Fish Bites win the Day
"Mikey likes it" (that's Mike Holland from Flagler Beach year before last), and so did the Whiting here yesterday. Maybe that fishing charter the day before has changed my luck but, whatever, I caught more than a dozen nice Whiting at the shipping channel yesterday and some spectators even gathered as I brought in one after another Whiting (one on almost every cast toward the middle of the channel). As I let the 2 ounce sinker drift with the incoming current from the green marker buoy, something would hit it almost everytime when it reached the end of the manmade boulders to my left. I think I only reeled in twice without a fish on the line -- once when I missed a bite and once when I had drifted farther left than I had wanted it to.
It only took about an hour or slightly more to catch those dozen Whiting and the last shreds of my fish bites were nearly dissolved or torn up -- nothing but the cloth mesh left on the top of the hook. Time to quit and go clean fish. Other anglers came from the other side of the jetty to see and ask what I was using for bait. Some of the spectators just wanted to watch and some came to talk -- which I tried to do while casting and catching more fish. I met and talked with two couples from Colorado -- some had stayed at Fun Valley in South Fork, Colorado (near where I will be this spring and summer) so, I may bump into them again (there or here).
I had started out the day, trying to catch some Sheepshead farther back on the seawall but, I only managed to lose the last two hooks in my tackle box (and caught just one Pinfish) so, I moved to the jetty and broke out the big rod and the Fish Bites. Good move it turns out and hopefully today, I will get those Sheepshead.
Since I caught and cleaned those fish before 1:00 p.m., I managed to get both Tiger and Molly outside the RV at the same time in their harnesses and on leashes -- most time out for Molly since we arrived down here. Shorts weather here again too. Much nicer and am hoping this continues today. My birthday.
It only took about an hour or slightly more to catch those dozen Whiting and the last shreds of my fish bites were nearly dissolved or torn up -- nothing but the cloth mesh left on the top of the hook. Time to quit and go clean fish. Other anglers came from the other side of the jetty to see and ask what I was using for bait. Some of the spectators just wanted to watch and some came to talk -- which I tried to do while casting and catching more fish. I met and talked with two couples from Colorado -- some had stayed at Fun Valley in South Fork, Colorado (near where I will be this spring and summer) so, I may bump into them again (there or here).
I had started out the day, trying to catch some Sheepshead farther back on the seawall but, I only managed to lose the last two hooks in my tackle box (and caught just one Pinfish) so, I moved to the jetty and broke out the big rod and the Fish Bites. Good move it turns out and hopefully today, I will get those Sheepshead.
Since I caught and cleaned those fish before 1:00 p.m., I managed to get both Tiger and Molly outside the RV at the same time in their harnesses and on leashes -- most time out for Molly since we arrived down here. Shorts weather here again too. Much nicer and am hoping this continues today. My birthday.
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