Past the barb and in the drink

I had Chris, Paul, and Hunter on a morning half dayer for some light tackle pullage.  We pushed off at 0600 and headed  out in sheet glass conditions.  Shortly after we arrived at the first stop we started catchin’ em.  Mostly short trout with some mystery bites in the mix.  The bite started to slow down a little while we worked our way down the bank.  Hunter gets a nice cast in a pretty little pocket and pulls out a beautiful keeper red all lit up.  That one goes in the box.  We start hitting a few fish on the one little point so I pull the boat up to the bank.  After catching a few I decide to push off and keep moving.  In the process of pushing the boat off the bank I managed to take a swim.  Wasn’t the worst thing that could have happened since the heat was cranking.  The total was approx. 20 trout, 1 striper, 1 flounder, and 1 drum.  Inshore slam baby!  Towards the end of the trip I decided it would be a good idea to stick a trebble hook in my hand when I was unhooking a fish.  Overall a fun time with these guys, thanks alot for fishing with me!

Downpour

I had Jim and his crew out this morning in some unfavorable weather conditions.  I’ve never watched the radar so much in my life.  We took off at 0600 and started catching fish.  Even after all the radar monitoring we still managed to get caught in the motherload of downpours (sorry guys).  Screaming down the sound at 40mph when its raining like that doesn’t feel very good.  So we get back to the dock and the guys head back to their cottage to fill up on eggs and bacon.  An hour later we head back out and give it another shot.  We had clear conditions with some light wind for a change.  We got a ton of hits, we missed alot of fish, but we also caught quiet a few. These guys had a great time and I enjoyed their company.  Enjoy your trout and we will see you guys next year!

Professor Tommy

Fished on Tommys boat this evening. He caught em while I sat back and took notes.

Stevie and his Striper

I had Stevie, David, Jack, and Ken with me this morning.  We caught a bunch of trout right out of the gate.  The catch of the day was Stevies pretty striper that ate a gulp shrimp. Great fight on light tackle! A very enjoyable morning with great conditions and great company. Call me to book your trip the fish are biting! (252)455-9790

Hunter & crew trout slaughter

I had Hunter and his crew this morning for some speckled trout fishing.  We had great action from start to finish as we limited out on specks. We also found a nice keeper drum in the mix.  We spent last hour of the trip trying for a flounder. We hooked one but it was about 8 inches.  Thanks guys!

In the afternoon I had Todd and his stepson Dustin on board with me to get off land and put some meat in the box.  We had alot of action, but the fish shrunk from this morning so alot of them were short strikes or non keepers.  We ended up with enough for dinner, but plenty of smiles and a great memory for them. Thanks a lot, lets do it again guys!