Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Another Day of Fishing - One More Mackerel

Well, nothing spectacular happened while fishing the causeway and south end of the bridge to Santa Rosa Island -- late morning until 4:00 p.m. (so I could make dinner at 6:00 p.m. with Tom and Mary).  When I first arrived at the causeway's farthest end and made my way down to the seawall and beach, a younger guy was just heading off the seawall and on the way mentioned he had only caught two sea trout on a red and white crappie lure -- didn't keep them he said but, he indicated they must have been in the keeper range of 15 to 20 inches (too bad I didn't get there sooner -- might have gotten some free trout from him).

Bridge to Santa Rosa Island
However, that was encouraging news and seemed to fit with what a camp worker had told me the day before about fishing for the trout here.  Unfortunately, I only caught one small one and had to put him back.  Later, I caught a small Spanish Mackerel and a few little Grunts and Spots.  Did see a Dolphin or two cruising beyond where I fished the seaweed or grasses -- after I moved to the foot of the higher bridge over the Santa Rosa Sound.

Ultimately, I also dug out one of my chairs from the Jeep and worked on my suntan (maybe got a little sunburned actually) as I held one rod and watched my bigger surf rod for some serious actione-- that never came.  Headed back in time to clean the one Mackerel and maybe to get a little nap afterwards before dinner.  Stopped on the way back to get some strawberries and put them with some cantalope slices I cut for a little appetizer to take to Tom and Mary's.

When I pulled into the campsite I noticed some serious noise coming from the Jeep's right front brakes -- metal to metal it sounded like.  Something I would have to deal with tomorrow.

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