Shuttle Day Reds
I was joined by Buddy and Parm for a little fishing before the Shuttle launch. These guys have been fishing partners for the past 50+ years and sometimes their wives join them and sometimes they assume the roles of bachelors.
This adventure was of the later ilk and with the stiff breeze out of the SSW it’s a good bet the ladies might have called it a day with the setting of the sun. These guys were up to the adventure though and were more than capable of handling the four reds and what seemed like 600 catfish they caught between 3:45 and dark.
I’ll go on record here thanking John Oliverio for inventing the Power Pole, this trip like any winy day trip would have been much more labor intensive without this remarkable tool.
We anchored in strategic location south of Parish Park, having the best luck near prominent points and soaking cut mullet chunks. Live shrimp did not produce results. If not for the pesky catfish I’m sure the redfish count would have been higher.
Buddy battled three mid to upper slot fish to the boat and Parm managed one, but had a big lead on the whiskered trout.
Water temp was 77 and visibility was very poor with almost no bait mullet in evidence. There was plenty of giant black mullet jumping everywhere with what appeared to be black mullet schools feeding in the grass in about 18 to 24 inches of water.