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[reallifetexan]

Went out Friday morning - started late, around 9am, and thought we might find fertile grounds in the Lydia Ann channel, so out we ventured. We tried several spots for a couple of hours, and all we caught were hardheads and a puffer fish. We then proceeded to work our way back up the chain of islands there, and couldn't even get a bite. By mid afternoon, we decided to abandon that strategy and struck out for a spot that is difficult to get to due to shallow water, but has produced in the past, and as soon as we got there, the drum were on. We caught lots of small drum and reds, but ended up boating 5 keepers and taking home 4. My oldest son caught the largest, we estimated it to be a little over 20", but we never got to measure it because he put the fish grippers on its mouth and proudly held it up for the world to see, but it slipped out of the grips, fell on the edge of the boat, and with a graceful pirouette, flipped right back into the water. Lesson learned on that one.

On Saturday, we got an earlier start and were on the water around 7:45am, but the wind was a lot stronger and we decided to just poke around the flats instead of braving the bay. We picked an area and did intermittent drifts, picking up three keeper reds - 21", 22.5", and 24". My two boys and I each caught one, and the size of the fish was inversely proportional to the age of the fisherman.



The duck hunters in their airboats were out in full force, those things sure make a lot of racket when they're pointed away from you. Not bad mouthing them, I know they're handy, but when you're trying to sneak up on redfish they can be a bit much.

One funny note: when we got back to the boat launch, I tied up the boat and went to get the truck and trailer, and as I was walking to the truck, I saw one duck hunter come running past me, stop, and then yell at someone who was walking toward him, "Hey, get the dog!" The other person stopped walking, turned around, and ran back to their truck to get their lab they had forgotten in the truck. I chuckled and then went about my business. After I had backed the trailer into the water, I walked over to the boat and as I started to get in, I realized that the same lab I just saw was standing in the back of my boat. I looked at my boys and asked what the heck was going on, and they said that the 2 duck hunters had loaded everything up and enthusiastically pushed off to go hunting, and left the dog on the dock. In an effort to get to them, it had gotten in our boat and was then patiently waiting on its masters to return, which they did. I swear the look on that dog's face was priceless! I'll let you fill in the blanks on what it looked like the dog was thinking...

[Mel]

Nice report & funny story about the dog -thanks for both

[landlocked beachbum]

Lots of dogs have way more sense than their owners........
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Dave


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

[BayFly]

The dog story is indeed funny! When I'm going out, and trying to get everything organized and onboard before launching, I seem to always forget something, but how do you forget your dog, and twice? Maybe the owner should put the boat key on the dogs collar, then he couldn't leave without him?

[Tyler]

Thanks! Poor dog! Like the camo crocs too, I thought it was seaweed at first.
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