[Gottogo49]

Wow Dudes, this site is addictive.
I once got caught in a thunder boomer like trophytroutman, I beached my boat and hunkered down and made a small target. My ears hurt and my chest rattled - not an experience that I ever want to repeat. Lightening is no fun.
I've had some fun trips with my kids but, grand kids are the greatest. I sent the picture of my grandaughter with her first redfish to the Louisiana Sportsman magazine and they published it. One excited little girl.
One of my most memorable fishing trips happened not far from Pelican Point - I caught my 25 trout (all ~3 lbs) and 5 redfish all on topwater (This was about 10 years ago). I went catch and release for about a hour and then they turned off. I've never seen it like that again. The poor little mullet were in a meat grinder. Kinda like the sardine bait ball on Blue Planet. I could slow down my pulling in a fish and another one would try to take the bait out of the hooked fish's mouth. A red fish straightened one of my trebles so I stopped doing that. Not another boat in sight.