a weekend of big' uns....6/14 and 6/15
Posted: June 16th, 2008, 8:26 am
Saturday I launched out of Ecky with my buddy Matt in his john boat. Went looking for trout, but mostly found reds. I put the first three slot fish in the boat on topwaters, then it was Matt's turn. As we were going over an oyster bar in about two feet of water a hog grabbed his Skitterwalk. It cam all the way out of the water and it was definetly an impressive fish. I quickly reeled in, grabbed the net and was on standby. About 4 good headshakes later there was a huge tail kick and the drag starts screaming....??? Chase the fish for about ten minutes to see the big trout has turned into a 6' shark..... 
. He eventually breaks Matt of and we return to fishing. Decided to head into a creek I had never been in on the way home and find the reds stacked up. We put a couple more in the boat including a 26 3/4" stud. Blackened redfish for fathers day.
By Sunday I had worked through some more of the electrical issues I've been fighting with my boat and told Katie we should take the dog for a boat ride. After breakfast at Savanah's we launched from the light house. Get over some good bottom (mix of rocks and holes) in 2.5' and start seeing tarpoon everywhere; free jumping, gulping air, pushing wakes and just cruising around. About 15 minutes into watching them one bust some bait about 25' from the boat. I throw the bite-a-bait about 10' past it and start walking.....explosion. He tagged my tw leaving a hole about the size of the front deck on my boat. No run out this guy he quickly hit the surface and snapped my 12# leader. Proceeded to jump three more times trying to throw the plug. Probably a 5' 60-70 fish. Katie's first real live experience seeing one out of the water; now she wants to know why we don't target them more often....
. After that another boat ran up on the flat and I never saw another fish. Ran inshore and stuck a couple reds, then called it a day.
Hope ya'll had nice father's day...it was a nice weekend to be on the water.
. He eventually breaks Matt of and we return to fishing. Decided to head into a creek I had never been in on the way home and find the reds stacked up. We put a couple more in the boat including a 26 3/4" stud. Blackened redfish for fathers day.By Sunday I had worked through some more of the electrical issues I've been fighting with my boat and told Katie we should take the dog for a boat ride. After breakfast at Savanah's we launched from the light house. Get over some good bottom (mix of rocks and holes) in 2.5' and start seeing tarpoon everywhere; free jumping, gulping air, pushing wakes and just cruising around. About 15 minutes into watching them one bust some bait about 25' from the boat. I throw the bite-a-bait about 10' past it and start walking.....explosion. He tagged my tw leaving a hole about the size of the front deck on my boat. No run out this guy he quickly hit the surface and snapped my 12# leader. Proceeded to jump three more times trying to throw the plug. Probably a 5' 60-70 fish. Katie's first real live experience seeing one out of the water; now she wants to know why we don't target them more often....
. After that another boat ran up on the flat and I never saw another fish. Ran inshore and stuck a couple reds, then called it a day. Hope ya'll had nice father's day...it was a nice weekend to be on the water.
