Redfishing 10-25-2009

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jsuber

Posted 10/25/2009 9:13:48 PM

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Because there are gonna be some Redfish calling in sick tomorrow with sore mouth. Ever have one of those days, when you just can't get enough and you've already had too much? Well Jason and myself started out with a little fog rolling on the water and a nice cool NW wind.

Jason on the other side of the dock as we drifted with the wind at pre-dawn.

Jason standing and casting as the sun comes up in the East.

Water was calm, high tide and going out, and it was starting to look like a bluebird day as we made one drift and were starting to think it just wasn't gonna happen. I just told Jason these fish were going to be nine o'clock fish and just wouldn't bite til then.

But one decided to prove me wrong at 7:55

Things were starting to look up and then just ten minutes later I landed this nice 29" Red after it made six strikes at the Super Spook on two consecutive cast before it got the Super Spook to fit its mouth right. As I set the hook the handle on my reel started spinning around. I had stripped the threads on the handle. It would pick up line without tension so I would rear back on the fish, and reel in the slack. Not easy when your fighting a 29" Redfish, but it worked out. One rod down.

Me with a puny 29 incher (added by Jason)

We encountered a boat doing the old reverse drift in our direction so we pulled an "Ivan" and went back the other way. We picked up a couple of small trout, and Jason and myself had a few rod malfunctions and quickly recovered. As Jason just finished fixing his line situation, I happened on a school that was inching its way west behind Jason. I hooked one and started yelling at Jason to throw towards me.

But then Jason missed his and picked up another and we had our first double hook up of the day.

I picked up this 27" Red.......at 9:11

As I take a picture of mine, I hear Jason yelling about how big his red is, and I make two cast and lose and sling my plug off twice. I was down one more rod as the line broke in two, half way though the spool. I'm trying to keep an eye on the school and Jason's wanting a picture, but all i can hear is ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME! So I head back and photograph this puny tiny 36" Red that Jason picked up out of the school on topwater. By the way we caught all these fish on Super Spooks.

And another of Jason's

Well after we do a photo session, the school is lost, but not for Jason as I think he picked up one more, and me, a big NADA! But the future was looking bright.

I picked up this 25" Red as we paddled about a mile offshore to a sand bar. She hit as she was working a school of mullet and I through her off her game.

We paddled back in, met some nice folks and sat on a bank bull jiving and tossing cut mullet into a sand hole as Jason reeled in a 30" Red, and couple of 20" trout, and some smaller reds, when low and behold school was in session yet again. I paddled out and was met with bronze beauty and was surrounded by Reds. Sorry I had a water spot but I was in a hurry.

Jason saw the action was picking up and headed out as I hooked this nice 32" Red and kept her in the water so Jason could get on the school that was surrounding her.

Me with another 32inch fish (added by Jason)

Jason came out and got some too and we followed them around and Jason picked up two I think. Great day. Good fishing and beautiful weather.

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