Brother was in town for the weekend. Took today off to take him out inshore fishing. Hit up Hadrell’s at 7am for 2 dozen MMs and a dozen shrimp. Got to Remley’s @ 7:15 and at the first spot by 7:45. 10 mins later I hook up with a rat. 5 mins later my brother hooks into his first redfish, another rat. Fished another 10-15 mins without a bite. Threw out a MM under cork and let drift, then threw out a MM on the bottom. As soon as the MM hit bottom…TAP TAP…Hook up with ANOTHER rat, as I am reeling in, my cork goes under. I put the rod between my knees and pick up the rod w/ cork, set the hook and reel in a trout a few inches under keeper size. Once reeled in and unhooked, continue reeling in the rat…My first DOUBLE!!! We continue fishing the same area hooking up with 5 rat reds total and about 3 trout. We start to head back to the landing but told my brother we’re gonna hit this one spot me and the wife caught about 15 trout a few weeks ago. To no surprise we bait up and cast. Cork is in the water not even 2 secs and we both get hits. We finished off the day AND bait at this spot bringing in another 12 trout, small ladyfish and a lizardfish, both of which my brother caught. Mother Nature finally rewarded me with a good number of fish for all my time this past year searching and learning saltfishing!!!
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