Econfina 5-16-2009

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Econfina 5-16-2009

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My buddy Justin and I struck out from Moultrie at 5:00 Saturday morning to do a little scouting and sight seeing out of Ecky. After a pretty swift ride down and getting him a new license we were launched and headed down the river with no real plan but high expectations.
We hit our first spot around 7:45 and started casting. Justin started us off having a bad day. This was his first trip with his new custom rod and Shimano spinning reel. He made 2 casts and I heard him cussing, somehow while retrieving his sppon the line got caught under the drag knob and caused a heck of a mess :smt011 . He wound up pulling half of the line off and rerigging everything. The next cast he lost a new Mirrolure :smt009 . We were drifting a CT and GULP! behind the boat and even managed to birds nest it while dragging. :evil:
We were fishing along a shoreline and hitting some creek mouths and seeing a few mullet jumping and getting a few short strikes but nothing in the box yet. Justin losses a maybe keeper at the boat :smt022 and we talk about taking him back to the truck before something bad happened.
I switched from the Super Spook to a twitch bait and after 2-3 casts the drag sings and live is good again.

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First keeper redfish of '09 :smt023 . He went 26 1/2" and my cheap BPS scale said 5-6#.
We kept fishing and Casey Cook and his chick, stopped and talked and went off to try to find some trout. They were dang hard to come by. Justin and I both managed a few sail cats and a hard head.
We made a few moves and a bunch of casts and bait changes and ate some crackers and drank some beer.
Justin asked me if I wanted to net his trout and I said "HELL YEAH and boated this little fella.

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He went 17" with a really messed up tail. We both had enough for sandwiches. :lick:
A few more moves and bait changes and a couple of beers and we called it a day. We had the boat loaded and headed home by 4:00 with 2 fish and 100 mile ride back to the house.
I even made it back in time to take Christy to the TCCHS prom. We caught some fish, nothing broke and I even got a few bonus points at home.
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Better than doing yard work! :thumbup: Glad you got out there.
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Glad you got out Mathew. Nice red :thumbup:
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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At least nothing broke. Glad you and Justin got out there.
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Good trip :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Nice report. Is that a Pathfinder you were fishing out of?
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Atticus wrote:Is that a Pathfinder you were fishing out of?
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Nice red :thumbup: :thumbup: Glad ya'll got out there.....Beats the heck out of what I did all day Saturday, put up fence :smt011
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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nice report. How was prom :D
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Starting to wander outside your safe zone aren't you?
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Brian,
The prom was alright. We even had a romantic dinner on the way home at Whataburger. It was a loooonnnnngggg day.
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Good looking fish, RC and Justin. Good seeing y'all on the water as well.
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Atticus wrote:Nice report. Is that a Pathfinder you were fishing out of?
Nah, a 220 Bay Runner Sea Chaser.
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Thanks for report! Lack of salinity on flats makes for a tough time finding trout for sure!
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Re: Econfina 5-16-2009

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Nice trip RC :thumbup: :thumbup:

What no pics from the prom :smt102 :smt043
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