I decided to reschedule a few trips away from all this SSW wind we’ve had. We also had some thunderstorms in the area. I loaded up my schedule for the rest of the week so I will have plenty of reports. In the mean time, here is a shot of my buddy Ray from the school of drum that we came across the other day just off the beach on Pea Island.
Check out this fatty from my trip this morning – Just under 27″ and fat as can be. We had a 21″ trout and 2 flounder this morning too. Overall though – I would say it was pretty tough fishing we worked hard for what we caught.
I had Evan, Carey, and Jack with me this morning. We had an awesome trip – started out with a couple bites, but made a move that really changed the day. We got on a bite and tugged on some nice drum. Jack said it was the best workout hes ever had, Ha! At one point, we had a fish hooked up and he had about 5 or 6 of his buddies swimming along with him trying to eat the spoon out of his mouth. We put our limit in the box and kept catching. We saw a couple big sea turtles and some dolphin to top off the day. Sometimes I wonder how I used to spend every day trying to fix broken computers for a living!
Today I had some repeat clients from last year. These guys are a trip and know how to fish. Unfortunately I had a tough time putting them in the right place today. We started off pretty good with 3 drum in the box in about 30 mins. Tried another drift along the same area and nadda. Retied and relocated to a different spot for a different species – but managed 1 more drum out of a deep slough. Bounced around (and I mean bounced!) with the 20+ SW wind but couldn’t find a trout or flounder either. Still had a great time – Thanks for joining me again guys – I’ll see you this spring!!!!
Watch this video my brother just put together of some drum fishing on the Outer Banks! If this won’t get you pumped up to go fishing, I don’t know what will….. Enjoy!