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More Sheep

Wes Blow and I went after sheepshead again this morning. We caught four up to 13.1 pounds. We also caught a red drum, a black drum, and a sad looking tautog. It was missing an operculum and had a messed-up … Continue reading

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Trolling and Wrecking

This weekend was trolling along the oceanfront and wreck fishing in the bay. The ocean was nice and calm. Ribbonfish were plentiful but you could get out of them when you wanted. Spanish mackerel were jumping all over. The boats … Continue reading

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Independence

I went on a couple of morning trips over the Independence Day Weekend. Saturday, I did a fairly good job using up my chum and eels catching sharks. I did mess up and catch a little cobia. Sunday morning, I hit one … Continue reading

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Teeth

Friday, I trolled the oceanfront and caught ribbon fish and cobia…mostly ribbon fish. The charters were doing well on Spanish mackerel and I heard of one king encounter. Today, I chummed in the bay and caught cobia and sharks…mostly sharks. … Continue reading

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Tagging

I ran out for a short reef trip Friday with storms in the forecast. Tried for a sheepshead. Caught some tautog,  numerous gray trout, baby croaker and a bunch of oyster toads. No sheep encounters. Two togs already had tags. I … Continue reading

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Tagging Cobia

Stan Simmerman and I went chumming to tag some cobia today. We caught 4 and missed a few more. I saw a v-wake coming towards the boat that I thought might be a cobia. It turned out that the lone … Continue reading

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Quick Cobia

I made two very short cobia trips this weekend. Tagged and released a cobia each time. Stan Simmerman went with me the first morning. I went solo this afternoon.

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Preseason Cobia

My wife’s birthday was Thursday. Thursday afternoon, our daughter just showed up at my office. She was supposed to be in Texas, pleasant surprise…the sneaky thing. It did change some fishing plans. No fishing Friday, family stuff. Saturday, I got … Continue reading

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Yesterday’s Drum

I did catch a big red drum yesterday. I spent most of my time trying for black drum without any luck. I saw a cobia swim by the boat. It was small. It did not even occur to me to … Continue reading

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Burrfish

I ran out to the shoals Thursday after work. Couple of other fishing club members had the same idea and were out there when I got there. None of us caught anything. Well, I caught a big southern stingray so … Continue reading

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