Beautiful but tough day today in Vermilion Bay

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Got a late start after spending about an hour catching bait at Marsh Island. Beautiful kind of smoky day all day today. Took off with our bait and got out to Tete Butte around 11:15 or so after the tide had been coming in for about an hour. We caught one nice speck and thought it would continue but only managed one other breakoff and some rat reds. Stopped at another spot or two around the Pass area and caught another rat red or so. Headed to a dam in Marsh Island and caught nothing. Finally ended up at the big tower at Dry Reef for the last hour or so of daylight and caught our nicest red of the day along with a keeper drum. Final tally, 2 reds, 1 drum, and 1 speck. Not much to show for having live bait, eh? Oh, well, it was a beautiful day to be on the water! Just expected to do a lot better with all the good reports we've been reading.