Saturday, August 31, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Had an awesome time this weekend out on the boat with a few friends to catch some redfish once again,had a good friend joel and his wife shauna out on the QUEENS REVENGE.
This would be shauna's first time chaseing reds with me ,joel has been with me many of times with the kayaks and has picked up red drum fishing very well in the last few months,he has actually finished 3rd place in his first kayak tourney and is looking foward to more in the future.
on this day we ended up catching 9 drum between us from 17 3/4 inches to 21 inches,nothing really impressive but a great time for shaun's first time drummin.
We used cut and live fresh finger mullets on a carolina rig with half ounce sinkers and 3/0 circle hooks,started off with cut mullet and when they stopped eating that we started throwing live mullet and kept catching fish.
Her first drum was 19 inches and pulled like the devil in shallow water,her biggest was right around 21 inches,i was glad to have friends out and watch another drum addict be born.
thanks for comming out my friends im truely glad ya'll got to enjoy my life even if for just a short time look foward to doing it again soon.
A big shout out to the AVERAGE BO'S OUTDOORS https://www.facebook.com/groups/161951620646356/
This would be shauna's first time chaseing reds with me ,joel has been with me many of times with the kayaks and has picked up red drum fishing very well in the last few months,he has actually finished 3rd place in his first kayak tourney and is looking foward to more in the future.
on this day we ended up catching 9 drum between us from 17 3/4 inches to 21 inches,nothing really impressive but a great time for shaun's first time drummin.
We used cut and live fresh finger mullets on a carolina rig with half ounce sinkers and 3/0 circle hooks,started off with cut mullet and when they stopped eating that we started throwing live mullet and kept catching fish.
Her first drum was 19 inches and pulled like the devil in shallow water,her biggest was right around 21 inches,i was glad to have friends out and watch another drum addict be born.
thanks for comming out my friends im truely glad ya'll got to enjoy my life even if for just a short time look foward to doing it again soon.
A big shout out to the AVERAGE BO'S OUTDOORS https://www.facebook.com/groups/161951620646356/
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Had the chance today to get out and do some soul searching alone in gods country and my second home the water.
was calm all morning so i decided to go hit the creek and look for some reds while takeing in the beauty of the day,by the time i got around and truely made up my mind it had begun to sprinkle but that wouldn't stop me unless the thunder and lightening started up.
I reached the creek around 1 pm i think lol i never watch the time i'm always more interested and deep in thought of a game plan as i get on the water,spoke to a few people fishing the boat ramp and they had been haveing no luck from the dock.
I headed up to a spot that i knew always holds fish and set up,stick pins in the mud to hold me the way i wanted to face and armed with a top water plug i began to throw,rain got a little heavier and fish were not co-operating so i moved to another hole that holds fish and again nothing.
By now the tide had turned and the rains continued to come steady,so i figured one or 2 more spots then back home,this time i set up differently since the tide was now incomming and new the fish would be faceing another direction.
throw my old faithful 60 yards in front of me and twitch it 2 times and wham zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz fish on and it feels like a good one.
Get it near the kayak and it takes off again stripping all the line i just got back in,it would do this 3 more times before i would actually see the fish and one more run,finally the fish begins to give in and come to the yak. one good swoop and the drum is now in the yak and im still shaking with the excitement of the explosion on my top water bait.
pinch the tail and it comes in at 27 on the mark
There is nothing better than being out in gods country doing what ya love to do catch fish so get out there and enjoy what god has given us, until next time be safe have fun and catch some fish BIG or SMALL .
was calm all morning so i decided to go hit the creek and look for some reds while takeing in the beauty of the day,by the time i got around and truely made up my mind it had begun to sprinkle but that wouldn't stop me unless the thunder and lightening started up.
I reached the creek around 1 pm i think lol i never watch the time i'm always more interested and deep in thought of a game plan as i get on the water,spoke to a few people fishing the boat ramp and they had been haveing no luck from the dock.
I headed up to a spot that i knew always holds fish and set up,stick pins in the mud to hold me the way i wanted to face and armed with a top water plug i began to throw,rain got a little heavier and fish were not co-operating so i moved to another hole that holds fish and again nothing.
By now the tide had turned and the rains continued to come steady,so i figured one or 2 more spots then back home,this time i set up differently since the tide was now incomming and new the fish would be faceing another direction.
throw my old faithful 60 yards in front of me and twitch it 2 times and wham zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz fish on and it feels like a good one.
Get it near the kayak and it takes off again stripping all the line i just got back in,it would do this 3 more times before i would actually see the fish and one more run,finally the fish begins to give in and come to the yak. one good swoop and the drum is now in the yak and im still shaking with the excitement of the explosion on my top water bait.
pinch the tail and it comes in at 27 on the mark
There is nothing better than being out in gods country doing what ya love to do catch fish so get out there and enjoy what god has given us, until next time be safe have fun and catch some fish BIG or SMALL .
