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HungerBuster · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 371

Took the older kids down PINS on a trip my wife insisted we take. I did not argue. But, given the conditions of the surf and the beach, maybe I should have Very Happy

We got on the beach around 6:30 Friday evening to a windy, but still beautiful front-lit surf. It had been a while, so we all just enjoyed seeing the beach. And at that time of day on the surf, it's hard not to find yourself standing still like a 10 year old with his mouth open staring at the coolest roller coaster he's ever seen.

We found ourselves rewarded with what SEEMED to be great driving conditions-- hard packed, smooth road above the still substantial weed line. We stopped and looked at some really promising structure around 5, passed another around 7 and finally called it good at a spot around 8. We were planning on going down farther, but what's the point when you find a good spot? I think sometimes folks go down farther just to "go down."

Anyway, the wind picked up to about a sustained 20 that night, and we enjoyed just being on the beach. Got up early Saturday to great weather conditions, but a surf that looked like a blender. No sets, waves breaking in every direction and seas so high that you couldn't see beyond the surf horizon to the green water. Weed was manageable if you knew how to fish it (just old stuff in the wade gut). Didn't catch anything but a few whiting and more hardheads than you could count. Of course, with the surf looking like it was, we weren't expecting to fill the box anyway. Like I said, it had been a while.

Of course, the real story was the road--there wasn't one. At all. Surf killed it to the dune grass. You shoulda seen the idiots driving their $50,000 trucks (even saw an Acura SUV) through six inches of salt water at 20 mph. Throwing water, mud and weed all over their gear. If it wasn't so sad, it would have been funny. Of course, it led to some interesting thinking on our part-- maybe we should leave when the water table goes down.....

Needless to say, it was an adventure trying to get off the beach. But, in the end, we got our feet in the sand, some salt water on our skin and lines in the water. Though I gotta say, the 30 mph winds Saturday afternoon got a bit old. Of course, the good Lord provided us with wet sand, so as long as you stayed away from the dunes, no blowing sand.

Anyway, we had fun. Right now, the only time to go down the beach is after 4. Otherwise, you're going to have to drive in the water to get past 10. Likewise, the only time to come off the beach easily is after 4, for the same reason. Waves did set up in the afternoon once the tide started to move, and the water TRIED to green up early evening.

But that's that. Like I said, we had fun. Be safe and fish hard.

HB
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dr. akward · Finger Mullet Joined: 02 Nov 2013 Posts: 37

Sounds like you made the best of it. Good for you!!

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Great report and thank you!
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kweber · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:45 pm Post subject:

wasn't 06 or 07 one of those "never ending weed" years?
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deputydawg · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 1:09 pm Post subject:

Better than working even in the worst conditions! Thanks for the report!

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Towboat Trash · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 6:41 am Post subject:

Glad ya'll had a good time HB! Cool

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