Put in this morning around 7:30. No wind hardly, barely a breeze. Warm enough to fish with only a flannel shirt, no jacket needed.
No-see-ums were bad in several spots- very thick. I took my glasses off, swatted at them with my hat, and knocked my glasses out of my hand into 15f of water with an incoming tide. So the No-see-ums definitely made me no-see-um-nuthin.
Gave up on trying to snag them, paddled blindly back to the launch, and managed to find my prescription sunglasses in the car… so the day was saved.
Paddled the canoe back out to one of my favorite spots, anchored, and ended the day catching 10 trout. Only 4 were legal keepers, and one of those was certain jail bait if it shrank in the cooler any, so I tossed it back. Took home 3 trout, all 15-16".
They were all caught on trout tricks and green paddle tails, in 4-6’ of water, rough guess. About half of them MAULED the bait when they took it, the other half just sorta sniffed it enough for me to feel.
Saw one huge trout caught by another guy fishing from a dock. I had to net it for him, it was too big for him to hoist up. I have no idea how long it was, easily 22+, it’s head/gut were almost as big around as my calf.
Good job, Matt. I’m glad your persistence paid off.
“I’m not a hundred percent in love with your tone right now…”
Sweet! One word, contacts…
Hunter P. Hames
11’ Tarpon 100
19’ Sea Fox 125 merc
sounds like an interesting day. isaac break in the christmas presents i gave him yest? 
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Originally posted by yakman72
Sweet! One word, contacts…
Unfortunately I’m not a good candidate for contacts. My job is as professional cabinet finisher, and most of the time I’m spraying harsh industrial solvent based finishes, and in the event that I’d get solvent in my eye, I do NOT want to have to dig a contact out with my filthy, paint-covered hands. I had to do that once when I dropped an 8-oz cup of lacquer thinner on the table, which splashed a drop of thinner into my eye, and I was wearing contacts. I got the eye flush in time before it did damage, but geeze did it hurt, as did removing the contact lens. After that event, glasses all the way…
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Originally posted by OhioNavyNuke
sounds like an interesting day. isaac break in the christmas presents i gave him yest?
He used it all day today, except he really didn’t feel all that good. He was really sleepy today and didn’t catch anything. Last week he caught one of the two we brought home.
Last year the wind snagged my visor which I had stuck my costas up on…dumb move…but I said…they have a croaked on them…they’ll be ok… Wrong! Anyhow…off they went…current was ripping . It broke my heart…not only to lose the only pair of good sunglasses I had…but that a dear friend had given them to me for my bday. S that evening I tell Donnie…I’m going back to look on low tide. He laughed like crazy and said “you’ll never find them”. Went anyway and after about 20 minutes of throwing my cast net…and just a s the sun was setting…I pullin the net and there hung in the bottom are my glasses! They were pretty much near where I had lost them…and still just fine! I think the rolled up against a shell when they hit bottom so didn’t travel far. Still have them and still grateful the sea gave my glasses back to me. ;).
Ok…I’m off to chase a fish or two. The crew is moving a little slow this morning… They have until 0600! 
miss’n fish’n
212 SEAHUNT CC
Sea Squirt 16
the most epic fail ive seen losing stuff in the water was taking a charter out last winter the capt had a box of sinkers and hooks in an overhead zipper compartment in his boat. we take off once out of the no wake zone and i hear something hit the boat. look behind me to see a white box smack the motor and go into the water well before i could react to try to grab it. unfortunately a box full of lead doesnt float and the capt said that was at least $100 in sinkers/circle hooks! moral of the story: make sure all compartments are zippered before taking off.
nice post man! good job
19’ cc Mako
150 yammy
Bottomz up
Couple years ago my 3 yr old son (at the tim)and I were fishing & crabbing at Remleys Point. There was a guy fishing who was from out of town working construction. He had his brand new bag of grubs and lead heads laying on the rail. While I was paying attention to the crab nets and the gentleman was watching his rod my son decided to start dropping the grubs and lead heads one by one into the water. I happened to look over has he dropped the last one in. He said he was letting the shrimp go back home. I explained to the fellow where his tackle disappeared to and he replied “well…it ain’t fishin unless you’re havin fun.”
Live for today and let tomorrow worry about itself.
Lol dray5mil, that’s epic. You gotta love toddlers.
I won’t let him forget that one. But now when he throws a grub in the water it’s tied to the end of a line.lol
Live for today and let tomorrow worry about itself.