Pay the gnat price

[Big Mike]

Today I “guided” a friend who’s job doesn’t let him fish as much as he’d like. I took him to one of our redfish spots. I may have neglected to tell him to bring a buff or he’d be sucking gnats deep into his lungs. He told me it was worth it.
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[J.A. Veil]

Good guiding work. Early morning bug bites can be awfully annoying and itchy.

[dsaavedra]

That fish is definitely worth some bug troubles!

[Shoobs]

That fish is definitely worth some bug troubles!

Agreed! Nice!

[ski357]

Nice fish! All I'm managing is small, small puppy drum.

[dsaavedra]

I paid the gnat price this morning, snorted one so deep it sent me into a fit of coughing and gagging... I'm pretty sure its still up there.

And I wasn't even rewarded with any slot redfish for my efforts. Pretty sure I hooked one on topwater at first light but it came off the hook after a brief 2 second fight and I never got a look at it. It did not hit like a rockfish and local intel tells me slot reds have been hanging out in the area where I hooked it. Beyond that I got 4 small puppy drum, 3 rockfish (largest was ~21" and riddled with sores, never seen one so sickly looking), 1 lizardfish, and 1 perch. I appreciate the species diversity, and the catch totals weren't bad, but it was a lot of effort out there this morning and slow going most of the time.