FINALLY, WAS BACK TO JUST 2 PEOPLE. (best inshore trip overall, in my mind. and my mind knows all)
STARTED OFF AT THE N. JETTY ON THE FALLING TIDE.....UGH!
WHY I WENT THERE I DON'T KNOW. WANTED TO LOOK AT THE OCEAN I GUESS.
DROPPED DOWN SOME CUT POGIES AND INSTANTLY GOT A BITE.
~~~~NURSE SHARK~~~~
THE BIG UGLY "KITTY KAT"" OF THE SHARK FAMILY. MAJOR DEAD WEIGHT.
NOTHING ELSE DOIN' SO WE BEAT FEET UP INTO THE RIVER, AND GOT SOME REDBASS, BOTTOM FISHING.
1-BREAK OFF.
1-CAME UN-HOOKED RIGHT AT THE BACK OF THE BOAT
1 - LITTLE GUY A 10 POUNDER
1- 35 POUNDER (THAT'S THE WEIGHT I GIVE THEM WHEN THEY SMASH THE BOGA-GRIP ALL THE WAY.)
AS USUAL, THE CURRENT ON THE RISING TIDE GOT HEINOUS, SO WE WENT BACK TO THE JETTIES, FISHING THE RISING TIDE.
WE HAD, MANGROVE SNAPPERS, JACKS, BLACK DRUM, SEABASS (OF COURSE) AND A MUTTON SNAPPER.
REALLY? A MUTTON SNAPPER? YEP, I'VE HAD SEVERAL SO FAR THIS SUMMER. THEY HANG OUT WITH THE MANGROVES. AND THERE'S MANY TIMES LITTLE LANE SNAPPERS IN WITH THEM.
JUST THINK. WHEN THEY DREDGE THE RIVER DEEPER AND BANG INTO CHINA ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE'LL REALLY GET EVEN MORE SALTWATER INFLUX OF SPECIES, AS WELL AS CURRENT THAT'LL BE UN-FISHABLE........"OH JOY!!!" (THERE'S ENTIRE STRETCHES OF THE RIVER NOW THAT THE CURRENT MAKES IT UN-FISHABLE, IN MY OPINION.)
WE HAD 3 BACK DRUM TO THE BOAT. 2 NICE KEEPERS AND A SMALL THROW-BACK.
WE MAY HAVE HAD MORE. BUT THE SHARKS AT LEAST 5-6 TIMES ATE WHATEVER YOU HOOKED UP THAT WAS A NICE FISH.
YA' GO FROM FIGHTING A NICE FISH TO FEELING A BIG BUMP, AND THEN OFF THEY GO.......DRAG SCREAMING UNDER THE BOAT.
LOTS OF LOST TACKLE, FOR SURE AND FISH.
SATURDAY: BACK TO A GROUP OF 4, IN THE WIND?
NORTH-NORTHEAST 15-20 KTS.
