Monthly Archives: July 2022

Stan Simmerman took me trout fishing this morning “in his back yard”. Threw topwater baits all morning. Floating grass was a pain but that topwater bite is addicting. My first explosion was a nice puppy drum that pulled off after … Continue reading →

It was rather breezy out there this morning. It did make it cooler. I had David Brabrand and Stan Simmerman with me. We caught six big sheepshead and were back in before lunch.

I took my assistant Meghan Wells and her father Michael Wells out to try for some sheepshead this morning. There were some break-offs, pull-offs, and missed bites but both managed to catch a couple of sheep each. Meghan’s largest one … Continue reading →

Before work action

Made a quick trip before work this morning. It was blowing. Watched the sunrise. Caught a redfish.

While taking a boat ride yesterday evening, Tricia asked if I was fishing tomorrow? I said that I had no plans…what do you want to do? “Nothing, but if you go fishing and catch a sheepshead we can have it … Continue reading →

Stan Simmerman and I went fishing again this morning. This time, our target was sheepshead. We caught them, we pulled hooks, and we broke some off. We ended up with seven big sheepshead in the cooler. I also managed to … Continue reading →

It took years but I finally got Stan Simmerman to take me to one of his top-secret speckled trout spots. I really thought that he was joking about the blindfold thing. I think we drove over a bridge. We caught … Continue reading →

I started out on the flats for sunrise this morning. I couldn’t get any houndfish to play (or specks or pups). I went on out to catch some oyster toads. Those guys are always ready to play. That bite went … Continue reading →

Stan Simmerman and I ran back out to try for sheep again. First, we stopped shallow for a sunrise bite. We got the bites. We forgot about the catching. We had both speckled trout and puppy drum on topwaters and … Continue reading →