Met at JR's early Wed. morning and made our way to Econfina. Having watched the weather closely for days, I knew the wind and rain was on the way but had hoped to at least get a good morning in before things deteriorated. Ran out of the river to find the wind MUCH stronger than forecast and some darn heavy chop at the mouth.
Versus giving my guests too rough of a ride, stopped just outside the mouth and threw out a few cajun thunders with live shrimp. Almost instantly hooked a short.
Thought for sure we would have big numbers even with the bad luck on the wind. After the short... nothing. Absolutely nothing. So made a rough run out to 6' to 8' waters. Marked tons of fish. Threw everything we had in the boat at them. Nothing.Thought, "OK -- time for a change of plan" so headed to a couple of favorite redfish spots. No luck at the first stop. Second stop we throw some thunders with shrimp out and get a few quick bites -- SNOT CATS!
About ready to jump in and drown my sorrows, but since the guests are just happy to be catching something I decide to be patient. See my college pal's cajun go under fast and steady and am almost certain it's a red... it is, and a tournament one at that!
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Couldn't have ended the day in a better way as we all had a good laugh at my luck. 
Winds actually died down later in the day giving us a pleasant ride back in. Had to really work to put fish in the boat, but all agreed at days end we had a good time.Final picture taken back at the ranch.
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