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shoalmaster

Posted 5/18/2009 5:13:08 PM

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When a few of you last saw me, my buddy and I were heading in 30 mph winds to fish the bay side of the Plantation. As you see, we survived that day, limited out with 2 24"inch reds and released 6 others, 4 of which were 21 to 22 inches. In addition, when we left they were still biting, but our bellies were rumbling and we had two fish to clean. All in all it was an awesome day in adverse conditions and will make a heckuva story to tell my grandkids.

Well, I made it back to the gulf this past weekend. I showed up to Shell Point at 6:15 Friday afternoon with a good friend of mine and my 14' river boat in tow. With two hours of day light and a slight chop, we headed out. This was my first trip to Shell, so it took me a good 30 minutes to navigate the channel and learn the oyster bars, but we finally got to fishing. My buddy with me had never caught and speckled trout but managed to do so on his first cast. For the next hour, it was on. We caught 20 trout and a multitude of lady fish. Only 4 trout made the box, 15", 18", 19", and 21".

Saturday morning, we hooked up with a charter boat friend of mine in Carabelle to land some freezer fillers. Long story short, the 6 of us left with 12 gags, 3 red grouper, and 40 black sea bass for a total of 220 lbs of fish. We caught our limit of gags by 9:30 am.

All in all, great fishing and great weather. To top things off, some good friends of mine won king mackeral division of the tournament held at Sea Quarters.

If all holds true, we will be back in the gulf to kick more *** in about 28 days.

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