Sunny and 75 - Ummm!

Well, it was about 75 in the morning and not much sun except around mid day yesterday.  Some  chilly north winds seemed to push the temps down to the low 70s and lower throughout the day -- they must be associated with the most recent winter blast working its way up the coast and toward New England.  Soon it should be out to sea and then it should be sunny and 75.

Instead of heading over to Honeymoon Island to test the fishing forecast, I worked on getting things out of my Jeep and getting my site decked out -- including some Christmas lights on the patio awning and some around the round chair.  Ended up grilling some burgers late in the afternoon before my legs and toes got too cold.

I had Tiger out on his leash most of the afternoon with me and took him on a few walks around the campground to see the creek and Mullet pond.  We even came upon three of those ugly big ducks -- two on the shore and one in the creek that got Tiger's attention as it splashed in the creek and flopped along the surface to the water's edge where it continued to flap its wings and duck its head in and out of the water as it took a bath.  Tiger decided he had seen enough and wanted to head back or away from these big birds -- though one of them nearly crossed or cut off our path back to our RV.  Still, Tiger didn't want anything to do with it.

Earlier in the morning, both Tiger and Molly gawked at these birds (ten of them) from the inside of the cab -- Tiger was in the driver's seat and Molly on the dashboard.  They had both of their tails twitching and Tiger meowing.

I went to the Sunday ice cream social last night at 7:00 p.m. and met at least half a dozen other campers.  While there, I learned there is a Monday golf outing typically but, will not sign up for that until I get a chance to hit some balls and get the swing back.  Will probably test that fishing forecast today while the golfers are out there about the same time of day (noon to 2:00 p.m.).  Hope the sun makes an appearance around that time too.

Sun was out as I had hoped but, the chilly breezes from the north strengthened and kept me from wetting my lines or my toes.  Did check with a couple guys fishing a point I might have been interested in fishing but, during the time I spent with them, they only had a few bites and didn't catch anything before I headed back to the Jeep.  I certainly appreciated the warmth of the Jeep when I reached it and even stayed in the Jeep after stopping on the causeway on my way back to the mainland -- only climbed out when I saw a woman with something on her line and she struggled to get it close.  Turned out it was a Stingray and she had hooked it in the tail and it broke off before I could get a look at it .

Then I stopped again at the other end of the causeway to see what might be happening there as well.  The wind was less of a problem there so I got out of the Jeep and I found a couple fishing off the short wall there.  The husband said they had caught one Spanish Mackerel so far.  The couple had relocated to the area from Lancaster, PA back in September and planned to stay.  While talking to the guy, his wife caught another Spanish Mackerel and this one looked to be about 17 or 18 inches.  He caught a couple little Grunts shortly after that and put them in with the rest of their cut bait.  I wished them well and good luck as I headed back to the Jeep to come back to the campground.

I put the bag of frozen Mullet I had taken with me back in the freezer -- to be used on one of these upcoming warmer days later this week.  Will head over tomorrow to have lunch with Miss Alabama up in Wesley Chapel -- that's Leigh Love from Talladega.