We squeezed in one more trip for 2013. First went up to Beaufort Boat Supply for some live shrimp but they were sold out, so we made a change of plan and bought the last of their mud minners and a cup of fiddlers. Those ladies in that store are first class and a pleasure to do business with.
Launched at Lemon Island on the falling tide, debated throwing the deep hole net and decided we would miss the tide we needed to get into the hole we wanted to fish, so armed with dead shrimp, MMs and fiddlers headed to the honey hole. Good thing we did, bumped bottom all the way in, 30 more minutes and we wouldn’t have made it.
As we were coming into the creek 3 dolphin were leaving with smiles on their faces, not a good sign for reds and trout.
Fishing was slow on the last of the outgoing, caught a few small trout and black drum, not even 1 red. When the tide slacked we moved into the trees to try the fiddlers on some sheeps. I’m a pure rooky when it comes to targeting sheeps. Tied up to a good looking tree, scraped off some barnacles for chum and dropped 2 fiddlers. Bang, bang, lost them both. 12 fiddlers later I finally hooked one of the scoundrels and put it in the boat. Then my partner caught 1, then I caught another. We started to get the feel for the bite and ended up with about 6, all small.
After the tide turned we went back to targeting reds and trout, but no reds and a few small trout. I started fishing dead shrimp on the bottom and the black drum bite was on fire. Almost a fish every cast, almost all fish were 1/2" short but it was great action anyway.
We fished until near sunset and were down to our last 2 dead shrimp. My partner hooked one on and made his last cast, then set his rod down to light a cigarette. A fish hit his rod hard and snatched it clean out of the boat. It took off up the creek, looked like a water ski going across the surface. I reeled in real quick and made a hail Mary cast at the retreating rod. By some miracle I actually hooked it [:0] and started playing it back to the boat
