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Had the opportunity to pre-fish and fish the TKAA Tournament this year Wednesday - Sunday. My goal for the week was to get out to the CBBT as many days as possible (have to scratch that itch when you can!). The goal for Wednesday was to try for Sheepshead, flounder, and drum. Ended up spending more time trying for Sheepshead and the bite turned on quickly for a short period of time. Ending up having two come off the hook after fighting them for a bit and then finally landed the third, which was 24.5". F19FF083-EA0F-493B-8E07-DDEE716C1C31.jpg
The forecast for Thursday didn't look good, but after looking at the ACTUAL conditions - it seemed perfectly fine to launch. Ended up being great conditions and landed a nice 48" Red Drum on live bait.5D596597-3D3F-4E3A-B196-5E9A38ED6494.jpg07944857-1652-42DD-81B4-5667E6A213C7.jpg
Friday was a bust for fishing at the bridge with NE winds rolling through and we tried at Rudee for specks without any catches. However, it was nice to relax and paddle around looking at some of the large yachts in the inlet currently.
Tournament day was Saturday and we decided to go out to the CBBT to try for big drum, since earlier in the week went well. It was my Dad's first time out there and within fives minutes of dropping a bait down, he was hooked up to a solid 47.5" drum. I couldn't believe our luck. It was a blast to see him get pulled around by that drum and eventually land it. I ended up hooking up to a large drum within the next hour and landing it. We measured it at 48.5", however the measuring tape got covered and bunched up in the photo, so we lost 4" for the tournament on it, but nevertheless the next largest drum was in the 20" class for the tournament. A couple of other kayakers hooked up to some drum near us, but had some misfortunes in the fight. We ended up taking home first and second place in the red drum division. This was my second year fishing the tournament and both years were a good time. Hope to see some others there next year!
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The forecast for Thursday didn't look good, but after looking at the ACTUAL conditions - it seemed perfectly fine to launch. Ended up being great conditions and landed a nice 48" Red Drum on live bait.5D596597-3D3F-4E3A-B196-5E9A38ED6494.jpg07944857-1652-42DD-81B4-5667E6A213C7.jpg
Friday was a bust for fishing at the bridge with NE winds rolling through and we tried at Rudee for specks without any catches. However, it was nice to relax and paddle around looking at some of the large yachts in the inlet currently.
Tournament day was Saturday and we decided to go out to the CBBT to try for big drum, since earlier in the week went well. It was my Dad's first time out there and within fives minutes of dropping a bait down, he was hooked up to a solid 47.5" drum. I couldn't believe our luck. It was a blast to see him get pulled around by that drum and eventually land it. I ended up hooking up to a large drum within the next hour and landing it. We measured it at 48.5", however the measuring tape got covered and bunched up in the photo, so we lost 4" for the tournament on it, but nevertheless the next largest drum was in the 20" class for the tournament. A couple of other kayakers hooked up to some drum near us, but had some misfortunes in the fight. We ended up taking home first and second place in the red drum division. This was my second year fishing the tournament and both years were a good time. Hope to see some others there next year!
EA6A411B-7E22-4651-9DDA-F4D78906B3CB.jpg25E048A9-0032-40A0-BEAC-FD7779997C55.jpg
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