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AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

Well I've been absent for a while! I find myself traveling around more than fishing these days. Heres what I've been up to!

About 2 weeks ago I was in Dallas. Decided to hit up purtis creek. The water was GLASS so paddling the little native around wasnt too bad.

The full moon was out that night so fishing was terrible slow. Armed with a silver rattle trap I kept plugging away hoping for something. I managed a bunch of little guys and this lone slot bass.

I came back in town for the casting for a cause tournament. If you missed it then you missed out! Its a AWESOME tournament and its always a blast. I had no time to prefish for it so it was all on the shoulders of my teammate AJ.

It didnt take long for some redfish to come out and play.

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I picked up two back to back. Not the size I was looking for but we were on the board! After a while I ran out of bait and we decided to get some more.

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When I turned back around to where I was fishing I found several boats making themselves comfortable. After a while they moved off and I set up shop again only to have the boat "capt. Wacko" run 10 yards in front of me right on top of my line. Thanks for that!

After a bit of a rage we moved spots a few more times and after a few upgrades we decided to call it a day. We felt pretty good about weigh in but we got off the water a little late.

Our last redfish was our biggest so if we left early we wouldnt have caught it. Anyways! With a hour to make it to the weigh in we took off only to get stuck behind someone pulling the worst junk boat I've ever seen. Turned a 30 minutes drive into 50 minutes.

Long story short we rolled up to the pavilion just a minute or two late with enough fish for fourth place. Its all good though since this tourny was all about THE CAUSE!

The next day I get a call from my buddy for a fishing trip. He hasnt seen the water in a long time so we had to make a meat haul.

It got a bit drummy that night with a good bite and strong winds. We also managed a few big croaker. By big I mean I had a 20" croaker the other night and a ton of 18'ers.

All in all the fishing has been great if you have the will to fight the wind! Im still looking to make a offshore trip this year that doesnt involve rolling swells to 5'.

Ill be back on the water soon enough.
Till next time
Life is good
-Tino
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:01 pm Post subject:

Man, that Croaker is sweeeeeeet!!!! Been a long, long time since I got into the big croakers...... Maybe the mid '80's on the NFP jetty, right in the surf zone. Great fight and they eat just as good IMHO! Cool

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AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

We have been catching a TON! of these suckers! None of them have been under 16 inches.
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:29 pm Post subject:

Cripes....... And I'm stuck up here! Crying or Very sad

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"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits". Albert Einstein

Chef Lefty · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 4:30 pm Post subject:

Baffinboy · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:15 pm Post subject:

Welcome back, wondering where you've been, I haven't fished since the last weekend of May and I count on your reports to read while hiding from my boss
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 5:24 pm Post subject:

omaka · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 11:10 pm Post subject: croaker

that ain't croaker! more like black drum! Cool

OSOMURF · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:24 am Post subject:

Thanks for the report Tino.

chasingtails · Finger Mullet Joined: 02 Apr 2012 Posts: 38

You always seem to be on them wherever you go!! Thanks for the pictures..gotta love them good eatin size drum

noskunks · Horse Mullet Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 157

so that's what happens to all those croaker I release that I didn't use Shocked

thanks for the report, seriously had no idea they got that big, not sure if that is Baffin but may have been a water body record due to no submissions.

Or upper laguna record depending on weight.

Rod & Reel Species Weight Length Date Angler Bait or Lure

Croaker, Atlantic 2.94 18.75 Aug 8, 2009 Christopher Golla Berkley gulp

AcousTennis · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 13 Sep 2010 Posts: 1319

Thanks for the heads up! I'll be sure to take notice when I get another biggun.
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