JAM’S ADVENTURES

A From above shot of the Marina that I work at Cool Place to be..

Is there anything to be Concerned about?????

It was about time for me to go to work, so we headed back in the direction of the Marina.  We stopped off at Cora June Island, which is the Giant Dredge Island bout a mile off the Marina. 

This Island Does not exist on National Park Land, but is less then a mile from the shore, these birds are not included in bird counts, WHY?

 I wanted to go look at the Species of Concern that have kept us off our Beach’s for the last 3 months, and take a few photo’s if they were home. 

They are everywhere too many to count, is that the problem, Work, if there not there we don't have to count them.. Fire the whole lot of them...

Ya see if ya don’t know where to look for something, you will never find it, hence it does not exist. 

As you can see there are lots of Species of Concern that live on this spoil island one mile off National Park Service Land.. Too bad that if any bird count takes place, these birds do not count.  Pretty Stupid huh?? So if ya just don’t look where they are you will never find them, and you can be real concerned about them though.. But never count them.  Pictures don’t lie.   But the SELC, AUDOBON, DOW and NPS and FWS do and quite frequently I might add. 

Tuesday was solo mission day, I loaded up on Sand Fleas over by the Frisco Pier and headed to the Marina.   Paddled out about 3.25 miles and set anchor on a Marker decided to SheepsHead fish and Trout Fish @ the same time.  After a while of Bait Fishing with nothing to show for it this fuglyguy decided to pay me a visit.

This guy reminded me of Stewey from the Family Guy...

Never caught one of these on the Yak before either Spiny Puffer Fish (Species Number 2) Also Managed a Few Grey Trout (species number 3) and a Few Taylor Blues (species number 4)   Before Paddling back to the Marina, pretty full of myself for catching 4 different kinds of fish in 2 days. 

Coast Guard Dudes Rule, they keep us safe on the waters... Hatteras Inlet is No Joke and these guys do it on a daily basis.. Glad to call some of them Friends...It's a nice feeling inside when ya see these guys out there on Patrol, they always stop by and say HI... Thanks Guys... You Rule.

Wed, Kellie had some time before work so we decided to hit the Grey Trout Hole that I have Marked as a WayPoint called GREY DEATH.  

Ya see not only do we have Species of Concern with wings, some Pencil Pushin Geek with statistics will lead you to believe that there are no more Grey Trout around either. 

Try lip-ing him fresh water guys, you will do that just once...

Or as they call it, they are over-fished.. I say BS if you know where to look and when to look for them you will find them.. me and Kellie have found Hundreds of them this past couple of weeks ..

Real Nice Keeper Grey on Fish Bites Xtreme Shrimp

I guess because they (NCDMF) can’t find them or catch any of them that it is their conclusion, that they don’t exist.. It is my conclusion that THEY CAN’T FISH.. Just another INEPT layer of Government that needs not to exist, that we pay for on a daily basis.

If you Like the Gulp Products do yourself a favor and try FishBites Xtreme Shrimps we Now have them @ the Roost in the Marina.

Look another fish that does not exist in their minds,  man I have caught hundreds of them but they in their in-finite wisdom have put a one a day limit on Grey Trout,  just this year.   Same as with the Birds if ya don’t look for them where they are your can claim that they must not exist.    

 I feel sorry if I ever catch a unicorn out there I’ll let you all know how it tastes. 

Rounded out the day with a Croaker or  “Bitch Fish” as Rob likes to call them (species number 5) and a Lizard Fish (Species number 6) and my good friend the Sea Robin   (species number 7) 

All in all a Great Few Days on the water with lots of Species of Concern both caught and seen.. I believe the people that a running the show would rather we just go away.. So they can collect their FAT Gov’t PayChecks for doing nothing for it..

You could give these folks a Mirror and a FlashLight and they still could not find their own ASSES in the Dark..

