Visibility was about 300 ft for most of the 9 miles out on near smooth 61 degree water. 'Don't know what the air temp was, but it was very comfortable-- 'Maybe around 70 or so with no wind to speak of.
The first spot was in 46' calm water. L/Y's and SS producted several shorts (reds/gags), and few grunts and sea bass. The fishfinder indicated a good amount of fish over a structured bottom, but the bite was less than great. I gave the jig a few trys without any success.
After about a hour, we decided to move about 3/4 mile to spot 2- More shorts, a couple of nice reds, which were close enough for argument, but returned to grow a little. Then Freddy landed a 33"/21lb3oz gag, his largest grouper every, which producted the grin in this photo.
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------------------------It was also the only keeper of the day.
The wind picked up to about 10mph around 1PM or so, along with associated wave action, and the bite nearly died. About 3PM, the wind dropped off,and the water settled a little. We tried 2 other spots with no particular luck, before calling it a day around 4:30.
Dense fog stayed with us throughout the day with visibility, ranging from nil to maybe a mile or two.
The trip in was slow to watch for others, but a good ride. We ran out of the fog, as we rounded the east end of Dog Island.
I think, the Son-in-law really enjoyed the day, as Freddy and I did, even though he didn't catch a keeper. We sent him and the family home this morning with 10-12lbs of fillets from the big guy Freddy caught.
His parting words were, "I will be back".
'Bout forgot to mention, we left the boat in the water overnight at a friends place near the old Julia Mae's site. Not being familiar with the channel off the bayou to the river, I managed to get the prop in the mud (Oops, low tide). With no pushpole it looked like one of us was gonna have to get out and do the deed....Until we saw a friend and his buddy coming to fish the bayou. They were in, what appeared to be a 12-13' skiff with about a 10 horse kicker. I raised the motor, and them 10 horses pulled us about 50' and into the river. All this to an audience of workers on the bridge and the crew of the State FWCC crusier docked at the Moorings.
Thanks again, Nathan...
QO
