Mermentau afternoon bite

[Montauk17]

Was planing on going to marsh island sunday but I ended up having to work till noon. Decided to try mermentau off the bank with my brother. Stopped at price lake road and cast netted for some live shrimp and mullet. Fishing was slow once we got to the spot,tide was ripping out hard. When the tide slowed the switch turned on. We caught over 20 redfish all were keeper size. Kept the 16-20inchers and threw the rest back. Most were caught under a sliding cork and live shrimp outcaught the mullet hands down. Was a good simple afternoon,been way too long since I felt some drag peeling.....no pics my digital camera got wet and it is fried.

[BayBolt23]

Nice job podnah

[Gasper Master]

man, i bet that was fun, its been too long since i had a good drag peeling red trip. year before last, we did well out there, last year, we made 4 or 5 trips and didn't have anything to brag about. Love catchin them dots

[inchspinner]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

Was planing on going to marsh island sunday but I ended up having to work till noon. Decided to try mermentau off the bank with my brother. Stopped at price lake road and cast netted for some live shrimp and mullet. Fishing was slow once we got to the spot,tide was ripping out hard. When the tide slowed the switch turned on. We caught over 20 redfish all were keeper size. Kept the 16-20inchers and threw the rest back. Most were caught under a sliding cork and live shrimp outcaught the mullet hands down. Was a good simple afternoon,been way too long since I felt some drag peeling.....no pics my digital camera got wet and it is fried.

Lmk when you head westward and you can hop in with me bro.....

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

Was planing on going to marsh island sunday but I ended up having to work till noon. Decided to try mermentau off the bank with my brother. Stopped at price lake road and cast netted for some live shrimp and mullet. Fishing was slow once we got to the spot,tide was ripping out hard. When the tide slowed the switch turned on. We caught over 20 redfish all were keeper size. Kept the 16-20inchers and threw the rest back. Most were caught under a sliding cork and live shrimp outcaught the mullet hands down. Was a good simple afternoon,been way too long since I felt some drag peeling.....no pics my digital camera got wet and it is fried.

16" reds pull drag?

[speck-chaser]

nice catch bro!!

[Texas Tiger]

Sounds like a good afternoon.

Sorry about the camera...been there

[Country Boy]

Nice, i was also at price lake road sunday catching a few crabs, stayed at my freinds camp and his neighbors went out of the mermentau to a few rigs and caught some nice specks about 12 miles out.

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Great job!!!!

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by Salty

16" reds pull drag?

Haha....not really but 27 inchers do. The small ones taste alot better.

Originally Posted by Country Boy

Nice, i was also at price lake road sunday catching a few crabs, stayed at my freinds camp and his neighbors went out of the mermentau to a few rigs and caught some nice specks about 12 miles out.

Yeah the crabs were thick out there....caught several in the cast net. Looked like specks hitting schools of pogies in the river itself but could not cast far enough off the bank. Gunna have to do some further research once I get my steering on my boat fixed.

[Country Boy]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

Haha....not really but 27 inchers do. The small ones taste alot better.



Yeah the crabs were thick out there....caught several in the cast net. Looked like specks hitting schools of pogies in the river itself but could not cast far enough off the bank. Gunna have to do some further research once I get my steering on my boat fixed.

I hear you, I never fished there but next time I go to my friends camp for the weekend I will bring my boat and give it a shot.