Until Nex Time JAM out

It was a beautiful day on the water

Which I find is the best way to learn something new.  Been planning for 2 weeks now to go  SheepsHead Fishing, I have seen a few come into the Roost and I was curious, and wanted to give it a shot.  So after Talking it over with Both Commercial Fishermen and Sport Fishermen that keep their boats at the Marina, I decided on a tactic and a rig that I would make to give it my best shot. 

The tactic is hit as many Channel Markers as you can till ya find them, if nothing is there, move on to the next.  They love structure and the channel markers provide them with lots of it.  So the first thing ya need is Bait.  I decided to use Sand Fleas, so I grabbed my Sand Flea rake and hit the Frisco Pier Beach right after the sun came up..

Sand Fleas are also known as Mole Crabs

It was not long before I had a bucket of Sand Fleas, check on the Fleas, Mission is a go. 

Locked and Loaded

Next I rigged up the Yak for the Adventure, I was bringing an extra Rod and I was bringing a Bucket o Fleas.  SheepsHeads require more then a Trout Rod as it more of a bottom fishing thing, so I grabbed my trusty Ugly Stick Tiger Lite, which is capable of throwing up to 3 or 4 ounces and a bunch of SandFleas. 

Now it was time to hit the markers, hit the first one I saw out of the Marina and had a couple of hits, but I did not know what to expect as I have never targeted these fish before.  After a little while at the Mark I decided to move off to a deeper one..

The Fishermen told me to load the hook with Fleas, and thats just what I did.

Got out tot he deeper Chanel marker and baited up with several Sand Fleas all piled up on a VMC 8/0 Stainless Offset J-Hook.  Is was not long before I had a taker, I set up strong on then fish and the Tiger Lite bowed up big time .. Drag was screaming on my Stradic 5000 loaded with Dawai 30 pound Samurai Braid.  All I can say is these suckers fight, lots of head shake and pull-age. 

16 Incher 15 Points in the War..

Got the Fish to the net and aboard the Kayak, now I had to figure out how to handle the sucka.  He has Spines all over him, and if he stuck ya, lets just say it would not be good.  Got a quick measurement, and I was stoked, 16 inches a scoring fish in Kayak Wars, not only a scoring fish but it would be my 5 species and earn me a Kayak Wars Gold Point. 

Had nothing to keep him in so I released him to fight another day.  Re-rigged my set-up and made another cast towards the pile ling, as soon as it hit the bottom, rod goes down and drag starts screaming, this ones a little bigger..

18 incher. this sucka pulled hard.. 15 more points and a new fish I can target

Got the net at the ready and bam, a 18 incher, 15 more points for the Wars.  What a day.. What all the fellas told me was correct, and I am a good listener, got the job done on the First outing..

These fish are amazing fighters and just another possibility, for your sound-side Kayak Adventure ..

Until Next Time  JAM out

A few Miles off Hatteras Village, Hatteras NC

I mentioned yesterday that the 27th catch, was the most Grey’s that I have ever caught in one day, a low ball estimate would be well over 150-200 Fish.  The most Greys I have ever caught before this was 2.  That’sright 2.  Go figure that this year they DMF, puts a One a day Kill Limit on them.  That is the main reason I let them live, not worth the effort of puttin them on Ice.  

Cora June Island to the South

Planned to take Kellie on a Grey Trout Massacre Adventure because I plumb wore them out the day before.. It is about a 3 mile paddle from the Roost to the Grey Death Marker on my On board GPS, so we took off late from the Marina at around 9 a.m.  With a SE wind it puts the wind @ your back which makes for incredible speeds on the way out and lots of chop and wind in your face on the way back.  Hitting 5.2 knts on the way out was great as we go to my GPS way-point in no time. 

First one for Kellie many more to come....

After setting Anchor in the exact location as the day before, we were both hooked up on our first casts..  I knew it was on at that Point, and just for fun we decided to keep count of our fish catches.. Which is not easy to do when your catching one every cast. 

17 Incher Nice Fish.. All they are gonna do is get bigger, and move around...

We were out and out Destroying Grey Trout, four or five would come up to the Yak with the one you all ready had hooked, it was an amazing sight for sure.  Not as steady as the day before but Kellie caught 31 Greys and One Lizard Fish..

