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A little rough about 9AM at the bird rack, Darn cold too. Noticed I was low on oil and had to head back to shields just as a boat caught on fire at the ramp. Headed back out and tried the flats 1 mi. sse of the LH in 2.5', tons of shorts, two keepers. Went to 4.5', no takers. Wind calmed about 11.

Headed to Wakulla Reef. 4 gags, one short and one borderline released. One huge remora, one 3' bonnethead, one 3' sand shark. Time to go.

Hit the flats 1 mi. se of the lh, 2 shorts, tried east river bars, nada.

Weather man was way, way off. Calm as could be after 11AM, warm and sunny by 1PM. Wind at Wakulla Reef was from the SSW. Wind at the LH was from the WNW, go figure.

Neighbors caugh fish on live shrimpunder a CT and bumped off the bottom, and squid. I caught absolutely nothing on artificials of all variety.

Cranfield posed the questions earlier this week "what would you do if you could not go fishing again?" I guess I would just take other folks fishing.

UPDATE: We caught the offshore fish on squid. All inshore on shrimp.

Seems like every time I take my neighbors fishing they establish firsts. First grouper over the side, first trigger, first reds. I remain skunked.

Her is one of my good neighbors Tony, with his first ever grouper, it went back.



Here is Dexter awaiting any scraps from the Trigger, he thinks it smells tasty:


A bonnet:

Sounds like you tried everything, DB. Good trip.

What did ya catch the grouper on?

HEY DB -

I'd be jumping up and down happy after a day like that. I had to go to Colquit Ga to visit the relatives. Like TC said- whad ya catch the groupa on?
Did you get any pictures of the fish, or that boat on fire at the ramp? Wish I could have seen that....(Sounds like you should start carrying along a quart of oil and wear a camera on your hip for those emergencies)

MJ

BTW - I started that thread about the "fishing" question....

oh yeah, weather foks were a little off. I also had to get dropped off at the inlaws for my anniversary party, 22 years. About 50 people from the wifes side there and I smelled REEEEEL good and was reeel tired. We had goat. Neighbors were kind enought to take the truck and boat home and clean it up.

Good deal DB, y'all beat the odds and had a good day. Better to go and take a look, than stay home and wish ya had.
'Say you went fishing on your 22nd annivarsity (wedding)?? If so, that's pretty bold.
'Think that kind of stuff is, what put me in the road after 26 years with the first one a few years back.
If that's the case, you better spend this afternoon hanging curtains or something, else yesterday might reach out and smite you later.
Then again, maybe she just loves you a bunch.