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ziacatcher
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 Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 4:29 pm Post subject: A fun couple of days |
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Yesterday I was working on building some outdoor furniture for my son's for Christmas when around 2 o'clock the sun peeked out and wind slowed down. Decided it was time for a break and hit the water. Was not going to keep any fish and I was just out to play. What I found was that most of the flats produced only small trout whereas the bigger keeper size were in the channels or adjacent to them. Caught trout on tequila, purple, pink, white, and hard plastic mirror lures. Wound up with 5 or so keeper trout out of about 15 caught.
This morning around 10 a.m.Mary and I went to the surf over to Mustang Island. Fishing conditions weren't ideal with very high seas and dirty water. Catching was great however. Caught a 38-inch Atlantic sharpnose shark and three redfish the smallest one being 39". This one was a tad under 40"
All caught on cut whiting from my last trip. |
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shorty
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Got your Big Red you been wanting ! |
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Monkeychow33
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| Your perseverance paid off, you caught your bull reds. Just holding it up for the picture looks like a struggle, catching it must have been a battle. Congrats |
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ST1300
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:11 am Post subject: |
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| That was a small one???!!!! Nice catches. |
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ltorna1
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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Nice job Zia! And a 38" sharp-nose?!!! That's pretty big for that species!
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ziacatcher
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Just got back from the beach on Friday morning and caught two more Bulls. One was a small guy at 29 and a half the other was 39.75 inches..
hey Luke was back in New Jersey recently during striper season and visited the Jersey Shore. Wasn't able to finish as I was there for my mom's funeral. Thought about you and wondering if you were out there catching stripers |
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Central Scrutinizer
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A 'Hoss or two for Zia, and a Luke sighting!!!
Wow.  The stars must be aligned just right.
Did the Mrs. get to partake in the battle(s)? |
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ironmanstan
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Hey Tom what kind of rig were you using spinning or conventional? Nice pinko there. We used to catch the heck of of those in the Brownsville ship channel. Lots of fun for sure.
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ziacatcher
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| ironmanstan wrote: | | Hey Tom what kind of rig were you using spinning or conventional? Nice pinko there. We used to catch the heck of of those in the Brownsville ship channel. Lots of fun for sure. |
Spinning. Been using Cabela's SS80 for years with minimal upkeep. Love them. |
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robo42053
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| BEAUTY |
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FoldCatOne
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If you are ever going to use a tag 29" is an almost slot tagging size.
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ironmanstan
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| FoldCatOne wrote: | | If you are ever going to use a tag 29" is an almost slot tagging size. |
I'll tag up to a 33 after that they go back for seed stock.
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shallowsport
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WOW! When you found your BULLS RUNNING! Great job...
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ltorna1
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| Central Scrutinizer wrote: | A 'Hoss or two for Zia, and a Luke sighting!!!
Wow. The stars must be aligned just right.
Did the Mrs. get to partake in the battle(s)? |
I lurk from time to time.  Tom, I was up in that neck of the woods around Thanksgiving. Small stripers and monster bluefish in the high teens wreaking havoc. But thats the only line I've wet in a year! Sorry to hear the news about your mother, and I hope you and the family are doing well. Merry Christmas to all!
Tyler, ain't it time for snowflakes on the site?
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