Shrimp, Specks, Sheepshead ......

[ice cream man]

Got the early morning call " You want to go fishing ..... "
It's never a question, it's a statement, but more like a command with my fishing buddy David C .......
So I run out without breakfast or any time to make lunch .....
This poor decision will catch up to us later ........

Now a little back story is needed here .......
My Wife is really good chef - we always have some kind of great
leftovers & my friends know this .......
We owned a deli for several years & I pride myself on taking
great sandwiches - stuffed with meat, cheese, crisp lettuce,
vine-ripened tomatoes on freshly baked bread & a Fuji apple .........
Not one of those prison sandwiches you get in the gas station when you
pick up a bag of ice ............
You know the kind - a single slice of bologna & a single slice of cheese
on white bread - cut on the diagonal, shipped & packed last month.....

Spent the better part of the morning finding Shrimp ......
The 2 of us, throwing 2 cast nets, must have thrown at least a 100 times each - sometimes netting only 1 small Shrimp - think we ended up a 7 or 9 dozen - to tired to keep count ........
Could have used a nap & a bite to eat after that, but no time to rest, we wanted to fish & were determined to catch fish .........

Checked out all the local spots that have been productive in the past - no takers, not even bait stealer's, not looking good .....
Starting to hear David C complain about something - not sure what he's saying, because we are running hard to the next spot.

We tried topwater, grubs, Pogies & Shrimp ........
We traveled & trolled for hours without a hit .........
David C's complaining is getting worse, the worse part - it's getting near lunch time & we have no lunch - not good!
Wish we had some prison sandwiches right about now.....

He keeps on getting hung on the bottom & he's becoming hostile ......
Puts down his rod, starts throwing tackle bags around to get into a hatch that's covered with my rain gear, looking for something ........
I am thinking a new secret lure he's been hiding from me ........
He turns, smiles & shows me what he got - a zipped lock full of food, sweet .......
A few packages of out of dated Lancer's Crackers, a fruit cups, a oatmeal breakfast bar & single serving of Nacho chips ........
I was surprised not to find any Vienna sausages to make this a fine dining experience - turns out he ate them yesterday .........
A bounty of good food it's not & we devoured it as it was a gourmet lunch, maybe better ?????

Then after our feast the bite starts, we let out our anchor line several times to stay on the bite ..........
We lost at least 4 Sheepshead & a few Specks at the boat ........
All caught on fresh Shrimp as well as 5 of the smallest Reds I have ever seen - Mini Me Reds with a big aggressive attitude .....

Fishing with David C is never dull & who needs prison sandwiches when you got year old Lancer's Crackers .......... ICM

[merry marlin]

Great report and for sure a FUN read....
Last fishing trip we left the food at home... By noon I would have been glad to pay for a "prison samwich"!
MM

[gottaflylee]

Congrats on a great day Billy, think you were top dog today.
Found the Trout at home this morning all 23 of them, nothing less than 16" on MirrOlures, 52M, 22 color and the L29 same green back...