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  • One Fish, Two Fish, Redfish, But no Bluefish!

    Since I haven’t written a report for a while I deiced to write the novel below

    Cliff notes:
    Rudee
    White gulp on white jigs (1/4 and 1/2 oz)
    Raw shrimp!
    2014 Redfish Goal achieved!

    Went to VA Beach with a Goody, April 25-26, hoping to land some Redfish and possibly Tog if the winds cooperated. Redfish is my main 2014 goal and I really wanted to make that happen.

    4/25

    We reached Rudee around 2:30pm on Friday and got on the water around 3pm. We headed to the grass lines hoping to find the Reds. The winds were strong on Friday with the coming evening storm and it was tough to stay positioned. I left my anchor in the car and regretted it dearly. I was using raw shrimp on an 1/8 oz jig and then switched to a ¼ oz to try to feel the bottom. We didn’t have any bites and decided to go in the shallow channel thinking the fish might do the same to avoid the winds. On the way there I met a friendly yaker named T who had just limited out on Reds from the grass line we were trying. White gulp was the ticket, he said, and with the winds anchoring really helped him out. He had luck with a ½ oz white jig head. I didn’t bring any ½ oz with me thinking that it would be overkill for Rudee. But with the winds it was a little harder feeling the bottom with the ¼ oz I had. He kindly gave me one of his ½ oz jig and I went back to the ramp to get my anchor from the car.

    Armed with new info and my anchor, I headed over to the grass lines again to try my luck. Of course mother nature had a different plan and the winds picked up considerably more. I never thought I’d see 1.5 ft wakes at Rudee but sure enough it got messy quick. Goody was able to get hooked up and landed a 21.75” and it was a nice one! But that was it for the day. With no bites after trying the shoreline for another hour, I decided to troll the shallow creek with paddle tails and a 1/8 oz jig. Three quarters of the way in, my rod starts to dance and to my disappointment I had a 14” striped bass. Well I guess I didn’t skunk!

    We started to hear thunder sporadically and then became a little more consistent. Since lightning may have soon followed we decided to get off the water much to the disappointment to my headlamp and light rod. Night fishing was going to have to wait for another time…

    The good luck of the day came with dinner. We found a nice little mom/pop restaurant named Cilantro Bangladeshi Bistro. I’ve never had Bengali food but do have a taste for Indian food, so we decided to try it and it was a great find! Not your typical run of the mill Indian food. This place had thought and passion for cooking and others seemed to agree with 4.5 stars from 75 reviews on Yelp. This will be my go to spot every time I go to VA Beach!

    4/26

    The winds were stronger Saturday than the day before, so Togging at CBBT was out. We decided to head back to Rudee around 7am. When we got on the water the local HOW chapter apparently had an event going on. 30+ Yakers were out that day. With that many people I was a little worried for my Redfish Goal.

    Knowing that white gulp seemed to be the ticket the day before, I started off going opposite to where all the kayakers were headed. I found another shoreline where a single kayaker was hooking up. I anchored up down stream from him and after about 20 minutes he start to head out. We greeted and he asked if the limit was 2 or 3 for Reds. I told him 3 and he said well that’s good, I’m done for the day. He tells me White gulp on a ¼ oz white jig head was the ticket and points to where I should anchor up. I of course follow his advice but it seemed yet again that the bite stops as I get into position.

    After working the grass line for about an hour, I decided to try to increase my chances and cast out raw shrimp on the side and let it soak as I continued to work the shoreline. 20 minutes later the dead stick starts to dance, and the raw shrimp produced my first keeper Red from a kayak at 20.75”!

