APR 26 - GOLIATH GROUPER - TROUT FREE FOR ALL - BAIT APLENTY

Hey dudes. The fishing has been good and I'm happy to say there is promising news for the forthcoming tarpon season.

I've been fishing my traditional haunts and it's interesting to note that fishing definitely comes in waves. You catch fish in a spot, then you don't. You catch trout, and then you don't. You catch ladyfish after ladyfish after ladyfish then, well, you don’t… See?! Ebb and flow.Ying and yang. Low tide and high tide in the great cosmic fishing continuum.

So, I’ve been in an ongoing “high tide” of trout fishing. I’m trying to catch snook. Do the snook care? Nooooo. They know the season is coming to a close. Just hang tough for 5 more days and you’ll be spawning your eyes out without anyone cooking you with garlic and butter. Well… Some people will still cook you with garlic and butter. But, they’d have done that when you were only 15 inches long. So it hardly counts. You’re always in season in the trailer park…

Did I mention the bait? It’s everywhere. Big crazed balls of it hanging out all over the intercoastal. I can’t believe the life I’m seeing. The bait looks happy like there are not that many predators around. I’ve still caught some fish but it’s not quite to the frenzy of summer…yet.

That brings me back to the fishing which has been really good. I haven’t ventured out into the gulf but I hear they’re enjoying good fishing out there as well. I’m so lazy. I fish the back yard. Report follows.

THIS IS A HUGE BALL OF GLASS MINNOWS. THEY’RE EVERYWHERE. IT’S A GOOD TIME TO BE A TERN.


THIS IS AN INTERESTING PICTURE…LOOK AT THE BIG FISH SWIMMING THRU THE LITTLE FISH… BAIT IS OUT THERE IN SPADES.


THIS IS 2 DAYS OF BOBBER HARVESTING. THEY’RE EVERYWHERE TOO. I JUST PADDLE AROUND PICKING THEM UP.


THIS IS A HIPPY BAIT PICTURE. IN THE UPPER LEFT YOU CAN SEE THE SILOUETTE OF THE GLASS MINNOWS. IT’S A TRIPPY PHOTO.


THIS IS A TROUT MAULER LURE… WELL… MAULIN’ TROUT!


I THOUGHT I’D CAUGHT MY BIGGEST LIZARDFISH LAST WEEK BUT THIS MOTHER WAS AT LEAST 11 INCHES. HOW BIG DO THEY GET?!


THIS IS ANOTHER TROUT.


CAUGHT A FEW OF THESE UNDER SOME DOCKS TOO. THIS IS A NICE PICTURE OF A SNAPPER.


HEY BUDDY. SEEN ANY SNOOK?


APRIL 29 IS THE DATE OF THE OLC TOURNAMENT THAT FEATURES THIS VERY LURE! THEY WORK! AMAZING! MUCH BETTER THAN A SPOON…


SAW MY FIRST TARPON OF THE SEASON. THREW THIS TO HER AND GOT THIS BLURRY BIGFOOT PHOTO BACK.


THREW MY LURE INTO ABOUT 8 INCHES OF WATER NEXT TO A DOCK AND CAUGHT THIS! EXOTIC! I”LL SEE YOU IN 15 YEARS…


That’s it. Fishing has been steady. Trout maulers rock. Big tournament this weekend at Weedon Island. Wish me luck! Fin.
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Comments

[La Pantera Rosa]

Hey David(slayed Goliath),
Good luck at Weedon Island! Be careful to watch for Hippies there,'cause there is WEED ON the Island....
You can hand roll your own fish but they are hard to keep lit. But that's why smoked fish is soo good. Its a lot of work. Anyways you still have'nt told me if I'm in. I loooked at my lonely yak today beside my house. But my small flats boat was callin' to me. Its a quandry but it does'nt matter gotta stay home and paint the deck manyana. Again Good Luck at WEED ON. Still waitin to hear if I'm gettin' any Love. Para Siempre, Slick Willie