Morning Trout

Posted on August 27, 2023 by admin

Fished for speckled trout the past two mornings. Yesterday in my boat, today with Stan Simmerman. Some topwater bites first light. Caught a couple each morning, lost some. Then the bite stops. Early morning feed.

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blacks

Posted on August 18, 2023 by admin

Ran the flats this morning. The haul seine boats were working. Had one topwater bite that did not come tight. Caught a couple of black drum on the reef. Pulled off a couple of other fish that felt like sheep. Back in for lunch.

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Drum and Trout

Posted on August 13, 2023 by admin

After sitting through 4 days of fisheries meetings, I needed to get back on the water for a reminder what it is all about. I did a little flats fishing and a little reef fishing. I caught trout and drum. I lost a big speckled trout but I held onto a full-grown red drum on my little sheep rig. Fishing is better than talking about it.

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Cameron’s Birthday

Posted on August 1, 2023 by admin

Today is our son’s birthday, Cameron Neill . Started celebrating this morning with a speckled trout trip. He didn’t go. He went to work but I did send him photos of his celebration. I caught 8 speckled trout and a spot who thought it was a trout. I had 3 topwater bites first thing and did not get any of those. I had one big fish that I lost at the net. Came back in to join Tricia for birthday lunch and ice-cream. Cam is having a great birthday!

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“Huge” Trout

Posted on July 25, 2023 by admin
I went fishing for speckled trout this morning. I missed some, pulled off a couple and caught five.
I get excited catching most any fish from spot to blue marlin. A big speckled trout gets me going as much as any. So, when the fish hit like a freight train and fought like a devil, I admit that I probably got overly worked up. I finally got the fish close enough to see that it wasn’t a drum or a rockfish but rather a huge speckled trout. It had no intention of getting in the landing net. If there had been a witness, he may have heard me talking to…begging the fish: “please get in the net, I’ll let you go, I just want to tag you”. At my 3rd failed attempt, I could see that only one tine of a single treble hook was barely holding in the monster’s lip. I knew the hook was going to pull. I may have brought in God at that point, offered him my first born if he would let me catch this fish.
The hook pulled…just as the fish swam into the net. It was huge, 28 inches long, maybe even 29!
I think that I need a new tape measure. Mine said that the fish was 24-inches. Still, very happy to have gotten it. Beautiful fish that I was very fortunate to catch. True to my word, I released the fish after tagging it.
Now, I have to tell my son to stop planning his wedding and that he has to become a priest. I’m sure his fiancé will understand. The fish was huge…really big…it was a nice trout.
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Big Pup

Posted on July 23, 2023 by admin

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Speckled Morning

Posted on July 21, 2023 by admin

I had a single topwater bite at dawn this morning. That was it. It was an 18-inch speck that turned out to be the biggest of the morning. No other bites until a school of 16-inch trout decided it was time for breakfast at 7 am. Until about 8:30, bites on every cast. That was a lot of fun. Missed some, lost some, ended up catching 9. Then breakfast was over and no other bites.

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Weekend

Posted on July 18, 2023 by admin
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Puffer

Posted on July 9, 2023 by admin

No luck with the trout this morning. This smooth puffer thought he was one. Fought pretty good, thought I had a puppy drum.

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Ribbons and Sheep

Posted on July 8, 2023 by admin
I trolled plugs along the oceanfront yesterday. I caught ribbons. This morning, I stayed close to home and caught big sheep and some tautog. The ribbons were not too bad. There were enough that those that wanted to catch them did but they were not overwhelming.
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