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.
Well the storm passed with little to no damage up here in town. Some of the towns down south (Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo) got hit pretty hard. I got back on the water with Ken to see if the storm effected the fishing at all. Nope!
Caught a handful of drum and some flounder and the water was already nice and clear. Looking forward to my trips this week. Still plenty of openings so give me a call and book your trip!
Took my daughter Hazel out in the Kayak for some daddy-daughter time. We cruised around the canals looking for wild life. After that we headed to some sandy bottom flats where we got out and swam around for a bit. Before we headed in, of course, we had to squeeze in some fishing. We drifted across a very shallow flat and found a bunch of drum tailing in about 8″ of water. Sight casted a few of them and let Hazel reel them in. It was a great time!
I just wanted to drop in and give a quick report from the past few days / nights. We continue to have great puppy drum fishing in the sound. There has been some keeper flounder mixing in lately – especially with this NE wind. I went gigging last night and managed to stab a few keepers. If anyone is interested in a flounder gigging charter – give me a shout! Once the wind dies out I will probably try and bag a few more cobia for the freezer before the big push moves up to the Chesapeake Bay. The guys up there are seeing / catching a bunch when the weather allows. Thanks for checking www.SaltMinded.com!
My friend Patrick and I fished the Bayliss Triple Crown tournament yesterday (5/26). This was the second time I have fished in the tournament. It is a great event with great people, and all for a great cause. This year, the typical trout, flounder, drum slam was replaced with a bluefish, flounder, drum slam. Trout season can open back up as soon as June 15th.
We started off the morning looking for a puppy drum. We managed to put one in the boat pretty quickly. Since it was a decent fish that we knew we wouldn’t be able to improve on a whole lot, we decided to try and get the bluefish.
I’ve never fished so hard for a bluefish in my life. When you don’t want to catch one, you can’t keep them away. We trolled the inlet, fished sabiki rigs, casted spoons, you name it. Everything I knew about catching a bluefish – we tried it. After almost 2 hours of chasing a bluefish, we decided to run back inside and maybe try and catch a flounder.
Somehow, I managed to catch about a 7 inch bluefish on my gulp. I watched him following the bait all the way to the boat. Im not sure he was even hook because right when I pulled him in the boat he flopped right off into the bottom of the boat. Ive never been so happy about catching a bluefish.
Now it was time to get the flounder. We ventured back to a flounder hole that I usually only access by kayak. It was very shallow getting in, and I had Patrick on the front of the boat and my Outboard trimmed way up. Finally got a flounder to hit – and put a 16″ in the box.
I can’t say our slam was a very impressive one, but it was the ONLY one. We took home the crown and a cool $200. The softshells and grilled tuna at the weigh in are just the cherry on top of a great day. Big thanks to Bayliss Boatworks for putting on such an awesome event!
