Bottoms 5-13-06

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Bottoms 5-13-06

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Got on the water at 6:30, a bit chilly but very little wind. Went out to the spoil bar and the first fish on was around 25 inches :thumbup: broke my new rod when I set the hook :thumbdown: but got him almost to the boat before the line broke and he left with my new Sitter Walk :smt010 The bite was slow and I had two 17's, a 19 7/8, and a 22 incher when I left at 11:30 ta come get the wife and yougin :-D stopped by Crum's and they replaced the broken rod with another :thumbup: Wife and youngin was nowhere ta be found so, I eat and went back by myself :-D with the high tide, I went to my Redfish spot and on the third cast had fish-on, it was an exactly 27 inch Red :-D :thumbup: couldn't do no better than that so I went on back to the flats ta try the Trout again :smt004 fished for an hour with no bites and was gonna just run in when I decided ta hit the point of Bottoms before I give up, about 6 cast later, I got to actually watch as a Cobia swam up to my new Skitter Walk and inhale it :smt007 after about 5 minutes of give and take, I netted the fish and she proceeded to break the replacement rod into 4 different pieces in short order :o only 30 inches so, back overboard with her :smt010 loaded up and went back to Crum's, they said I needed ta catch smaller fish when they give me another replacement rod :smt004 "no hassle over it though" :thumbup: all in all a pretty good day :beer: :beer:
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Post by dave7 »

Nice report - :thumbup:

Sorry to hear about the rod - I broke one today....can't blame it on a cobia though :roll:
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Post by DixieReb »

:( Two rods in one day, wow! :smt010 Too bad the cobe wasn't big enuff. Ya need one o' them Quantum 7 ft. casting rods. I broke one in yesterday( no pun intended) and got some nice big trout on it. I was in Crum's place the other day. Man, he has a lot of tackle. Spent an hour just looking around. :roll:
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Post by Eerman »

Sounds like a good day on fish, not so hot on rods. :-D
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Post by RodBow »

good deal. ya still running the 808's?
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Post by Reel Slow »

That is some fine fishing! :thumbup:
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Post by mjsigns »

WTG Wevans- two busted rods- 2 replacements- Excellent day :thumbup: :thumbup:

When you gona get one of them cheap digital cameras?
Shot of that Cobia and the busted pieces rod would have been worth
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Post by 2true »

Mr. Crum is always good to me.

Good report!@
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Post by wevans »

RodBow wrote:good deal. ya still running the 808's?
I use nothing but spining reels now "a Red Dot and 2 Daiwa 2500 combo's" :o still got the Zebco's for the wife and youngin"s though :-D

I have a camera MJ, but the last time I took it on the boat, I had to send it off for replacment "it don't like being even near the water" :smt010 I hope ta find a water resistant one CHEAP some day :roll: :beer:
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Post by manley »

Sweet!

Crum's seems to be good folks. :thumbup: Be careful though, or they might ban you from the store. :lol:
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Post by devans850 »

Wevans...you are just to strong for the average rod. Put you and Mike in a boat together ya'll could put crum's out of business :-D ..sounded like you had fun tho WTG :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Post by tin can »

Sounds like ya had a good day, cept for tha rods. :thumbup:
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Post by birddog »

Reel nice, Wevans. :thumbup:
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I have a camera MJ, but the last time I took it on the boat, I had to send it off for replacement "it don't like being even near the water" I hope ta find a water resistant one CHEAP some day
I just have an old cheapie Kodak I take in the boat in a water-resistant case. It's been wet a couple of times, dropped several times and still seems to keep clicking. Here's a shot I took Friday in Jacksonville....

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Not intending to steal your thread, but I managed to keep the camera relatively moist after this shot and it still works. I even have to use duct tape to hold the battery door closed.... :-D :-D :-D
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Post by qoutrage »

Thanks for the report Waldo. :D Crum's in Panacea . :thumbup: :thumbup:
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