Carabelle/Lanark 2-3-08

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Carabelle/Lanark 2-3-08

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After much arm twisting,and several threats, Eerman made me go fishing yesterday. With the extreme low yesterday morning, there was no hurry. We left my house at 9:15 and enjoyed a leisurely ride to Carabelle. We launched around 10:45 and found a rising tide and a nice southeasterly breeze. we headed east and set up shop on a nice looking piece of shore line. As we eased down the bank we spooked a red here and there, but no takers. Eerman assumed a lookout position on top of the poling platform. He immediately started reporting sightings. "There's one over there. There's another one. Good gosh, there's 50 of um! HOLY COW! THERE MUST BE 500 IN THIS SCHOOL!" Eerman threw a topwater over the school and hooked up. Almost immediately his line went slack and the redfish left that part of the world with his topwater bait. I threw a jerk bait in the school and immediately hooked up. While I was landing that fish Eerman climbed down and grabbed another rod with a jerk bait on it. He launched a cast and hooked up. 5 seconds later that red left the country with his bait. While he was tying baits on I managed to catch 7 more out of the school. About the time he got re tied a couple of gentlemen in a mullet boat came cruising by and started herding mullet about 75 yards from us. After running several circles they deployed their net. While retrieving their net one of the gentlemen asked if we wanted some reds. :-? So much for that school. A little while later a kayaker eased down the bank. We saw him catch a small red. I spoke to him and told him there had been a large school working the area until the mullet fishermen asked them to leave. The kayaker paddled up to us to chat and said "I know you guys". Good to see you again, Lit. :thumbup: We eased on down the bank and picked up one or two stragglers. Then it slowed down.We tried several more spots during the afternoon, spotting a few cruisers, but no takers. About mid afternoon we moved out on the Lanark reef to see if there might be a few out there. No one home. We had decided to go back to working the bank, and were about to head that way (we were still closer to the reef than the bank) when another boat eased up to the bank. The guy in the boat put a line tamer on the front deck and pulled out a fly rod. I said to Eerman "You know who that is". I gave him plenty of room and got behind him on the bank, hopefully to watch the master, Noleflyfisher, do his thing. My intention was to ease behind him, eventually close enough to speak, but he didn't stay in the area long. Maybe I'll get to meet you on another day, Nole. After hitting a few more spots, with no success, we loaded the boat about 6:00 and headed home.

It was good to be back on the water. The company was superb. Eerman is always a pleasure to have aboard. The weather was beautiful. And, we caught a few fish. What more could one ask for.
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Re: Carabelle/Lanark 2-3-08

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Great report TC and Eerman. Sounds like it was a good day. And seeing two forum legends on the water...wow! I'd mark that stretch of water on the GPS.
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Re: Carabelle/Lanark 2-3-08

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TC, didn't realize that was you back there. Wish I had. I was ending my day and thought I'd look at that bank real quick. Nobody home. If they're there, you usually know real quick. It also fishes better on much lower water.

Glad you guys got a few. :thumbup: Hate to hear about the mullet boat.
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nice job guys. Sounds like an exciting day on the water.
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Re: Carabelle/Lanark 2-3-08

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Good report (you never write like that when you fish with me :-? :lol: )....Hope the weather is as nice this coming weekend for ya :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Good job boss.
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Re: Carabelle/Lanark 2-3-08

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Chalk wrote:(you never write like that when you fish with me :-? :lol: )
I'm sure the folks on this forum don't care to hear about our fussing and fighting during our typical fishing day. :wink: :D
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It was a pleasure as always TC...that was some exciting stuff. If it wasn't for operator error (on my part), we would have had a few more in the boat. :-?
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Good lord TC, that has to be your "War and Peace" post. :thumbup: nice report guys.
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Nice to see you guys on the water. I did ask how Eerman lost his Skitter & when he said it seperated at the leader I figured he didn't need any comments from me. 8)
The mullet boat was unnecessary. :thumbdown: It wouldn't have cost him anything to accomodate us.
Eerman, just wondering if those were the numbers you said last week that I could have auctioned? :D
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Great going guys. Glad you got out there TC & E. Hate to hear about the mullet boat :smt012
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Sorry about the mullet boat. At least they offered to share :-? Good catchin' though :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Littoral wrote: Eerman, just wondering if those were the numbers you said last week that I could have auctioned? :D
Since you wouldn't sell, we just had to go find them ourselves. :lol:
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Sweet. Bet those schools of reds got the adrenaline going. :thumbup:
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