Another Nice one for Kellie....We were surounded by power boats at this point and they were disrupting the school. We were catching them still on the Magic Fish Bites Xtreme while they watched, and eventualy left..

Now I don’t care who you are but 31 Greys is an awesome feat for anyone, and I would venture to guess that not too many folks get to catch 31 Trout in a 4 hour period.  We left them biting, all agrins, with our paddle back to head on winds Back to Teach’s Lair Marina..

By the Way I ended up with 51 Greys and a 16 inch flounder…. What a day on the water …. When ya find them once it’s Luck, when ya find them twice, your real lucky…

Watching Kellie pull in fish after fish was a blast, memories for a life time we made….

If you all want to do this get up with me I believe I have found them and they will not go far. GPS said we did 6.23 Miles, easy anyone could do it.

4 Hours we caught Fish, someone was Hooked up the entire time.

This one had some shoulders.. Fun class of fish on ultra-lite tackle 4 pound test and a jig head.

16 inch flounder was also part of the plunder...

Well Back to work today, until the next Adventure …

JAM out

A beautiful day down in Hatteras Village..

Been so long since I have done an Adventure, I think I may have forgotten how.. Yeah right!!  With 13 straight days of SW winds gusting to 40, I had little to do except study Maps of the Inlet.  In my head I picked a couple of spots out to try, and instead of heading right to spots where I have all ready caught fish, I was gonna break new ground down in Hatteras. 

When you are Trout Fishing be it Greys, or Specks, you look for the same kind of structure.  Broken Bottom (a bottom that changes from Sand to Grass) and steep drop-offs.  After studying the Maps I headed northwest out of the Marina  to a spot a few miles off Hatteras Village. 

The First Victim

Saw the Structure that I was looking for and set anchor, it was not long before my Trout rod started thumpin, it was about 8:30 a.m.  First Grey in da Yak.  It was not long before I discovered that it was a Grey on every cast. 

FishBites Trout Killa

All on a 3/16 ounce Lead Colored Red Eye Lead Head and Fish Bites Xtreme 3.5 white shrimp.

Now everyone gets on bites, and I’ve had some good ones but for five and one half hours I caught Grey trout to 17 inches.  Most were in the 15 inch range and some were smaller, but all were keepers.  This was a phenomenal Bite, I caught more Greys today, then I have if ya added up all the Greys I have caught in my Life.  

Did he Bite the Tat or the Xtreme New Penny Shrimp

After a while of Catching them on the White Shrimp Fish Bites Xtreme, I switched up on them with the New Penny Shrimp Fish Bites Xtreme.  They could not leave it alone.  The hole time I am also Fishing Fresh Shrimp on a popping cork rig, that went un-touched. 

All Day long my Friends All Day Long.. No Sh!T.. All Day Long....

 This Fish Bites Product is out of control, you have to try it.. Thanks  Fish Bites Mike, I plumb wore them out today.

A thunder head approached and it was the only reason I left them Biting... Until Tomorrow ... Me and Kellie gonna blister them

Conditions Look pretty Much the same for Tomorrow, and Kellie’s off so we are hitting the same spot that I fished today.   It’s keyed into my OnBoard GPS Unit as GREY DEATH… And there Will Be  More GREY DEATH Tomorrow..  Until then …. 

Mr Grey Trout says " Sea Ya Tommorow JAM"

JAM out..

The Harmony Car Top Carrier that Kellie got worked like a champ, even at speeds over 70 mph..

Borrowed Kellie’s car top carrier and loaded the BE-LO-ME mp on my Acura for its trip to its new home.. Teach’s Lair Marina… Since the bite is non-existent in Buxton, I had to make the move.. The proximity to the Inlet and the constant moving water makes it a great place to launch out of..

3 miles off Hatteras Inlet

Went to a couple of the sloughs that produce fish on a regular basis for our charter fleet, and knocked down a bunch of short founder a slippery dick and my good friend the Sea Robin.. Not a banner day, but found a spot where the Clams are everywhere..

Real Real Pretty down there...

