. At first we thought it was some kind of Divine Retribution for picking on Bucksnort - but we figured that couldn't be it - because we usually catch fish - and we pick on him ALL the time. (grin) Finally we came up with the theory that the Fish were just full of Easter Candy from the previous weekend. Still - although the fish didn't cooperate - it was great meeting a new friend - Brad - and always good to be on the water. Can't wait till next time to put it on the Reds.

Digital Cameras are wonderful. And they take great pictures - IF YOU ARE SMART ENOUGH TO SET THE FOCUS RIGHT!!!! Don't I feel BRILLIANT!!!!! Danny Webb, Dewey and I hit the Jetties today. On the day, we caught 9 Bull Reds, 4 Black Drum, 4 Sharks and various Gaftop and Hardhead. The water was in very good condition - 71.8 - with a slight SE wind. We were able to fish out towards the end by Honey Hole. All fish were caught on Cracked Crab and Cut Shad. We couldn't buy a bit on Shrimp.

Things were fast and furious at times today. Here is Danny with a double of two bull reds. While he was venting one - another Rod took off and he grabbed it. I really do feel bad about the bad focus of the picture. 

Here is one of the Black Drum that Dewey caught on the day. 

Here is Danny with one of the four Black Drum we caught on the day. 

Here is Dewey with a nice Redfish. 

Although we didn't catch many Black Drum today - we did catch this one and 3 others. We speculated that the Drum Run may have eneded earlier - but we also weren't fishing close to the Jetty either. We fished more in open water today. 

Dewey's rod went off - the fish swam toward the front of the boat. Rather than wrestling all the lines - he handed the rod to me. So we tag teamed this Redfish!