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Fished the falling tide on Saturday morning starting a little after 9 with a buddy from work and his 7 year old son. Late start because of the tides and the fact that I had a brand new cranking battery from Crums. I won't write about Friday night's adventure other than to say after I lost my cobia in the grass things went from bad to worse and it is lonely in the dark. We fished a spot that held fish two weeks ago throwing live baits and a variety of gulps and soft plastics with one 15.5" trout to show for it. I wanted to stay close to home because of all the dark clouds around us, but finally decided to make a move. While running to another spot ( it was rough), I ran over a big transition so we turned around and decided to drift over it. Great decision. The 7 year old caught a 17" unassisted on a silver shrimp plus a couple of shorts and I let him reel in my 4 from 18-21". He also got to fight the bonus 3.5 ft Atlantic sharpnose that took my drift bait. He wanted his picture taken and his Dad told him I wasn't going to put the shark in the boat. Well, I hate to disappoint kids, so I grabbed the shark held him for the picture. It is a great pic. We swung around for another drift and I heard thunder, so we hammered down and managed to get the boat out before the bottom fell out. A short but productive trip. The best part was the marker on construction paper thank you card I received yesterday that said "thank you for taking me fishing" with a drawing of us on the boat.

Awesome report! The kid will remember that forever.

Awwww

nice work, but how about sharing the story from the night before

Not much to say. I lost my cobia in the grass and got frustrated. it was getting dark so I decided to head home. I turned the key and got about two turns from the motor and then silence. I turned off all my electronics and tried again and no luck. Plugged in my trolling motor and yep, it is dead also. Called the wife (honey I may be a little late) and my neighbor (who had put his boat in the shop) and started with the paddle. The tide was ripping out and I made no progress. I then started throwing my anchor out and dragging the boat to it. After an hour, I had made about 100 yards. My neighbor was able to borrow a boat and come get me. we jumped the boat first try and I made it in. Comedy of errors. I thought it was going to be simple. My Sea Tow membership is up to date and I should have just called them. Anyway, no trouble with the new battery on Saturday.