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• duckmanJR Posts: 21,265 AG

  October 2018 #2

  Well...2014's number is now in the rear view mirror.  My first spot...had someone in it so I went to another one and got a snook. I threw the CAL a lot to get a trout and started looking for a Red. By 7:40 I had what is my smallest Red of the year.
  
  [img]https://i.imgur.com/VlQmH1Nl.jpg[/img]
  
  A very unimpressive slam...but it is # 117   The next goal would be to get to 2015's number of 126
  
  I kept at it and got this upgrade
  
  [img]https://i.imgur.com/OYTmqVtl.jpg[/img]
  
  And this 4 spotter
  
  [img]https://i.imgur.com/rjmBbWpl.jpg[/img]
  
  I finished at 11 AM with 4 snook 3 Reds and a Trout

  There are many roads to travel
  Many things to do.
  Knots to be unraveled
  'fore the darkness falls on you

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• Flec Posts: 735 Officer

  October 2018 #3

  Pretty cool Joe. I guess we both had our slams by the time I saw you go by. I have caught several very small reds recently too. Unfortunately as I released one of my little ones yesterday I forgot there was a dolphin close by so he is a gonner. Crap,and he had such potential!

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• duckmanJR Posts: 21,265 AG

  October 2018 #4

  Flec said:

  Pretty cool Joe. I guess we both had our slams by the time I saw you go by. I have caught several very small reds recently too. Unfortunately as I released one of my little ones yesterday I forgot there was a dolphin close by so he is a gonner. Crap,and he had such potential!

  Thanks John... 
  
  Today was the second small Red...and two days in a row.  
  
  
  [img]https://i.imgur.com/aASmhYNl.jpg[/img]
  
  Maybe when I'm sight fishing I just pass these by thinking they are mullet LOL 

  There are many roads to travel
  Many things to do.
  Knots to be unraveled
  'fore the darkness falls on you

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• Flec Posts: 735 Officer

  October 2018 #5

  Looks like he had a blue edge tail. Nice to see there are small ones around. It would be interesting to know if they are the result of local spawning fish.

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• duckmanJR Posts: 21,265 AG

  October 2018 #6

  Yes...It is good to see next years fish.

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  Knots to be unraveled
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• duckmanJR Posts: 21,265 AG

  October 2018 #7

  So, Sunday was pretty windy and made things a bit tough. I felt with the amount of wind I should be able to catch a snook later in the morning so I concentrated on a long grassileria edge to catch a trout. First fish is a snook LOL.
  I caught a couple ladyfish also but kept bouncing around trying to secure the trout so I would not have to go up north of Vero to get one. It finally happened but not before this
  
  [img]https://i.imgur.com/G5YFWh9l.jpg[/img]
  
  [img]https://i.imgur.com/JHZU8H7l.jpg[/img]
  
  Some extra spots on this one. I was conflicted but ran back to the Grassileria bar for this
  
  [img]https://i.imgur.com/kNY1lsDl.jpg[/img]
  
  So, That put #118 in the boat. I kept at it and what was funny is that between 8:55 and 9:20...I caught that little red in the previous post and another trout and snook...another slam in just 25 minutes....including travel time between two spots...Go figure.
  
  As I type this...the wind is already 18 from the East...not great conditions.....but we shall see.  

  There are many roads to travel
  Many things to do.
  Knots to be unraveled
  'fore the darkness falls on you

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• duckmanJR Posts: 21,265 AG

  October 2018 edited October 2018 #8

  I might as well put this here.  I fished on Monday figuring it would be the last almost fish-able day. I was surprised when I had my slam relatively early. The wind was pretty ferocious but I kept to lee shores and was able to put a decent day together when not dodging the splash & dash showers.  I had several decent ones like these.
  
   [img]https://i.imgur.com/8bVBWWwl.jpg[/img]
  
  [img]https://i.imgur.com/SJpxDEol.jpg[/img]
  
  And here's the Red...with extra spots
  
  [img]https://i.imgur.com/fEGChCFl.jpg[/img]
  
  Finished with 9 snook 2 trout a Red and a big Jack..... 
  
  That is #119
  
  Today,  I had to get the wife to the Orlando airport...but since I was up early...and needed coffee...I splashed for an hour and 15 minutes of fishing and caught 2 snook and a trout.... weather was WINDY. 

  There are many roads to travel
  Many things to do.
  Knots to be unraveled
  'fore the darkness falls on you

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• Belfast Bill Posts: 99 Deckhand

  October 2018 #9

  Nice.

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• duckmanJR Posts: 21,265 AG

  October 2018 #10

  Well....the wind was a bit more southerly today....but was REALLY cranking. The low tide was also about as low as I have seen in a good long while. I was able to get a snook on a white CAL right away off a windy point and caught a few more here and there but the search for a trout to move the game along was long. I finally got one off a grass bar on a chartreuse CAL. The wind was no friend and while I wanted to sight fish...the first two Reds I literally almost ran over before I saw them. It got late and I had really almost given up hope.....I ran to a spot north of Wabasso and got lucky....
  
  [img]https://i.imgur.com/8QDJVYml.jpg[/img]
  
  Took till Noon....but that makes #120   Finished up with 8 snook and 2 more jumped off and a trout and a Red. 

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  Many things to do.
  Knots to be unraveled
  'fore the darkness falls on you

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• tunaman Posts: 3,767 Captain

  October 2018 #11

  Wow!! Thats some mighty impressive fishing right there!!!!

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