Slip Slidin fishing report. Tuesday, May 30

[SeaBiscuit]

I've been out of town for a few days and Nick (Slip Slidin) missed me so bad, he could not stand it! He walked in my office this morning around 11, brought me an egg, bacon and cheese sandwich and said he wanted to take me fishing. Here we go again, I thought. He needs me to get bait or tie some rigs or something! Sure enough, the pogies were thick in the waterway and we got a few.



"So what would you like to catch today?" I asked him. He said: "the Beast went grouper fishing last week and caught some cobia coming and going. I want to catch groupers and cobia". I gave him captain Brian's number and told him to hurry up and call him. Leaving at 2 PM to "catch groupers and cobia" sounded a bit of a stretch to me, but what the heck.

Pushed through a NE breeze to some ledges about 20 miles offshore. Stream water (75 degrees) and flying fish starting at 10 miles off the hill today. I wished I had brought the trolling stuff! Wind from the NE and a strong current from the south made anchoring a pain. On the third stop the hook caught just right and the bottom fishing part of the trip was quickly over with a limit of gags, a few beeliners and a suicidal mahi that ate my lone light line bait.



Judging the water "too offshore" we headed to a near shore wreck to try for cobia. Chumming top and bottom, we quickly got a few runs, but all turned out to be the wrong kind! We released several sharks, including this cute little baby tiger, who came out of his mama's belly biting!





No cobia for us today, but a beautiful sunset was every bit as good. On the way home, I got a call from a friend who caught not one, but SIX cobia at the inlet. I then proceeded to call captain Brian!

SeaBiscuit

[Deep C]

Way great looking little tiger... Hopefully the jaws fish leave us alone while swording. They have been good about not bugging us this year other than a slob mako drive by one night. So we should be good to go...

[slip slidin]

You know when I come by the office it's always for a good reason. I just had a hunch that there were some gags chewing somewhere in the pond. We get lucky every now and then and catch one or two. Too bad the cobias escaped us today. Their day will come. Had a great time as always biscoto. Thanks. Life is good.

[JMS-ILM]

yep, good meat run. good lord, look at the pogies!

[O-SEA-D]

Pretty work guys, great catch and great pic's.

[HOLWACHAGOT]

Those ain't Pogies, Em r bunker! Fine fishing report. I cannot wait to come down there and slap some of those wreckfish around with you! thanks for the pics and report.

[Tuna Taxi]

Now that's the way to spend an afternoon. I'm doing something wrong, I spent mine working! Nice catch, too bad the cobia didn't cooperate.

[Jer]

Great work, guys!

[brandon558]

Nice job guys..you boys always getem pretty dang good! Man..are the pogies all over WB or what! Good Report

[tunatamer4]

Pretty work once again guys.

Man..are the pogies all over WB or what!

Brandon, I think if you can find some brine anywhere, the pogies are stacked. You can walk across the ditch down here in CB on them also.