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Decided to post this report today because we don't see many reports during the middle of the week and if yall are like me I like to see new stuff on here everyday Anyway fished on Saturday with my dad, we were fishing at 6:20 am and fished until 11:15, had afternoon commitments that why I was not at the ragatta, went west like I normally do and started out in 4-5 ft of water. The water was pretty clear and we had 4 keepers in the box by 8:00am. It slowed down as the wind in close shut down and we picked up a couple of more keepers before it just quit. Decided to move out toward the bird racks due to the reports from here and as we were motoring out there the wind picked up. Fished out there for about an hour and picked up 5 or 6 fish but only one keeper . I told my dad that now that the wind had picked back up we should move back in and try to limit out. We went back in close and there was still no wind , whats up with that. It was like there was a wall about a mile off shore that would not let the wind in. We only had about an hour left to fish so we stayed there anyway and picked up another 3 keeper fish. The color of the day was Glow white/red tail SA under the C/T. Total fish for the day was 18 trout 11 keeper size from 15 to 22 inches, had to throw back a 22" because we had our two over 20 already, 2 catfish and 1 something. Good day on the water and a great day with dad. This site has made me a better fisherman and has allowed me to have some good fishing days with my dad.
Very nice report. Sounds like a lot of fun. And thanks too for the photo Tom. Maybe it is the thing, but if not it still made my morning! Of course, I am easy to please.
Thanks for the report Tod. Your right about wanting to see something in the middle of the week.... even if it was from the weekend. Thanks for the information.
"Good Judgement" comes from experience, ... and a lot of that..... results from "Bad Judgement".
Tom I don't believe that is the critter. The body is two wide, the fish I had was looked like its head was two big for its body and the mouth looked like ALL TEETH.
I've heard that called a "squirrel fish". Doesn't look squirrely to me tho at least the "toad fish" looks toady. Tom's pics are really great aren't they. Great report - your 1/2 day was way more productive than my 1/2+ day but I fished the opposite half from you on Sat. WTG
Anyway fished on Saturday with my dad, we were fishing at 6:20 am and fished until 11:15, had afternoon commitments that why I was not at the ragatta, went west like I normally do and started out in 4-5 ft of water. The water was pretty clear and we had 4 keepers in the box by 8:00am. It slowed down as the wind in close shut down and we picked up a couple of more keepers before it just quit. Decided to move out toward the bird racks due to the reports from here and as we were motoring out there the wind picked up. Fished out there for about an hour and picked up 5 or 6 fish but only one keeper 
. I told my dad that now that the wind had picked back up we should move back in and try to limit out. We went back in close and there was still no wind 
, whats up with that. It was like there was a wall about a mile off shore that would not let the wind in. We only had about an hour left to fish so we stayed there anyway and picked up another 3 keeper fish. The color of the day was Glow white/red tail SA under the C/T. Total fish for the day was 18 trout 11 keeper size from 15 to 22 inches, had to throw back a 22" because we had our two over 20 already, 2 catfish and 1 something. Good day on the water and a great day with dad. This site has made me a better fisherman and has allowed me to have some good fishing days with my dad. 
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