Slip Sliding fishing report, July 2 2008

[SeaBiscuit]

First nice day since I got back from overseas and brother Slip invited me to join him and Matt on the Slip Slidin to go check on the status of our "pet" Cape Fear fish. Having not fished since my trip with Merry Marlin on June 4, I could hardly sleep last night!

Mid morning departure, quick stop for bait and on the fishing grounds a little after noon, only to find out that we were surrounded by boats. Commercial grouper - snapper folks "vacuuming" the area we have been exploring for the past couple fishing trips. Oh well, plenty water for everybody! We headed offshore looking new bottom and visiting a couple of spots we had not been at for a good while.
Bait and fish were marking poorly today, so we had to make a lot of moves and take a couple of fish from each spot without ever getting on a good bite.

I was fortunate enough to catch the first grouper, a chunky little 24" red, which I decided to release for good luck. Half an hour later I was second guessing my decision until this fella came calling



Matt got in the game quickly with a bigger red....



....and followed it up with a very nice gag



Nick got the gag's twin, while I got my ass handed to me by one of their brothers



A few more groupers, a light line kingfish, some fat snappers and a few flip flop dolphins made for a very enjoyable afternoon on the water. Beautiful, dry and cool (for July) weather was the icing on the cake.

Box shot



By early evening Matt and I had enough reeling for a day and started experimenting with "top secret" weapons



Made it through the inlet with just enough light to make out the cans.
Mally the dog was pleased with the catch, and so were we.



We packed the fish in fresh ice, and toasted our good fortune with cold Miller Lites.
Thanks for taking me fishing brother Nick.

SeaBiscuit

[WAHOONBOX]

THATS PROBABLY THE BEST LOOKING COOLER ON THE EAST COAST....


DOES YOUR COOLER REQUIRE A PERMIT AS WELL? HOW MANY EYES HAVE CHILLED OUT IN YOUR COOLER?

[worknot]

Nice catch there guys! Welcome back Nick.

[livin once]

What a colorful spread. Great report and pics, thanks for sharing.

[BTH284]

Beautiful colors in that box. Nice work guys. Looks like the SW blow laid out nicely yesterday for ya.

[Squid]

Very nice guys! I knew this kind of report would be coming (and am hoping for another tomorrow). Glad to see Matt finally got back in the gag swing after swearing that he has a gag curse lately! Geez was it ever flat out there!

[merry marlin]

WOW Biscoto & Co,

What a way to get things going after being off the water for close to a month!!!
Those are some fabulous "Pets" you found...
Did you bring along the ingredients for a fine lunch???
Hope to see you soon but I'm not sure I'd ever be able to put you on fish like that!
MM

[FINRAZOR RODS]

WOW WEEEEEE

[TriAngler]

Welcome back, Cpt Nick. Pretty work, boyz! Let me know when you could use some homemade pimiento cheese sammiches

[clt_capt]

Conservation and Carnage - It doesn't get better than that.

Another fine day guys. The fish have had a break, but they got a wake up call yesterday!!!