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    Not sure if it was dumb luck or shrimp was the ticket, I decided to soak another shrimp in the same location. Another 30 minutes and I get another Red with the shrimp! A nice 21.75”

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    So it seems that Shrimp was working so I abandon working the shore and put shrimp on both rods to soak. In the next hour I had 2 hookups and both spit the hook 1 ft from the boat. I decided to move and started reeling in my shrimp slowly to avoid it coming apart. All of a sudden, fish on! This fish pulled so much drag and I fought it through a couple of long runs and all of a sudden it came off and I let out a loud frustrated yell (sans profanity). It was so close! Unabated, I soaked two more shrimp and waited for a long time as low tide had set it. I closed my eyes a bit and dozed off for a couple of minutes only to be awaken by screaming drag and I mean SCREAMING! This one felt stronger than the one I lost and my heart was pounding not to loose it again. I kept as much pressure as I could by keeping the rod tip up and not letting it drop. After about 4-5 loong runs I managed to land it at a new personal best of 24.75”! I can now go home I thought!

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    I set out to catch one Redfish to achieve my main 2014 goal and I limited out. Needless to say I was ecstatic! Thinking about the Dr. Seuss’s title I smiled and decided to see if I could complete the line with a bluefish. I put on two crank baits and trolled the inlet to the bridge and back. Alas it wasn’t meant to be.

    The moral of my story… always bring raw shrimp!

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    -Mustafa
    ابو مسقوف AbuMasgouf (Aboo-Mas-goof ): Fish Roast Papa
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  • #2
    Good job on your first drum quest, Abu. Should be nice dinner Abu-style. I used the shrimp you gave Goody when he left. Fished that spot as well as other spots and got not even a nibble. I think the Abu mojo wasn't on the shrimp after you left...lol....
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    • #3
      Originally posted by tufnik View Post
      Good job on your first drum quest, Abu. Should be nice dinner Abu-style. I used the shrimp you gave Goody when he left. Fished that spot as well as other spots and got not even a nibble. I think the Abu mojo wasn't on the shrimp after you left...lol....
      LOL!! It was good seeing you Tufnik and great to finally chat in person!
      -Mustafa
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      • #4
        Cool! Redfish are on my 2014 list as well.
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        • #5
          Nice job, red drum pull very hard and are awesome on light tackle! I had good luck on shrimp with them at kipto last fall when they didnt seem to be interested in lures.

          I cant wait to get back on em.

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          • #6
            Congrats on the fish! I'm very jealous of all you guys that went out this past weekend....

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            • #7
              Wow! Nice fish, nice novel! Glad you got your first keeper reds, they're awesome fish. Cool that you got them on shrimp. Last December I caught a red at Kipto on a quarter blue crab meant for tog. On the menu at Red's Restaurant: Any crustacian... and gulp.

              BTW, I am guilty of having done it as well, but dozing off on the kayak = bad idea! LOL.

              Now you got me all fired up to get down there...
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              • #8
                Congrats Bro!! Looking forward to my first trip down there...and my first Red...and my first speck...and my first tog...and my...just joking. Serious about the red, speck, and tog though
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                • #9
                  Thanks Gents! I appreciate the kind words and sentiment.

                  I'm itching to get at them again to be honest! Although the action was slow, the fights are awesome!
                  -Mustafa
                  ابو مسقوف AbuMasgouf (Aboo-Mas-goof ): Fish Roast Papa
                  2016 Hobie Outback
                  2012 Hobie Revolution 13
                  "Be humble to whomever you learn from and whomever you teach."-- Imam al-Sadiq (as)

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                  • #10
                    Nice write up. On the first day I managed to catch one.

                    The second day was a different story. I managed to hookup on one each early in the morning but but it spit the hook about 4' away from the yak. After that I had no more action.

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                    • #11
                      Mustafa,
                      I just finished the weekend work and look for the pics of AbuMasgouf of several fish. No pics?
                      I am glad that you caught nice reds

                      joe
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by ComeOnFish View Post
                        Mustafa,
                        I just finished the weekend work and look for the pics of AbuMasgouf of several fish. No pics?
                        I am glad that you caught nice reds

                        joe
                        LOL! Just posted the pics from dinner in the main forum!
                        http://www.snaggedline.com/showthrea...edfish-Masgouf
                        -Mustafa
                        ابو مسقوف AbuMasgouf (Aboo-Mas-goof ): Fish Roast Papa
                        2016 Hobie Outback
                        2012 Hobie Revolution 13
                        "Be humble to whomever you learn from and whomever you teach."-- Imam al-Sadiq (as)

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