Got a call last nite from a friend wanting to know if i'm up to going up for fishing from my boat,i said sure why not the REVENGE had not been on the water in awhile.
Jake and i hit the water around 4 pm ,nice and calm good clean water and it didnt take long to get some bait,armed with finger mullets and top water lures we headed to a spot that has been producing some really nice fish in the middle to upper slot.
We set up one rod with live baits and the others with top water plugs,nothing seemed to want to play and we moved around to a few spots before we finally found fish that wanted to play,i hit the first drum on a top water plug at right about 18 inches pic and released fast ;)
After that there was nothing again for a bit so we moved around the corner from where we were and set up once again,bait and top waters were deployed it didn't take jake long to connect with his first top water red and after a short battle he had a beautiful 20 inch red drum in the boat.
It didnt last and time ran out for Jake as he had to go home and cook dinner for his wife and new baby,so i brought him back to the dock and dropped him off and went back out fishing alone.
I did not fish too long after he left i did manage a few small blue fish and also broke off a nice drum due to a cut off on and oyster bed and i called it quits and went home.
It was a good day out with a good friend and thats what matters,being in gods country is what i love catching fish is just the bonus.
Till next time ,to all my friends out there be safe and have fun.
Jake and i hit the water around 4 pm ,nice and calm good clean water and it didnt take long to get some bait,armed with finger mullets and top water lures we headed to a spot that has been producing some really nice fish in the middle to upper slot.
We set up one rod with live baits and the others with top water plugs,nothing seemed to want to play and we moved around to a few spots before we finally found fish that wanted to play,i hit the first drum on a top water plug at right about 18 inches pic and released fast ;)
After that there was nothing again for a bit so we moved around the corner from where we were and set up once again,bait and top waters were deployed it didn't take jake long to connect with his first top water red and after a short battle he had a beautiful 20 inch red drum in the boat.
It didnt last and time ran out for Jake as he had to go home and cook dinner for his wife and new baby,so i brought him back to the dock and dropped him off and went back out fishing alone.
I did not fish too long after he left i did manage a few small blue fish and also broke off a nice drum due to a cut off on and oyster bed and i called it quits and went home.
It was a good day out with a good friend and thats what matters,being in gods country is what i love catching fish is just the bonus.
Till next time ,to all my friends out there be safe and have fun.
Friday, August 16, 2013
Took some time out last nite and hit the creek near my house in search of some red drum fishing,left around 3pm to search the marshes where ive been finding some fish as of late.
Armed with some topwater lures and soft plastic i managed a few finger mullets to entice the crafty spook reds into eating an offering,i paddled down to a spot that looked fishy and set up along a oyster bed and grass island and started to throw top waters mainly being the mirror lure top dog jr in 808 colors.
They didn't seem interested in top waters even with the light rain i was getting so i put a second rod out with live finger mullets against the grass banks to sit and soak till something hungry came along.
Throwing top waters and soaking live minnows was doing no good so i bring the live bait in and cut the tail off the live minnow and switch spots,throw that out and start throwing top water again and wham zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz my bait rod bends over begging for mercy as the line screams off the reel at will by the fish that just destroyed my bait.
After a good battle and 3 hard runs ,one swoop of my net and it is over and the fish is landed measured and pic taken,this beast of a red drum was 24 3/4 inches long and was gonna make a great meal for me and my wife.
This is my first post as a blogger and i hope to have many, many more to come so keep watching im always on the water and im a kayak guide here in North Carolina,i run native water craft kayaks to fish from and have been fishing for 14 years down here.
Armed with some topwater lures and soft plastic i managed a few finger mullets to entice the crafty spook reds into eating an offering,i paddled down to a spot that looked fishy and set up along a oyster bed and grass island and started to throw top waters mainly being the mirror lure top dog jr in 808 colors.
They didn't seem interested in top waters even with the light rain i was getting so i put a second rod out with live finger mullets against the grass banks to sit and soak till something hungry came along.
Throwing top waters and soaking live minnows was doing no good so i bring the live bait in and cut the tail off the live minnow and switch spots,throw that out and start throwing top water again and wham zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz my bait rod bends over begging for mercy as the line screams off the reel at will by the fish that just destroyed my bait.
After a good battle and 3 hard runs ,one swoop of my net and it is over and the fish is landed measured and pic taken,this beast of a red drum was 24 3/4 inches long and was gonna make a great meal for me and my wife.
This is my first post as a blogger and i hope to have many, many more to come so keep watching im always on the water and im a kayak guide here in North Carolina,i run native water craft kayaks to fish from and have been fishing for 14 years down here.
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flounder,
kayak fishing,
red drum,
trout
Location:
Hubert, NC 28539, USA
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