Last Singles Slam

Today was the last day Michelle was able to get on the water before she surgically implants the ring in my nose next Friday (jk Baby, I am incredibly lucky to be marrying you). Michelle put a tall order on the plate, wanting to catch just one nice slam. First stop, Michelle whacks a couple of specks with a trusty Long A. Next stop for the Red. We had to beat off a couple sharks, but Michelle ended up with a beast on about her third cast. With two of three out of the way, it was on to the flatties. They have been finicky, but not today. We got on a real good Flounder bite, including one Michelle caught that you could wipe your feet on. My Baby rocks. The next time we fish together, it will be Mr. & Mrs. Capt. Tim Cutting...has a nice (nose) ring, doesn't it. I think this poor butterfly got tired of fighting the breeze, and rested on my head & shoulders for about 10 minutes...good luck I think.

 

Jeff gets some Tail...

Had a big time with Jeff in the marsh Tuesday. While waiting for the tide to flood, we banged on a few flounder and short trout. As the tide begin to flood, it started to rain...sideways. Pot committed, we hit the first flat and saw a couple, but they didn't stay up long, so we headed to another spot (don't leave fish to find fish). No fish. Off to another only to find sheepshead. One more, but it had gotten to deep and would require a long walk to get to some shallower humps. Back to spot one with the tide starting to turn...and they were there, (don't leave fish to find fish) The wind made it tough, but Jeff put a fluke right on the money and got rewarded instantly.

Turns out Jeff is as good at home repair/improvement as he is at rod building/repair and fishing. Jeff did an awesome job with some drywall and roof issues we had. Thanx buddy!

 

Fish have been chewin'...

I don't know if its this approaching cool front or what, but the trout bite for the last week, as some of you already know, has been outstanding. While we've been primarily throwing lipped divers, there have been great reports on live bait as well. I've seen more 17-20" trout this past week than I have almost all year. In four strong days of trout fishing, we only had a couple of shorts. Today was no exception, as Josh and Jenna from Jacksonville put the hurting on some nice specs as well. Josh wanted Jenna to catch a big Red, and thank goodness we had a few bruisers cooperate, as well as a few slots and shorts. Jenna took big fish honors with big Red, big Trout and even caught a Flounder to complete her slam. The silver eels are still whacking the plugs. I don't remember seeing this many of those things ever. Thanks Josh & Jenna for another great day on the marsh!

 

Flounder Pounder Newest Member...

Tim from Atlanta earned himself a Flounder Pounder t-shirt after banging out 11 good ones earlier this week, including this nice one. Great fishing with you again Tim, see you in a couple of weeks!

 

 

Flounder Pounders...The Continuing Saga

We had another great trip jigging up the flatties.  These guys ended up with 23 flounder, 16 of which were very nice keepers.  The Gulp! swimming mullet was the ticket again.  The Flounder Pounder T-shirts are on the design table, and should be ready within the next few weeks.  These guys sure earned theirs!  Congrats Jonathon, JP and Steve, you guys were a blast to fish with, and oh yeah--one of JP's jigs fell prey to a nice 32" Red.

Flounder Pounders!

Had an awesome trip with Jim and Ricky from Hazlehurst. I was a little concerned when we weren’t getting bit, but then these guys put it in overdrive and started flinging flatties over the gunnels.  It’s here that I have to explain the “flounder pounder”. Back in the day, a fellow named Ray Thomas use to be the king of big flat fish. Besides that, he was an outstanding taxidermist, and made some really neat flounder mounts. Well, according to Ray, if you got 10 in a day, or a 10 pounder, you became a flounder pounder. Old Ray even had some “flounder pounder” t-shirts made that he awarded pounders. Well, Jim and Ricky qualified, and then some. We ended up with 10 nice ones and a few borderline chips that we let grow up, for a total of 15. I think I’m gonna have to get some shirts made up. Thanks guys for a great trip!!

Hot August Bite…

Ribbon Fish

We had some quality fish the last few days with some really great folks. A couple of strange critters have shown up inshore, including seven ribbon fish caught on artificials. Must be a silver eel spawn.

Just thought I’d share a few pics. Been chunkin’ gulps, bomber long a’s, shrimp, mullet, and mud minnows. The water is pretty clean, especially on the incoming, and is only going to get cleaner with mild tides on the way. We’ve been fishing deep at low tide and shallow at high tide. Hope you enjoy!

 

Speckled Trout

Flounder

Flounder

Flounder

Spade fish

Speckled Trout

Speckled Trout

Tripletail

Tripletail

Speckled Trout