GONE FISHING

We left home about 7 am this morning to head down to Port O'Connor for a day of fishing, it was a chilly 49 degrees. We put the boat in the water about 8 am and headed out across the water for our favorite fishing spot.

It was pretty breezy going across the bay, but we had put on several layers and stayed warm.
We started fishing, casting as we drifted, looking for Reds. This was our first fishing trip with our new Shimano Curado reels and we were anxious to hook our first Reds and break them in. We caught a couple of Reds and then a few that were to small to keep as we drifted. The wind seemed to be constantly changing directions and a few clouds dotted the sky. Dale landed a nice Red, a couple of small ones and I landed a pretty good Trout. We had our usual breakfast-peanut butter sandwich and banana with a hot cup of coffee, really hit the spot.

We continued to make drifts across the lake hooking some small reds, but seeing some really nice fish. Around Noon we decided to stop as we reached the bank and enjoy our picnic lunch-sandwiches, chips and a cold Coke.

We thought the tide was high enough to run into one of the other lakes, but upon trying we found that it was to shallow. We decided to try a drift across some of the spots we had fished in the morning, since we had seen some Reds.
We hooked another nice fish, when I spotted a Red tailing off in the distance. Dale polled us over to the spot but the fish had moved on. It was about that time Dale spotted a nice Red, after a couple of cast he had it hooked the biggest Red of the day. As Dale was playing the Red, I hooked a Red. Luckily we landed both fish and our day was over, we had limited out on Reds with 6 , and our 1 Trout, and it was only 1:30 pm. We headed back in, stopping along the way to
watch the oyster boats working the reefs. We stopped in Seadrift and picked up a gallon of fresh oysters, nothing like a good fried oyster. We got home, unloaded and cleaned the boat, gear, and put our large bag of fish filets in the frig.
A good day, a limit of reds and our reels were great!!!!