Got an early jump on it Saturday AM with a four man crew. Bad omens to start the day:
1. One guy slept in... we rang the doorbell a couple dozen times to get him up.
2. The bridge was out on the way to ICY. Had to turn around and take the long way.
3. Launched the boat and the battery died. No problem, cuz I've got two new trolling motor batteries. Swapped it out, and we were good to go.
4. Went to catch bait at Redfish point. Normally we pull in a bucket full of shrimp, croakers, and finger mullet this time of year. Caught about 20 pogie. Nothing that was decent bait.
5. Worked into Lake Fearman, nada.
6. The wind was worse than predicted. And SouthEast. Nothing is worse than SouthEast. We had to fight some decent chop to get outside of the pass, but we made it there. Fished the protected reefs.
7. Caldwell, nothing. Pavy, nothing. TButte, too rough. Worked the holes around the island, nothing. Not one damn fish in the boat by noon. Hauled it back to the landing.
All in all, beautiful day drinking some beers in the sun with some good friends. The fishing couldn't have been any better. Next I'll work on catching.
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