A little salt in my diet

Haven’t been in a while and it’s been hollering, no screaming at me to go. Today was the day for Nino and I to go east. Early conditions were glassy and comfortable aside from the bugs. The first three hours got me zip besides one small trout that popped at my topwater plug. Found Nino and made a move and things got a little better. Still no fish but more activity. Another hour gone and another move made and finally things got interesting. Approached a shoreline that I’ve never fished as the wind started to build. I pitched my jig toward the bank as Nino moved down a little further and got a push behind the jig and he ate. He didn’t eat it completely but the li e came tight, the drag spoke and then he said goodbye. I said some things that I can’t print and went back to business. Not long after that I got another smack and this one stayed connected. Just a little snooklet but good to see him. Attachment 471725
Pictures taken and back he went. Just a couple of casts later this guy couldn’t stand it and chased down the jig and off he went, pulling drag like he was somebody.
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And over the next 30 minutes as a storm built along with the wind, these other friends came to visit.
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And the fights were something good that I’d forgotten about how tough they really are. This was the best day in the salt for me since 2020, I’ll be smiling for a while. The wind got up to where Ninos Gheenoe was a bit too sporty on the way back and we decided to leave earlier in the bad weather next time. All good and no real issues but it could have been worse. Looking forward to going again soon before things cool down and I’ll post when I do. Til next time……Skeet

Fun times for sure!
thanks for sharing!

good to see that you got out.some nice fish there.

Certainly a nice mixed bag of salty critters

Good report and pics. Some nice catches. Thanks for sharing

Great post and pictures. Thanks for sharing with us

Great day on the big pond !
Makes me jealous.
It’s been awhile for me , too long .

Well done sir. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for taking us along, Skeet! I love any kind of salty adventures and the critters are icing on the cake. Thumbs up!

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KABOOM, were you on the Indian down near Sebastian.....?
Them mangrove swamps down that way are the stuff ....:cheers2

Sweet and Salty...always love how you make us "Do the Math"![emoji1787]

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Ketchn, I was about an hour and a half north of there. These mangroves were dealing with extra high tides cuz of the full moon so there wasn’t much room. To cast up underneath the branches. These fish were around the corner of a mangrove point in calmer water and sitting just off the bank, and they was active! One of my dream trips is a few days down that way or maybe a little further south but the problem is where does the boat go when you sleep? Security and all that. But I still wanna go.

rented a v bottom from some fella in the swamp back when , gave me a map of the swamp and told me don't get lost
took me some shrimp and ketched me all kinds of things in that mangrove swamp , lady fish , sheepshead , mangrove snapper , snook and the list went on ....
it was hilarious when I rolled back up and told him about the monster sheepshead in a herd at an intersection in that swamp ....
he looked at me like I was a nut and said this "you didn't keep none " ?
told him they were a pain in the you know what biting off my wire hooks ....
told me how great they taste and just like that , I was back there the next day with some heavier long shank hooks and headed to that intersection , loaded the boat with big ole slab sheepshead and took them back to the house and let them meet the knife and the grease .....boy howdy he was right ,,,,,very tasty fish ...:cheers2

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Originally Posted by Ketchn

rented a v bottom from some fella in the swamp back when , gave me a map of the swamp and told me don't get lost
took me some shrimp and ketched me all kinds of things in that mangrove swamp , lady fish , sheepshead , mangrove snapper , snook and the list went on ....
it was hilarious when I rolled back up and told him about the monster sheepshead in a herd at an intersection in that swamp ....
he looked at me like I was a nut and said this "you didn't keep none " ?
told him they were a pain in the you know what biting off my wire hooks ....
told me how great they taste and just like that , I was back there the next day with some heavier long shank hooks and headed to that intersection , loaded the boat with big ole slab sheepshead and took them back to the house and let them meet the knife and the grease .....boy howdy he was right ,,,,,very tasty fish ...:cheers2

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might have been called "little johns" .....sure was fun ,but so was the bar ditch by the house , flat full of huge bream .....ate lots of fish that week ....:Rofl

Nice pics Tim, now go kill a deer.