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Kens Birthday Grand Slam

Good friend Ken and myself spent his birthday morning searching for some fish to pull on.  The grey overcast gloomy day started off pretty slow with a couple trout a small striper and alot of missed bites.  I decided to make a move and it was game on!  First a nice trout, then drum after drum for a couple hours, a few flounder mixed in, and smiles all around.  It was just one of those magic mornings.   We headed in after a few high fives to go check the surf.  We were greeted with some sun waist to chest high waves with nobody out.  I felt like it was my birthday too.  Enjoyed the morning Ken, Happy Birthday dude!

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Sweatshirts in August

I had Matt and company on Thursday morning.  We had some throwback drum and one keeper in the box.  I made a long move mid morning that didn’t end up being a good one.  Good effort by the fisherman, poor showing by the fish.

Friday morning I had Larry and his son Donovon with me.  It was probably the worst weather I have had a charter in this year but we grinded out some nice dinner!  These guys braved the 25mph NE wind and borderlined chilly conditions.  We tucked away behind some points and creeks and caught some nice trout and a fat orange puppy.  With the tough conditions we also missed a few solid bites with the wind just creating so much slack in the line.   We were tucked away in a creek and a saw a gator trout 3-4lbs easy come completely out of the water on a shrimp.  We threw topwater at it for a while with no love. Glad to see some solid keeper trout showing up again after being invaded by dinks for the past month.

Thanks for fishing with me guys!

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Couple lemon fish

My original plans for the day fell through, so I wasted no time with the calm conditions.  Called up a buddy and away we went searching for browns off the beach. . . Conditions were so calm that the glare was terrible.  Fortunately it was so slick that you could actually see the fish making a small wake or “V” on the surface.  We saw 10 or so . . . hooked 2.  Fun day

Sound charter Thursday stay tuned for report! Thanks for checking Salt Minded

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Seein red

Pup fished this morning with Tommy and what a fun morning we had. . . A dozen or so reds with some small trout mixed in.  Tommy had to blindfold me on the way there.  Great way to start the day

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Triple A

I had Anthony, Andrew, and Adam with me this morning for a half day trout trip.  We managed to find the land of shorts with plenty of little guys and only 3 keepers!  We only were able to bring home two because the smart captain that I am netted a keeper, grabbed it off the hook, and instead of tossing the lure in the water and the fish in the cooler I did the opposite.  Oh well, the laugh we got out of that was more enjoyable then the trout sandwich. Haha, that was one lucky trout.  Thanks for fishing with me this morning guys, we will see ya next year!

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