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Tried our luck around Peter's Rock Area in the early AM with little result. We caught only one small Spanish off of a thunderspin and one nice Speck off of CT and Tipped Jig however there were a few misses. After a little tide line moved through around 9:45-10, the fishing slowed to a halt. We tried trolling with some home-made rigs but could'nt make it work. We ran over to the Oyster Bars around Shell Point/ Oyster Bay around 11 to meet a friend who had caught a nice Red early but after an hour or so with no luck, we decided to try it again around Stony Bayou. So, we ran back across the bay and set up in 5-7 ft of water drifting with the SW wind. Around 3:00 the fish started to bite and we just repeated our drift through the target depth of water. Our luck came mostly from closer to the bottom using straight jigs bumped off the grass or CT's and live shrimp with longer leaders. We could'nt make ourselves quit and didn't trailer the boat till 7:30pm Here is our results.
Speck's (keepers) - 9
Speck's (short) - ~40
Spanish - 3
Bluefish - 1
Misses/cutoffs - a ga-zillion
Pinfish/Needlefish - too many
First Timer Randy with two keeper specks
Paul with the lone bluefish
Me with a nice Spanish
For the first time I saw a couple more Scout boats on the water like mine. One looked exactly like mine down to the trolling motor and polling platform. If any of you are reading this....you have great taste and look good on the water!
Nice lookin catch Seems I saw ya'll on the water did ya'll notice a G3 with SOPCHOPPY REDNECK on the side Catchin was a chore yesterday, but a chore I love ta do
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
Wevans - was that you on the oyster bar off shell point? You must have seen me break my trolling motor bracket - I was fighting with it and the current when I drifted too close!:smt120
Here is our results.
did ya'll notice a G3 with SOPCHOPPY REDNECK on the side 
Catchin was a chore yesterday, but a chore I love ta do 
