HEADED OUT SATURDAY MORNING AROUND 4:30am. STOPPED BY THE BAIT SHOP AND THEY HAD ALL THE CROAKERS WE NEEDED. WENT EAST TO DAUPHIN ISLAND AND SOUTH FROM THERE. THE WATER HAS BEEN ALOT BETTER OVER THAT WAY. STOPPPED AT THE FIRST PLATFORM AND MADE OUR DROPS. ABOUT TEN FEET DOWN MY PAW N LAW HOOKED UP ON A NICE 30LB COBIA. ABOUT FIVE MIN AFTER THAT I HOOKED ANOTHER ABOUT THE SAME SIZE. WENT TO THE NEXT STOP AND I DROPPED A CROAKER DOWN AND 5 SECONDS LATER MY LINE WAS ZIPPING AWAY AT A VERY HIGH SPEED. FOUGHT THE FISH FOR ABOUT TEN MIN BEFORE WE GOT A LOOK AT IT. IT WAS THE BIGGEST KING I HAVE EVER CAUGHT. THIS FISH WAS A MONSTER, HE MADE TWO OR THREE MORE GOOD RUNS BEFORE WE GOT HIM IN THE BOAT. AFTER THAT I DROPPED AGAIN AND CAUGHT ANOTHER 30-35LB COBIA. WE STAYED THERE AND PROCEEDED TO CATCH 6 HUGE RED SNAPPER THAT ALL HAD TO BE THROWN BACK DUE TO THEM BEING OUT OF SEASON. WHEN WE LEFT THERE WE PUT OUT THREE DIVING PLUGS TO TROLL FOR A LITTLE WHILE, AND CAUGHT KING AFTER KING, AND A FEW BONITO. THEY WERE ALL AROUND 10 - 15 LBS. BY THEN I HAD TO GET BACK FOR MY SONS FIRST PEE WEE FOOTBALL GAME OF THE YEAR. HE IS 10YEARS OLD AND PLAYS RUNNING BACK. I MADE IT BACK JUST IN TIME FOR THE GAME AND MAN WAS IT A GREAT ONE. MY SON RAN FOR FIVE TOUCH DOWNS, A TWO POINT CONVERSION, HAD ONE INTERCEPTION, AND 12 TACKLES. I WAS VERY PROUD OF HIM. AFTER THE GAME I TOLD HIM I WOULD TAKE HIM TO EAT ANYWHERE HE WANTED TO GO, HIS REPLY WAS DADDY I WANT TO GO CATCH A REDFISH IN THE MORNING, SO THAT WE DID. I TOOK HIM IN THE WEST RIVER MARSH THE NEXT MORNING TO TRY FOR SOME REDS. WE GOT TO OUR SPOT AND I COULD HEAR THUNDER IN THE DISTANCE. I KNEW WE ONLY HAD ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THE STORM GOT HERE SO WE STARTED CASTING OUT LIVE SHRIMP OVER SOME OYESTER REEFS. WITH ABOUT THIRTY MIN LEFT AND TWO BLACK DRUM TO SHOW, MY SON HOOKED UP ON A RED, THEN I DID. IT WAS GREAT ME AND MY SON WERE DOUBLED UP ON TWO RED FISH. WE LANDED BOTH OF THEM AND HE ALSO CAUGHT TWO NICE SPECKS IN THE THREE LB RANGE BEFORE WE LEFT. IN ALL A GREAT WEEKEND, AND LOOKS LIKE HE TAKES AFTER ME ON THE FIELD AND ON THE WATER!!!! DIDNT GET A CHANCE TO WEIGH THE KING WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?
Great report and some real nice fish, congrats on your son doing well in football......But way to go on teaching the kid how to fillet fish.....look at that little dude go in 2 of those pics....outstanding stuff right there.
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