I went down to yacht club ramp this AM and it looked like an agitating washing machine. Drank some coffee and considered my options. I had been south and water was generally not pretty. Adam (DuPont)had said the water up in Mel beach was clean so I opted to go north of the inlet and look around. Wind was really hootin' even in the pre dawn grey. First spot was a miscalculation...too shallow and was nearly beached by wind and waves. Next spot is a wind shadow and it produced a little red and a little trout. The next spot had cleaner water and after a bit I saw a couple fish...a few what looked to be slot Snook that would not eat the jig. A little further down wind I got this guy.

It was just shy of 24 inches...It fought good but scared all the other fish off the flat.
The next spot had some nice fish...I threw to a real nice trout...but I threw to the wrong end...:banghead...but when he took off...a little red of about 17 inches must have thought that my jig looked good and ate it. Had a few refusals and figured to quit early...
Next spot...this guy...

That's not much of a snook...but it is slam #12
Was planning to quit at 9:30...hit one more spot...got another small snook...and headed in.
Next spot
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It's suppose to be the same crazy wind tomorrow...may go try the 'Poons up the Seb river...or go work further north...Mel beach area.
Many things to do.
Knots to be unraveled
'fore the darkness falls on you
First one is the hardest....they come more frequently after that.... You'll get yours.
Many things to do.
Knots to be unraveled
'fore the darkness falls on you
its starting to look like its gonna do this through the weekend.. which is just **** peachy considering i weaseled an extra few days off work on my vacation.. the plan was to fish my **** off for 6 days... thanks, mother nature! i dont even think ill bother tomorrow
DTM
Are they starting to show up there yet? I went 2 weeks ago to check it out on the North Fork and saw nothing besides 3 gators.
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