9-27-2013 east bay

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Friday , se wind 6-8 mph in the morning , picking up to 12-16 mph around 11 am . 8 inches visibility early and less as the wind picked up . Better water back in protected bayous . Air temperature topping out around 87 degrees and partly cloudy . Water , upper 80's .

Me and my buddy caught the 6 am ferry and launched at stingaree marina . He got in the water first because i stopped for gas and ice. Off he went hugging the shore line targeting red fish up shallow with a top water . By the time i got in the bay he was a speck on the horizon .

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I quickly lucked into a school of " schoolie " trout , 16-17 inches long . Darn though , i hooked 4 trout and they came unstuck near the boat . Rats !! 5 th hookup stayed on but promptly swam under my kayak anchor rope and got caught . It got to be a tangled up mess and i thought for sure i'd loose that fish . But , finally i got it netted and all the tangled line and ropes sorted out all the while thinking of the minutes ticking by and hoping the school didn't leave . Why me ?! Those trout stayed with me long enough for me to pick off 6 of them .

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My buddy finally showed up as the wind picked up and the catching slowed down . He had a nice red but while fighting it got a hook past the barb in his forearm . He had another rod with a lure behind him that he got hooked on . He finally just ripped it out describing how his skin stretched out "this far " before tearing out . Lol ! I've had it past the barb twice . This was his first . I drifted deeper and anchored for a while . When i pulled anchor i thought i saw him but it ended up being someone who told me my buddy went in complaining about his arm hurting . Cry baby . There's fishing to be done ! I got out to take some pictures of the fish and my new friend .

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I went off down the shore looking for flounder . I fished a slough and landed a too small flounder and trout . I hooked and lost a flounder . 5 th pitch back to where i lost him i felt the pleasant "thump" and got him in . 17 inches . I fished the area hard but didn't catch anymore .

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I made my way to yates to fish up the bayou .

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i saw a slick next to grass and pitched a gulp over thinking it was a flounder . I got a 22 inch red instead .[ATTACH=CONFIG]26813[/ATTACH]

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Working a grassline on the way out , i hook and loose a flounder 5 feet from the kayak . Throwing back to the area i lost him , i got him back on and landed him . 17 inches .[ATTACH=CONFIG]26814[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]26815[/ATTACH] i got back to the truck and left at 7 pm . Fun day !

[Baby Tran Cat]

Fantastic pics and report!

[S-troop]

Excellent report & photos! Thanks for sharing.


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[mgstei1]

Excellent report with pictures!! Nice day on the water for sure!

[Curmudgeon]

And you said you weren't putting in those long days in the yak! Great report Henry!


Curmudgeon only pawn in game of life.

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Yeah , i was surprised myself i lasted that long .

[walkinwader]

awesome report and pics as always

[FP3]

Awsome report ! and Pics !

[imhammer]

Thanks for the report Henry!