First Redfish...

duckmanJR

For my duck hunting buddy from Michigan.
It starts with him looking at a replica mount that is on my wall and he says " I'd like to catch one of those"
With us having a grueling duck hunt schedule we finally had an off day on Monday while one buddy drove another to the airport...and we slept in. We woke at 9 and the weather looked OK...so we splashed the skiff. Wind was brutal at 14 out of the NE...but it didn't take too long...



Next fish was a real nice 31 incher....



He caught one more before it was time to head in.

Today after duck hunting I got him his first Tarpon and several Snook...photos are on other buddies phone...If i figure out how to move them I'll put them up..

Now...back to duck killing.

palmbeachpete

Nice report Joe. What size was the tarpon?

Salt Cracker

Sweet!

QuiksilverIHB

He must be stoked.

duckmanJR

palmbeachpete wrote: »

Nice report Joe. What size was the tarpon?

Just a little guy...maybe 5 lbs or so...

duckmanJR

QuiksilverIHB wrote: »

He must be stoked.

Yeah, these guys are hard core fisherman up north so getting additional species added to the life list made him very happy....and these guys are so into it...so much that we went and caught a boatload of blues today on light tackle after going duck hunting this morning.

capcioffi

Duck, how has the duck season been this year? Would love to see some picks of your hunts. Have not been able to hunt the past 3 seasons.

tryacc

Nice,,man you make this like it's so easy! I guess it is when you know what you're doing! :hail

duckmanJR

capcioffi wrote: »

Duck, how has the duck season been this year? Would love to see some picks of your hunts. Have not been able to hunt the past 3 seasons.

Actually, For a guy who started the season off with a broken arm....I've been doing very well.
It has been a good many years since I cared about "body count" and too many seasons of + 200 ducks has a lot to do with that. Now, I hold myself to less than 100 ducks per year as a self imposed restriction.

I don't do a lot of picture taking...most times I leave the phone in the truck or in a dry bag in the duck boat since I can't afford to ruin my new phone...
and I usually kill one phone every duck season...so I'm a little skittery with this new expensive one....:wink

This was from the other day...pretty cool birds.



This was a Bahamian ( white cheeked ) Pintail I shot back on 12/13



And this is a picture of my son towing his poor old dad into the hunt spot since a guy with a broken arm is not much for push-poling....:grin

vettett15

Duckman, what are you typically using for bait around Sebastian? I've just started fishing the area, exploring different areas from the inlet to wabasso bridge using different jigs. Haven't had much luck, thinking of trying some live bait.

SouthJetty

:hairraiser"wigglers" ....:rotflmao

duckmanJR

It is winter...use large live shrimp if you are sight fishing.
In spring / summer / fall...use "wigglers" :wink ( Small finger mullet)

But really, I use a 1/8th oz Strike king jig head with a DOA CAL a majority of the time.
If you are not having "luck"...it is because there are no fish where you are fishing.

AOKRVs

Nice reports and pics - you would be the one to get someone on their first fish
like the one of you son towing you to the spot
maybe you should save the cast for next years hunt too

duckmanJR

AOKRVs wrote: »

Nice reports and pics - you would be the one to get someone on their first fish
like the one of you son towing you to the spot
maybe you should save the cast for next years hunt too

Thank you Monty. It really was pretty easy since Jessi has good casting skills and was able to make good presentations.

As far as the towing..it was the return trip since the inbound is in the dark.
And the splint...maybe it was a good omen....

Look at this....



This is a Blue wing teal / Cinnamon teal hybrid (cross).... Cinnamon teal are not found in the Atlantic flyway being a western bird... so, a hybrid is a rare bird...maybe just as rare or maybe more than the Bahamian Pintail I shot earlier this season.

seadog517

Joe also got me my first redfish and snook ,that was the best part of my vacation. I`am looking for another trip late march bringing the wife to see if she likes the area. She has been on the internet and looking for area`s to live in sebastian and really likes the idea of living in Barefoot bay a modular home community. She like`s all the thing`s you can do there. What do you guy`s think about living there. here`s my email address Thanks [email protected]

SpaceCoast Slayer

very nice! you're good at gettin them spotty ones man

duckmanJR

seadog517 wrote: »

Joe also got me my first redfish and snook ,that was the best part of my vacation. ]

No love for all those Trout on plastic...? or your slam?... :shrug :wink

Get ahold of me in March frank...I'll show you how big bass are done.

seadog517

No I didn`t for get about them ,or the slam. It look like I will be coming down again . That would nice to go bassin. I will keep in touch. We got hit by a bad snow storm today about 2 feet of it. My area got hit the worse of course. It took me 5 hours to clean up this mess. I got to get of here , these winter`s are so long . Seams like years since I sat in my yard. I know Florida hot in the summer ,but this is nuts living here. I have a few pics of my boat and yard for you so you can remember what a snow storm looks like, and it`s 20 degrees out there. It not fit for humans How do you send pics

on_the_rocks

That second red is VERY nice for inshore Sebastian!
Well done, Joe.

duckmanJR

on_the_rocks wrote: »

That second red is VERY nice for inshore Sebastian!
Well done, Joe.

Thanks...the second fish was 31 inches...I almost messed up on it...hooked it right against the 'groves and started to move away from the danger....but it came off the shoreline easily and I was fooled...and slacked off on the troller.....then it ran again and I had to get on the troller again....and it made it VERY close to the edge before we got it turned.

on_the_rocks

Who hooked it?

seadog517

Her the pic of my boat, now you why I want to live there.

duckmanJR

Get some flavored syrup....You got a lot of snowcone fixin's there..... :rotflmao

How far out on the island are you Frank?

duckmanJR

on_the_rocks wrote: »

Who hooked it?

He did it all himself...I just called the shot. It takes a little practice to spot them.

seadog517

duckmanJR wrote: »

Get some flavored syrup....You got a lot of snowcone fixin's there..... :rotflmao

How far out on the island are you Frank?

I`am in the middle of suffolk county,,and it`s real cold 11 degrees last night. We are getting more snow tomorrow . I can`t wait more snowcone mix. 8 more weeks and iam back in sebastian ,and iam looking forward to it. Plus the winter will be over then ,and I can do some freshwater fishing here. How`s the weather down there

duckmanJR

seadog517 wrote: »

How`s the weather down there

Frigid!...It's 61 right now and will be 58 by morning BRRRR :rotflmao

It will get to 80 on Monday.:)

seadog517

yes, I guess it`s chilly for you Floridians. In April I will see 60. About the time I get home from Sebastian. Looking forward too coming down. I brought an inflatable kayak for the trip , I had one before that I used for sweet water bassin, It was real good to use very comfortable. Are there alligator`s in the fresh water there . That could be creepy being in a inflatable. Look forward to getting back on the IRL see you soon.

duckmanJR

Yes, freshwater has gators...but they rarely eat old Yankees....too bitter :grin

You should have said something....I'd lend you a yak or a canoe for your trip.....

seadog517

Very good the wife got a kick out of that answer. She said i was sweet meat. :rotflmao Thanks anyway ,the inflatable will come in hand for traveling, and for the lakes here. Plus it fits in the trunk .