The Dave
08-14-2011, 10:33 AM
We headed out yesterday for another early day of CK inshore fun. These early morning trips are good for avoiding the heat.
We were on the first spot when it was still dark,and even though we could see bait jumping everywhere the bite didn't really pickup until the sun started to rise.
I was determined to give the topwater thing another shot, but after several casts with no results I switched to Gulps and started to get some hits.
At one point I looked over and the sunrise looked just right and my gut told me to try again and throw a badonk in that direction. As soon as I took the slack out of my line I had a strike ! I was pulling this thing closer to the boat, we had the net ready, it made a few runs, and when I got it to the boat we were greeted by a big ole Sail Cat. I didn't measure it, but I'm guessing it was 18-20". I also did not think to get a pic because even though it was a decent sized fish, it was still a catfish.
After a few more casts I went back to the gulps since the other guys had landed a few reds on them.
We were seeing action all around us and I had yet to get my red, I casted over to a splash and ended up landing a 28 incher.
We stayed there for a while and got a few for the box and landed a few shorts. Before we left Joe pulled in a 32" red.
I made sure to point out to him that my red looks bigger in the pic though :grin
A lot of good action close to shore, I think I saw about a 4-5' tarpon jump at one point. Iv'e never seen one in CK, but I'm pretty sure that was one. Maybe I'll get him to pose with me for a pic next time.
We headed out to deeper water and caught a mixed bag of throw backs - some cats, a shark, and a good sized gar that we were told is the "most dangerous fish in the sea" :shrug
It was getting hotter and we knew the bite was dying down but since we were having fun we had to throw a few more lines out and ended up pulling in a couple of small Jack Crevalles (which I didn't think were in this area).
With some Reds for dinner and pics for bragging, we decided to head in.
Joe's Keeper
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww223/dcmccready/P8130010.jpg
The deadly Gar
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww223/dcmccready/P8130017.jpg
32" Overslot
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww223/dcmccready/P8130015.jpg
28" Overslot
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww223/dcmccready/P8130009.jpg
We were on the first spot when it was still dark,and even though we could see bait jumping everywhere the bite didn't really pickup until the sun started to rise.
I was determined to give the topwater thing another shot, but after several casts with no results I switched to Gulps and started to get some hits.
At one point I looked over and the sunrise looked just right and my gut told me to try again and throw a badonk in that direction. As soon as I took the slack out of my line I had a strike ! I was pulling this thing closer to the boat, we had the net ready, it made a few runs, and when I got it to the boat we were greeted by a big ole Sail Cat. I didn't measure it, but I'm guessing it was 18-20". I also did not think to get a pic because even though it was a decent sized fish, it was still a catfish.
After a few more casts I went back to the gulps since the other guys had landed a few reds on them.
We were seeing action all around us and I had yet to get my red, I casted over to a splash and ended up landing a 28 incher.
We stayed there for a while and got a few for the box and landed a few shorts. Before we left Joe pulled in a 32" red.
I made sure to point out to him that my red looks bigger in the pic though :grin
A lot of good action close to shore, I think I saw about a 4-5' tarpon jump at one point. Iv'e never seen one in CK, but I'm pretty sure that was one. Maybe I'll get him to pose with me for a pic next time.
We headed out to deeper water and caught a mixed bag of throw backs - some cats, a shark, and a good sized gar that we were told is the "most dangerous fish in the sea" :shrug
It was getting hotter and we knew the bite was dying down but since we were having fun we had to throw a few more lines out and ended up pulling in a couple of small Jack Crevalles (which I didn't think were in this area).
With some Reds for dinner and pics for bragging, we decided to head in.
Joe's Keeper
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww223/dcmccready/P8130010.jpg
The deadly Gar
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww223/dcmccready/P8130017.jpg
32" Overslot
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww223/dcmccready/P8130015.jpg
28" Overslot
http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww223/dcmccready/P8130009.jpg