One Fish, Two Fish, Redfish, Bluefish (and two trout)

Post by **Charles** » September 25th, 2006, 8:38 pm

Walked in Saturday and Sunday evenings to the place on the west side of Goose Creek Bay where I was going at this time last year. Fished the same lures, some of them the very same lures, that I was catching fish on at this time last year. Fished the same tide conditions and murky, shallow, water conditions that I fished at this time last year.

For size reference, that's my 54 qt. cooler.

Final tally was seven reds, all in the slot, two trout, one in, one over the slot, one blue, one sailcat, one ladyfish.

Sunday saw something BIIIG jump just out from where I was. Only caught it out of the corner of my eye, so not sure what it was. Definitely was not a manta ray. Definitely a fish. Looked like a great white bustin' on a sea lion, but could have been a tarpon bustin' mullet, maybe.

Saw several macks skyrocketing on bait each day.

Might have caught some of the very same fish, in the very same place, in the very same tide conditions and murky, shallow, water conditions, on the very same lures, that I caught and released at this time last year.

Post by **tin can** » September 25th, 2006, 8:44 pm

Charles, you need to invest in some new baits. All of the fish in that area have seen all of yours.

Good report. Thanks.

Post by **birddog** » September 25th, 2006, 8:48 pm

Mighty good, Charles.

Post by **Ron Wilson** » September 25th, 2006, 8:51 pm

Nice!

Post by **Charles** » September 25th, 2006, 9:13 pm

Gee-Whiz, John, I got four tackle boxes (one of them is the biggest soft-sided tackle bag Cabela's makes) cram full of lures and soft plastics. Just ask Weaver Brown.

I got so many trays I don't have room for them in all the bags.

I only like to use:
1. A stick type topwater (TopDog Jr., Skitterwallk, etc.)
2. A double-prop floater (MirrOlure 5M, Devil's Horse, Boy-Howdy)
3. A floater/shallow diver (MirrOlure 7M, Yo-Zuri Mag Darter)
4. A Catch 2000
5. A 52M MirrOlure

Oh yeah, and then there's all the freshwater stuff:
1. Snagless Sally
2. Johnson's Spoon
3. Shallow running crankbait
4. Pork trailers

All this other stuff is just to fill the tackle boxes.

Think I should broaden my horizons?

Post by **Reel Slow** » September 25th, 2006, 9:14 pm

Very nice Charles.

Post by **tin can** » September 26th, 2006, 5:51 am

Gee, Charles, maybe I'm the one who needs to go shopping and broaden my horizons. I can put every piece of thacke I own in a cigar box.

Post by **Tidedancer** » September 26th, 2006, 6:49 am

tin can wrote:Gee, Charles, maybe I'm the one who needs to go shopping and broaden my horizons. I can put every piece of thacke I own in a cigar box.

John, that must be one big a$$ cigar box.

Great report Charles. Keep em coming.

dstockwell · Post by **dstockwell** » September 26th, 2006, 8:07 am

Nice!

Tidedancer wrote: John, that must be one big a$$ cigar box.

Chuck, I believe he meant a warehouse.

Post by **Sir reel** » September 26th, 2006, 8:36 am

That cigar box is really a tobacco barn

Good job Charles... did ya clean some of them very same fish on that very same clean'n table?? Probably not, I seem to remember that you built it earlier this year. Thanks for the report

Post by **mattfsu7** » September 26th, 2006, 1:39 pm

Charles - Where were you when you saw the BIIIG fish jump? We were fising on Sunday, just east of the mouth of the Econfina, later in the day, maybe around 3 and I caught something out of the corner of my eye that jumped also. Very big too. I assumed a manta or a dolphin.

We also fished a school of bait on the flats that was getting torn up, I expected to see scales and fish parts as we got closer, but what we caught were jack crevalles not macks.

Post by **SHOWBOAT** » September 26th, 2006, 6:53 pm

poons are definitely around. I saw several rolling in the creeks around the lighthouse last weekend. My buddy hooked one about a 2' that tossed his jig on the first jump.

Good work on the reds Charles. That's a fine looking dinner, but you've been making these types of posts for years and I expect nothing less.

Post by **Charles** » September 27th, 2006, 4:14 am

tin can wrote:Gee, Charles, maybe I'm the one who needs to go shopping and broaden my horizons. I can put every piece of thacke I own in a cigar box.

GrandPa Pulley used to carry all the tackle he wanted for an inshore or freshwater trip in a small coffee can. He used to say if he wanted to carry a bunch of stuff around, he could stay home and do that.

North of Live Oak Island, Matt. Btween Live Oak Island and West Goose Creek.

New fish cleaning table. This one I can lay a slot red on and not have it hanging over off both ends.

Post by AJ » September 27th, 2006, 7:58 pm

Very nice Charles, very nice.