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NaplesJohn Member White Shrimper Boot Club
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:49 pm Post subject: TOPS---SWORN TO SECRECY.... |
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Hooked up with Steve, Paul and Rob and wandered off to "the spot". I was blindfolded and am unable to disclose the location..sorry.
I have been on a long duration slump that goes well past last summer with good days few and far between. A limit of reds seems mythical...
Two weeks ago I had back to back good trout fishing, did the party boat thing out of AP last week with a gang from CorpusFishing and did well...Maybe things are changing!
Today extended my stretch of good days. The best part all my fish were on tops, though I donated and destroyed a few. The fish here seem to have serious attitude. Epic blowups , missed opportunities, broken lures, straightened hooks, and at 0900 (3 hours on the water) nothing on the string Then I slid back into an area where we started, and for me it was game on! Real quick limit of quality fish, including one that required post mortem removal of the topwater as it was buried really deep. The pic does not to it justice as it migrated farther south while it swam around on the stringer. Everyone had a decent day, with a few trout by Steve, and some oversize fish...
Best part of the day...sunrise
Hungry
Stringer
RedHead
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mickeyd Flour Bluffian in training
Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 495 Location: FULTON, TX 78358
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:04 pm Post subject: Tops |
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Nice reds.
On TV they would have asked you what sounds you remember on your blindfolded journey such as:
Did you cross any rr tracks?
Do you remember any train/tug whistles?
How many pot holes do you remember getting your teeth jarred in?
(could have been Laguna Shores pre-construction)
Any road rage aimed at your vehicle?(might help rule out parts of Corpus)
Did you remember to leave on your cell phone so the gps device could unknowingly track your trip?
That topwater looks just like one that I threw all day last week with Nada!
Thanks for the report and good pics. _________________ Mike |
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blackhawk78418 Member White Shrimper Boot Club

Joined: 04 Oct 2008 Posts: 771 Location: Bluffrat since 84
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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| BROKEN LURES? I jus started using to lures(topwaters) and I went a little overboard buying some pricey ones for bass, and I sure hope they dont break |
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NaplesJohn Member White Shrimper Boot Club
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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| blackhawk78418 wrote: | | BROKEN LURES? I jus started using to lures(topwaters) and I went a little overboard buying some pricey ones for bass, and I sure hope they dont break |
Broke the back end off of a spook jr...the end the fish was attache d to |
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shorty Member White Shrimper Boot Club
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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awesome !  |
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ccbobber Full Grown Flour Bluffian
Joined: 21 May 2006 Posts: 2359 Location: The Island
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:36 pm Post subject: fish |
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way to go john. _________________ ccbobber |
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Sugar Jay

Joined: 18 Jun 2010 Posts: 5 Location: Boerne, TX
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I would say your out of your slump, but it doesn't hurt fishing with PaulM. |
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NaplesJohn Member White Shrimper Boot Club
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Sugar Jay wrote: | | I would say your out of your slump, but it doesn't hurt fishing with PaulM. |
He was along for the ride slumming with us. Just looked at the stringer...logo is turned wrong:-) |
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troutless Member White Shrimper Boot Club
Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 813 Location: Conroe, Texas
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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WTG John -Good Job- the slump is over.  |
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Sugar Jay

Joined: 18 Jun 2010 Posts: 5 Location: Boerne, TX
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| NaplesJohn wrote: | | Just looked at the stringer...logo is turned wrong:-) |
What's the matter, not used to taking pictures with fish on the stringer? Hey as long as your catching that is all that matters. |
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NaplesJohn Member White Shrimper Boot Club
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Sugar Jay wrote: | | NaplesJohn wrote: | | Just looked at the stringer...logo is turned wrong:-) |
What's the matter, not used to taking pictures with fish on the stringer? Hey as long as your catching that is all that matters. |
That was just wrong:-) |
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