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Launched out of Spring Creek about 8:00 am with my father and cousin. We headed out to the grass flats out in front of Smith Island. Started a drift at the sand bar that took us toward the Shell Point buoy. My father and cousin started hooking up with short spec's about every other cast. The depth was between 4 and 6 ft with water temp at 78 degrees and calm seas. I had to fish the other side of the boat in the 6 to 8 ft depth. To say the least, they had a blast catching all those shorts and laughing at my lack of luck. I finally hooked up and thought I had a really nice keeper on the line. Turned out I had a 22" spanish and I was surprised he didn't cut the line. I was happy, had the big fish for the day. We headed in about 11:30 as the bite had stopped. Totals for the morning were:
20 short Spec's..... that swam away
1 19" spec
1 22" spanish
We was running around out there some also that day "looking for a Red around the bars and just showing Scott around the area We did't get a single bite over that way course it was after we got our limit over in the mouth of the river and I think they had shut down by the time we went over there "around 10 or so" Most of our fish was cought by 7:30 or 8, next to nothin after 8 ya still gat a couple nice fish there
“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.”
What's the best way to get to Oyster Bay? Only way I ever did it was to put in at Spring Creek, and I had a heck of a time getting my boat on the trailer!
I always put in at Bottoms and run over there "about 2 or 3 miles"
“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.”
I launch at Spring Creek. As long as I catch the tide before it drops below 1.5 ft, I can load my 17' Carolina Skiff without any problems. Just watch out for the hole on that one side of the ramp.
If it's high tide, I sneak into my sister's place and use their ramp.
I finally hooked up and thought I had a really nice keeper on the line. Turned out I had a 22" spanish and I was surprised he didn't cut the line. I was happy, had the big fish for the day. 
We headed in about 11:30 as the bite had stopped. Totals for the morning were:
course it was after we got our limit over in the mouth of the river and I think they had shut down by the time we went over there "around 10 or so" 
ya still gat a couple nice fish there 
