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Kevin (Kevinfry) and I hit the creek last evening- jet ski heaven on a Saturday afternoon- lots of boat traffic- really nasty winds, too- waves in the mouth were dangerous breakers- ask me how I know...had to try it- at least once- I did; made it out in the Bay and back but it was a wild ride- didn't try that again- it started out slow- had a few bites on UL tackle- small stuff- croakers, small redfish- started trolling an XR8 XRap olive and hooked up- for the next 35 minutes I fought another big cownose ray- finally got it boat side and Kevin tried to help but we couldn't coordinate- Finally got my hand wrapped around the leader I straighten out the hooks on the XRap and release a very large ray- cut my hand with the line but saved my XRap lure.
Kevin and I had camera problems yesterday- my waterproof camera is shot- won't hold a charge- Kevin changed his batteries at the start of our trip- his was dead, but at least he fixed his by replacing his batteries- mine is the rectangular lithium type-
Right before dusk, fishing picked up for me- started hitting 13 inch redfish pretty regularly- caught three pretty quickly- one on UL spinning tackle and the other two on jig tipped with 4 inch Gulp- no big stripers this trip but conditions were not right- winds were wrong, water was turbid, boat traffic, jet skis- you name it; it was wrong- but we still caught fish- I ended up with a dozen fish released- three croakers, four redfish, four white perch and a big cow nose ray- I had a small striper hooked that I lost at the boat when I grabbed the leader, but that doesn't count as a catch-
The tides were high (4 pm) when we started and began falling- we fished the outgoing tide most of the afternoon- I fished top water poppers as much as I could given the strong gusting onshore winds and hard running outgoing tides in the mouth of the creek- the rough waters with breakers in the mouth made it just too tough to be successful- I felt sorry for Kevin paddling in those conditions- it was hard enough with the Hobie Mirage Drive system- we got our exercise yesterday-
Kevin and I had camera problems yesterday- my waterproof camera is shot- won't hold a charge- Kevin changed his batteries at the start of our trip- his was dead, but at least he fixed his by replacing his batteries- mine is the rectangular lithium type-
Right before dusk, fishing picked up for me- started hitting 13 inch redfish pretty regularly- caught three pretty quickly- one on UL spinning tackle and the other two on jig tipped with 4 inch Gulp- no big stripers this trip but conditions were not right- winds were wrong, water was turbid, boat traffic, jet skis- you name it; it was wrong- but we still caught fish- I ended up with a dozen fish released- three croakers, four redfish, four white perch and a big cow nose ray- I had a small striper hooked that I lost at the boat when I grabbed the leader, but that doesn't count as a catch-
The tides were high (4 pm) when we started and began falling- we fished the outgoing tide most of the afternoon- I fished top water poppers as much as I could given the strong gusting onshore winds and hard running outgoing tides in the mouth of the creek- the rough waters with breakers in the mouth made it just too tough to be successful- I felt sorry for Kevin paddling in those conditions- it was hard enough with the Hobie Mirage Drive system- we got our exercise yesterday-
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