Very late report - 8/7 and 8/10 - Turkey Point
Posted: September 1st, 2009, 2:16 pm
I had a week off between the end of summer classes and beginning of fall so Dad got us a place at the Moorings for 3 nights to do nothing but fish. I took a little boat with me to fish flats a couple days when we weren't going offshore with Dad. Here's how it turned out inshore.
Launched at Alligator Point at 6:30 and made the run on over to Turkey Point. Started out the morning picking up a nice 19 incher on the first drift. nearing the end of the drift I saw some reds working around the edges of the Turkey Point Shoal so I figured I'd spend some time messing around up there. I started blind casting working a she dog and kinda scanning the surface. I look back to my lure and here comes a nice red. I see him about 3 feet behind the lure when he decides to charge it and inhales my she dog! After about a 10 minute battle of my drag singing and him turning my tiny little boat in a circle I get him boat side and secured. He measured just under 26 inches and in the box he went for supper. Finished out the rest of my morning with 3 more trout. Total for Friday morning was 4 trout, 1 red
I fished Turkey Point again on Monday, except with 2 other buddies on the boat this time. It was kinda cramped but we still managed. Started fishing around 7 again but it was a little slower this time. We ended up with 4 more trout for Monday. However, Will did catch this hoss (pictured below..you can tell which one i'm talkin about) which made for a nice conclusion to the weekend.
Launched at Alligator Point at 6:30 and made the run on over to Turkey Point. Started out the morning picking up a nice 19 incher on the first drift. nearing the end of the drift I saw some reds working around the edges of the Turkey Point Shoal so I figured I'd spend some time messing around up there. I started blind casting working a she dog and kinda scanning the surface. I look back to my lure and here comes a nice red. I see him about 3 feet behind the lure when he decides to charge it and inhales my she dog! After about a 10 minute battle of my drag singing and him turning my tiny little boat in a circle I get him boat side and secured. He measured just under 26 inches and in the box he went for supper. Finished out the rest of my morning with 3 more trout. Total for Friday morning was 4 trout, 1 red
I fished Turkey Point again on Monday, except with 2 other buddies on the boat this time. It was kinda cramped but we still managed. Started fishing around 7 again but it was a little slower this time. We ended up with 4 more trout for Monday. However, Will did catch this hoss (pictured below..you can tell which one i'm talkin about) which made for a nice conclusion to the weekend.
