5 minutes out of the river at Hickory mound, a 20" spanish just takes my lure and runs with it. I finally stopped him and watched the smoke coming outta my drag..
. Got him in the boat and we caught about 7 or 8 short trout before the water calmed and the bite stopped. We headed out around 11 to our grouper spots and left a buddy and his new wife inshore (They wuz on their honeymoon-now that's a wife!)
This proved to be a mistake (Leaving for grouper- not his wedding)
Anyway, we trolled for what seemed like forever with not a SINGLE strike. Anchored at what is out best spot, bottom fished and NUTTHIN'. The highlight was 8 dolphin that surfaced about 3 feet from the bow while I was letting the wife captain the boat. She was worried she was going to chop em up....They rode along with us for a minute, and I guess they got bored and took off. As the water was super clear (full visibility at 30 feet) we watched them go down and take off. Few minutes later, a sea turtle came up to google us for a few seconds.
Came back in around 3 pm to find my buddy had 4 keepers in the boat and was puttin the 5th in. He was still at Hickory mound. Of course, I being the bright guy I am, decided to try rock island. The wind had picked up, so I was getting a good drift toward shore. Again, we started getting shorts one right after the other. Finally ended the day with 2 keeper trout, and 2 spanish around 20".
Oh, I guess I will also have to say, my buddy and his new bride limited out on trout......
Moral of the story: If your buddy says the fish are bitin where he is, GO WHERE HE IS....
Oh, and I am proud to say, I finally beat my wife. She got skunked..
Dubble
