Took advantage of an offer from my 1st born to go fishing Wednesday. He’s a busy young man, but fortunately for me so are all of his buddies. Originally targeted Remley’s to put in, but right at low tide the ramp got shut down due to the recovery of a body. Reoriented to Kayak Creek and proceeded to weave through the paddle boarders and yak’s to the 'ol bait hole. Threw the trusty little 5 footer twice to shake it out, and nailed a bucketload on the 3rd throw. The net was vibrating like a coin operated mattress in a 1 hour motel, and I proceeded to dump a slithering mass of mullet life onto the deck. I had to shake a 20" spottail loose before I could cull the bunch. Sent him back to school, and scooped several dozen into the flow through, and dumped the rest back in the foamy brine. A paddle board sport asked us what we were going to do with all of those “fish”, and my boy grinned and said…“Catch bigger fish”. A stiff SW breeze pushed a little spray over the bow as we motored into the open water and set the course for the intended “point” of attack. We set the anchors in about 10 inches of H2O, turned on the radio, popped the cap on a couple of cold beverages(diet iced tea for the old geezer)and had a little father/son pow wow as the tide came in. We agreed to bait up and fish at precisely 4:30PM. When the bugle sounded I got the honor, and sent the 1st fingerling flying to his fate. The big guy in the back of the boat took my offer of a slimy seafood hors d’oeuvre, impaled him, an launched it with brute efficiency into the lapping waters of the fast rising tide. At 4:35PM it was on like Donkey Kong, and we rotated like a well coached team, bow to stern, dehook to rebait, always with a fresh one in the hole ready to rock. My boy touched all the bases with a coastal slam, and biggest spottail at 30 inches. The trout we kept(2) were 20" cousins, and the 1 flounder was a shorty who swims to fry another day. We shut it down at 6:00PM, and we had to unhook two decent spottails before we could pull th
Great, and well written, report! Thanks
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Fantastic report 
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Wait, what does “vibrating like a coin operated mattress in a 1 hour motel” mean? JK. Awesome report.
Nice read . Thanks
Very nice report. Way to keep it interesting.
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Can’t wait for chapter two!
thanks for the report!!
still waiting for the answer
about the vibrating mattress in the one
hour motel. lol
Therapeutic mattress!
Great report and awesome job sounds like a great day !
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Great report!
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Congratulations on an awesome day!
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Originally posted by justretiredstill waiting for the answer
about the vibrating mattress in the one
hour motel. lol
ya gotta be old to have seen these in the motels.
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Great report. Thanks!
That’s a great report. The mattress remark was hilarious.
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