Navarre Beach - First Sunrise

First Sunrise at Navarre Beach

Had to wait for the sun to work its way over some clouds on the eastern horizon before getting that first, second and third picture of our first sunrise here but, half the fun is the anticipation -- though some rising temperatures would be welcome too.  The stiff breeze out of the north and the dampness from the rains of the day before left some chilliness in the air and dampened my desire to get an early start on fishing (errands in the morning became more desirable and the warmth of the Jeep's heater was welcomed as I drove to the Walmart nearby).
After shoppping and restocking my beer and Gatorade (among other things), I pulled things from under the RV and Jeep and arranged carpet, chairs, Leo and Bear for my initial setup -- to be tweaked as the stay here continues (and hopefully, the winds die down or temperatures rise).

The clearing skies during the day were beckoning me to go fishing but, decided to get Tiger out for his first investigation of the RV park and nearby waters of the sound.  There are lots of patches of grassy plants at the seawall but, Tiger resisted going through them until I drug him through one of the small openings between the plants to gaze upon the waters and the bric-a-brac just below the narrow wooden walkway -- Tiger didn't show any interest in going any farther and instead wanted to head back to where we came from (his ears were down and his tail near the ground).

After letting Tiger graze on a little grassy plant at our site, I got him back inside and headed for the causeway with a bag of the mullet and a Gatorade -- hopeful that the wind would not be too stiff at the water's edge and maybe I could catch a fish or two.  Neither happened so, after an hour or so, I headed over to the beach accesses with camera in hand and decided to check the beach for any anglers to see if they had any luck.



First sunset here.

Met an English couple first and the man had caught a Red Drum before I arrived and released it.  Farther on toward the fishing pier and the next beach access to the west, I came upon a Korean guy who hooked and brought in a Pompano just as I arrived.
Then, I walked back over the nearest beach access/walkway over the dunes and back to my Jeep where I decided to drive to the fishing pier and the bar there -- had a few Yuengling drafts and checked out the latest fishing reports with some of the others at the bar.



Today's Fishing Spot

Today looks more cloudy but, the wind is down somewhat so, I may head for the beach today and fish there with the leftover pack of mullet. There's supposed to be a reef about 100 yards off the beach just to the east of the beach access and my thoughts are to fish from the beach near there -- maybe catch another of those fiesty Red Drums or some of those Pompano.  I already have my bathing suit on under my jeans just in case the sun should make its presence felt (I hope, I hope!).
There's always the bar and that good looking bartender Wendy to look forward to afterwards -- even if the fishing isn't so good.