Bushy Park 2/24

Saltwater Inshore Reports
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I took my cousin out fishing today and we got skunked. We went to the same creek that I’ve been pounding for the past week off of Yellow House. The water was much cloudier than it has been the last few times I’ve been out. There was some bait swimming around and we saw a few redfish up in the creeks. The reds we saw didn’t want anything to do with the artificials we threw at them. I tried to catch some of the mullet we saw on the way into the creeks, but I just couldn’t get close enough to throw the cast net on top of them. It was a beautiful day though, and my cousin got to see some of the reds swimming around. It was a first for him, and I think he’ll be back out there with me soon. It was good to spend some time on the water with him.
Water temp at the mouth of the creek was 56 degrees. Water temp where we stopped pushing in was 62 degrees. I was sweating in shorts in February!

Here I’m poling from the bow to get us back to where I can spin the boat back around. We were getting close to “kayak territory”.

Semper Fi
18’ Sterling
115 Yamaha
Big Ugly Homemade Blue Push Pole

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Nice day man. Atleast you got out there! If you don’t mind sharing and got a little time, could you post a build thread on your pushpole? Thanks!

Hunter P. Hames
11’ Tarpon 100
19’ Sea Fox 125 merc

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I skunked on the Stono today. Saw a few smaller schools of reds most of which getting blown up by flipper. Only got one bump on a Z-man paddlerz. Would not touch shrimp. Really tough with the full moon, rain runoff, and dirty water. Nice day to be out though.

Iain Pelto
Sea Hunt Triton 160 w/ 90 ETEC “JB3”
Native Manta Ray 14

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at least we had great weather today!! getting out is a treat in it self. but to wear shorts in Feb on the water that’s priceless.

17’ Chris Craft Sport
100 hp 4 Stroke Yamaha

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Yakman,
I’ll see if I can find some pictures I took while we were putting it together. It’s 2 10’ sections of 1 1/4" PVC with a 10’ section of 1" PVC cemented into the middle of it. 5’ of it in one side and 5’ of it in the other side to make the center more rigid. We drilled holes just big enough to get the straw on a Great Stuff foam can every 2’ and filled the whole thing top to bottom with foam. I sealed up the foam holes with silicone RTV just to make sure no water would get inside. I put a cap on one end and a T on the other to make kind of a “duck foot”. I spray painted it with Rustoleum plastic paint on the advice that the UV rays from the sun would deteriorate it, but I really wish I hadn’t done that, because every time it rubs on anything on the boat it gets blue paint on it. I put black electric tape on the places where it was rubbing on the boat when stowed in the push pole clips, and eventually I’ll probably wrap the whole thing in tape.
Total cost (not including that crappy paint or the tape to cover the paint) was about $25.

Here’s the “duck foot” end:

Semper Fi
18’ Sterling
115 Yamaha
Big Ugly Homemade Blue Push Pole

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I think I might make a Big Ugly, I need a push pole something bad

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  1. the fact or state of having been affected by or gained knowledge through direct observation or participation

  2. that thing you get just moments after you needed it.

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Hoof,

Come up with a catchy name for your push pole and you could sell a million of them. It’s all about the marketing…

“I’m not a hundred percent in love with your tone right now…”