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Tagging Drum

Yesterday, we went out with Dr. Hamish Small to help him with his red drum research. We caught 9 red drum and a cobia. They were all tagged and released. We also caught a flounder, which was not released. Three … Continue reading

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Drumming

We took Dr. Hamish Small back out to tag red drum this morning. We caught 10 red drum, including one that was already tagged, a black drum, a nice flounder, a number of bluefish, and Stan Simmerman caught a full-grown … Continue reading

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Morning Reds

We took Dr. Hamish Small out to tag red drum this morning. The largest of the drum are being fitted with psat tags. These tags will release after 45 days and transmit their recorded data. Please keep an eye out … Continue reading

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Pop-up Reds

We went out with Dr. Hamish Small this morning on a research trip. Over the next month or so, Dr. Small will be deploying 20 pop-up satellite tags on large red drum. These tags will release from the fish after … Continue reading

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Big Reds

Yesterday, I trolled plugs along the oceanfront and caught multiple sharks. Today, I tried again and caught multiple red drum. I like the drum better.

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Spectacular Morning

After being beat up by big red drum and a sporty ride in yesterday, I’d planned to take today off. Got a message from: Stan Simmerman, thinking about trout fishing, interested? Yep. The morning started with a topwater explosion and … Continue reading

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Red Seas

Trolled along Virginia Beach today. Big schools of red drum south of Sandbridge. Cranked until I got too tired. Spanish were being caught by the fleet. Sounded like some good cobia catches off of the CB buoys and a handful … Continue reading

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3 old men

I had the pleasure of fishing on the Special Kate this morning with the Southalls. It was a beautiful morning and that is all we fished. We had Hunter and 3 old retired guys. It was a beautiful ride. It … Continue reading

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Hot Tuna

Rough ride out on the Special Kate this morning with Charles Southall and Hunter Southall . Ride back was about the same. 6 yellowfin tuna, 7 or 8 dolphin and a bird. The bird was released.

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Little Cobia

I went out with Stan Simmerman this morning after cobia, in the wind and rain. We caught 3 little cobia. Each was smaller than the one before. Before it got too embarrassing, we came in for lunch. Each fish was … Continue reading

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