Weather....The 3 fronts in may pushing out the shrimp that was here in April killed us. Winds keep you isolated to lee banks along with everyone else putting major pressure on an area. Patterns are off big time. Reefs we are normally smoking the fish on this time of year are not holding #'s. Now we are seeing 97-100 degree temps and the summer time pattern has begun....we barely had a spring at all IMO. I've noticed a lot of silver c r a p in the boat telling me they have been eating fin fish which there is an abundance...The white shrimp are good size but few...and the browns are maggots. I think some of our problem is the shrimp population. The fish you catch on the reefs are nice size and are eating fin fish. But that bite last until some one trolls over the reef on 100 or you loose your tide which has been early lately....The birds are picking on trout in eyeballs and wiskers...the trout are small and sets are loaded with gafftops. I'm ready for the channel bite to start....at least we will be able to count on a bite happening.
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