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Originally posted by JES View PostGood luck!
You going East or West?
I just got my boat back yesterday, hopefully I can get her in the water before I go back to work.
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Sure hope that little "spin-up" down in the Caribbean don't come up here and mess up my Chandeleur trip next week!! some of the models have east winds in the 30's by Monday (our first day of fishing)... Fishable, but pretty much wipes out any chance of fishing "outside" and likely will stir up a LOT of grass on the flats...
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Originally posted by Mjjust View PostWent down to PINS this weekend for annual trip with my brothers and nephews. Brothers there already but son and I arrived late Friday night and it started raining as we drove up. Camp was just past 21 miles. Not much sleep that night with storms rolling through but woke up to fairly calm seas. Caught some mullet in surf and started fishing. Everyone else using shrimp and mullet and son and I tried top water with a few hits and one skip. We switched to gold spoon and caught a few skips and small pompanos. Son hooked up with a 27” Spanish Mac. His first and actually my first time seeing one in person.
Took one the skips and put it on our long rod and yakked it out 300 yds. Son and then stayed out 300-500 yds throw gold spoon. Saw some birds working about 1/2 mile north so we headed that way. Good for us they were coming our way. All of a sudden had bait and birds all around us. Caught several skips and pomps and then had something make my reel sing. After a couple runs pulled in a 30” mac. My first Mac and first time with a kayak on the beach.
Caught a few more fish but another set of storms was coming in and seas got rough so we headed back in. Surf stayed pretty rough rest of day. Nephew managed a 22” red on mullet.
Lots of small whiting and hardheads.
Had several showers through the day but cleared up Saturday night. Sunday morning wind was nill but surf still rough. Sky looked ominous.
Climbed dune to check radar on phone and decided to pack up. Got loaded right as the deluge hit. Was like driving across a lake most of the way.
All in all a great weekend with quality time with family.
Nice. I'd rather catch and eat smacks over trout any day of the week.
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