01 June 2008

Cindy and I have been trying to get a trip set up for months now. Her Mom just had back surgery a few months ago, putting a damper on our fishing for a little while, and is finally in good enough shape to take on some fish!

We met at Shoreline Park at 0630, launched the boat, and got underway before the crowd showed up at the ramp.

We started the day looking for a Trout around some piers. Never a Trout did we find, but we did locate some Mangrove Snappers that were hungry. Unfortunately, all the Snappers we caught (6 or so) were just shy of the 10" minimum set by the state. A quick run to another of my favorite docks, that's been holding slot Reds. 4 casts, 3 bites, 2 Redfish, 1 broken leader.

Once we got our Reds in the boat, we decided to mix things up a bit. I haven't gotten on a Spadefish bite since last summer. I've recently gotten a few reports of them around so I headed to see if the reports were true. Indeed they were and, even with the poor water clarity at our spot, we hooked 4 and landed 2. With dinner in the well, and the sun rapidly rising, we returned to Shoreline Park. After 20 minutes of waiting to tie the boat up and another 20 min to get the truck to the ramp I got the boat loaded and cleaned our catch.


Thanks again Cindy, I had a great morning.

You guys keep an ear out for Cindy (MY 107.3 in the mornings)