Healthy Grin Sport Fishing

Went out on the Special Kate this morning with Charles Southall, Hunter Southall, and Wes Blow. We went under the bridge soon after sunrise. We ran up the beach a bit and put out 3 baits. Fish on. Caught that one. Put 2 baits out while we worked on that fish. Fish on. Released that fish and put out the one remaining rigged bait while we tried to deal with the first one. Fish on. After releasing that one, we were smart enough not to put out anymore baits. Boat fueled, cleaned, and put up, fish cleaned…all before lunchtime.

I ran out with Stan Simmerman at sunrise today. It was blowing. Stan caught a couple of big red drum. I was exceptional at netting his fish. We were back in for lunch. Lunch was fresh Outer Banks bluefin tuna courtesy of the Special Kate. Thank you Southalls!

David Brabrand took Stan Simmerman and me fishing today. It was blowing way too much. I told Tricia Neill that they wouldn’t go and that we would end up going out for breakfast. Dang it if those old guys aren’t tough. We skipped breakfast and went fishing. No trout today but the red drum bite continues. It made braving the wind and skipping breakfast worth it.

Stan Simmerman took me after speckled trout this morning. At the start, it was looking like one of those trips where Stan just brings me along to net his fish. I did manage to hang onto a couple. We did not catch a lot but the ones we did were nice.

Fished with Stan Simmerman this morning for speckled trout. We didn’t do anything with the trout. The puppy drum bite was rather excellent. Caught a bunch up to 30 inches long.

My first fishing trip of the year was today with Stan Simmerman. It was cold and the fishing was not hot. We did manage to catch a few speckled trout up to 23 inches long.

I ran out in the dark after speckled trout. It really was not that dark. I caught most of my fish under an eerie full moon before the sun came up. I mostly caught little speckled trout with one nice trout and a 25-inch red drum. I think Tricia’s birds were better at fishing than me.

A beautiful sunset last night was followed by some good speckled trout fishing this morning. I did not get the number of bites that I have been getting. All of those little trout must have moved. My first bite turned out to be a 23-inch puppy drum. Next was a 24-inch drum. I thought my third bite was another pup but it turned out to be a 24-inch trout. I lost three nice trout at the boat, all over 20 inches and two were citation-sized. I landed eight trout. One was 18 inches. The rest were all over 20 inches including four between 24 and 26 inches long. I did not miss all of those yearling trout at all. Really nice class of trout this morning.

There is an impressive yearling class out there. For most of the morning, it was a 12-13 inch trout on every cast, no matter where I fished. I did manage to catch a handful of nice trout up to 24 inches long and a single puppy drum. Another beautiful sunrise. Life is good.