19 May 2007 A.M.

There's nothing I like more than to take kids fishing. Getting a kid on the water, watching their face light up as the boat gets up on plane, man it makes me smile just thinking about it. Today was one of those days...

Met Rocky, Clint, Matt , Randy, and Jake at 0600; for a morning of fishing we will all remember.


We started our day fishing the grass flats in Big Lagoon for the elusive Speckled (Spotted) Sea Trout. We found the Bluefish first, and after putting one in the boat and being cut off two other times, we got our Trout strike and our second; both on live shrimp under a cork. Unfortunately, we weren't able to make the most of those opportunities for Trout. However, the next stretch of water proved successful for Jake, with a Jr. trout for our Jr. fisherman.


The wind began to pick up, so we decided to head to the Pass and try our luck with the Redfish and Flounder. On the way we stopped so I could throw the cast-net for some Pinfish and Bull Minnows to use for bait. We arrive at the Pass at @ 0800, to a bunch of boats fishing the local inshore tournament. Keeping our distance from the tournament guys, we begin dropping shrimp and minnows to the bottom, on Carolina rigs. Within minutes we're hooked up with none other than the feline of the fish world.....the Catfish. Although they're not as good to eat as their freshwater cousins, it was a lot of fun catching them. After Jake weeded through a dozen or so cats we finally catch a target species, a nice Flounder.





Another short move and the catching really began. Drifting over some bottom structure gave us our first Redfish of the day , a fish that measured well over the 27" slot maximum. Here are Randy and his son Jake with the brute.

It wasn't long before we all began hooking into LARGE Redfish. Rocky and Jake double teamed one fish, and Matt finally was able to keep one on the hook long enough to get a pic with it. Shoot, even the Captain got to catch one!!!

The end of our time brought a tally of:
8 Redfish
1 Flounder
1 Speckled Trout
1 Scamp
6 or so Bluefish
More Catfish than I can remember



All in all this was a great time, shared with really good people, who know how to have a good time. I hope to get to share another day with these folks in the future