Met Chris at *Deleted by Management* in the AM to try our luck catching some fish. Chris always seems to have better luck then me when we get together even if it's cats and ladies. He's a die hard GULP fan and they will produce when nothing else will. Trouble is they produce alot of fish I don't want so I don't throw them. Water was nice and flat with no wind what so ever. We paddled out and I BLAMO! Fish On!
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hooked up on the 1st cast with a nice trout and new we would have a good day on the water.
Chris was throwing a gold spoon at first because he's new to that type of lure and wanted to see if it would produce again. After a while he speeded it up a little and started catching fish...Catfish on a spoon oh yea
I BLAMO! Fish On! and it's a small Jack which when I first saw it near the boat looked like a small pompano which would have been my 1st...
We saw a Manatee checking us out and were glad we did not hit him while paddling, he was a good size one and easily could have tossed me into the drink...I hate to admit it but those things scare me
We finally hit a big grass flat and it was BLAMO! Fish On!
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for both of us for nearly every cast. I was catching trout while pulling my backlashes out thats how thick they were, Lady fish too...I mean it on every cast. My arm flat got wore out.
I saw a small school of Reds in front of my boat and got "Buck Fever" and cast my baitcaster into the wind. I got the birdsnest you can only dream about and my new Catch 2000 I stayed up last night putting on new hooks went to the unknown.
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I paddle to the shore to retie and sooth my butt with a little standing. Chris pulled in also and kept fishing....Then it was BLAMO!Fish on
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...He had a good bend in his rod and hoped it was not a catfish...This is an action shot!
It turned out to be a nice 20 inch red which Chris released unharmed
After retieg and having some cold water back out onto the flat we went in search of some bigger fish. The grass was perfect and bait was being balled up all around us. Not quite the fields of it i'm use to seeing but it was abundant. Finally after catching dozens of trout, ladies, and catfish I landed and released this trout.
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Now thats where I start to like catching trout. We fished on till it rained and then fished some more. It was not until the bolts started coming down that we headed in catching fish all along the way. A great way to begin the weekend. I could have take more pics but my camera is huge and I got tired of pulling it out. I need a water proof pocket camera and i'll make reports like Horneybear. BLAMO! Fish On!
I think I can dance.
Bill
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