Got a lot of needed exercise yesterday...

Paddled about 12 miles , touched a few fish.. Gonna make it easy having the Boat right on the water.. So I will be launching trips if your interested just contact me at twodeobx@hotmail.com     Sea Ya.. JAM Out

Road Trips Are Cool. For those that know me, I don't get off the Island Much, by choice.

After the Christmas Fiasco that  Kellie’s son Joe went through with the Airports and delays, we promised him he would never go through that again.  So we Picked up the rental car at 6 a.m on Tuesday and headed for OHIO.  I was real excited to see Mountains as I have not seen them in around 8 years, and I was real stoked to pick up Kellie’s son for his summer long Adventure.  I am looking forward to a lot of His Firsts (Speck, Drum, Flounder) and KAYAKING .  I think he will have a GREAT Summer, and I look forward to showing him things that folks have shown me.   

The Sign says it all

The drive was going to be 726 miles each way, so when we picked up the car I took the first leg, as I am familiar with the run to Richmond and need no directions.  After we got to around the Virginia, West Virginia border, Kellie took over so I could look at the Mountains. 

We had lots of fun around Charlottesville as I told her that the Walton’s concept came from that area.. And I went on telling here the names of the different Hilltops and Mountains.. For example Grandpa’s Gonad, and Maryellen’s Melon’s, and my favorite Granny’s Crack.  The Walton’s was one of my favorite shows as a kid, so I had lots of fun with that till we got tot he WVA border.   I know, I can bring anything right on down to the gutter with me, but that’s my style.

Real Pretty, but I built it up in my head to be more..

Once into the Mountains of West Virginia , I was kinda let down.  May be I built them up to be something that they were not, in my head, but I was not very Impressed.  It looked a lot like where I grew up in Upstate NY, and the hi-est we got was 2,704 feet.  I don’t know may be I was expecting the Swiss Miss girl, to hand me some Hot Coco and welcome me.  

Crossing the Ohio River

Next state was Ohio, and the furthest I had driven west before this trip was Pittsburgh, been all over the Country in a plane but never went this far west in a car before.  Let me tell ya, it was beautiful, so lush and plush everywhere.   A very beautiful place. 

 The plan was to go do a drive by on Joe, then head to the 105 acre farm that we were staying at with Kellie’s friends. 

Joe Kramer's Farm

No sooner then we got to the Farm, the beers were flowing and we settled into out new home for the next day or so.  Had a few and the guys- Joe, Les, and John, asked if we wanted to go 4 wheeling  to check out the farm.  These ain’t your normal Quads, they are tricked to the nines, expansion chambers, worked out Monsters.  One was called a Razor made by Polaris, it’s a two person rig that will go anywhere a Billy Goat can. 

Kellie and Les after a Razor Ride

And a whole lot faster then a Billy Goat on fire.  After getting covered in Mud and face hurting from smiling so much we called it a night. 

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The Bolivar Dam

The next day was our lay day so Kellie showed me around where she lived, before moving to the Island.  We went to the Bolivar Dam first cause it was right there. http://www.lrh.usace.army.mil/projects/lakes/bos/It was an amazing thing to see, it’s there to hold back the Tuscarawas River when ever it floods.  When it last flooded in Jan. 2005, the water was up to the 85 foot mark  and almost flooded the entire town.  Schools were closed for 4 weeks because of it. 

Fishy Fishy place, it's wild that his body of water got 85 foot high in Jan 2005

The Zoar Hotel

Next was on to the Town of Zoar, a real old place that was kinda like Williamsburg, with all the old time shops and stuff.   That’s where we went to a cool little lake off of the Tuscarawas river, where we walked around and checked things out.  We had the entire park to ourselves it was beautiful.    http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=829

The Red Dog Saloon

Stopped by a few of Kellie’s friends houses and went to one of Kellie’s best friends Karen’s and Sony’s bar called the Red Dog Saloon.  Hung there for a bit, but had to cut it short to get back to the farm for dinner.

All the Quads in the Garage

Once we got back to the Farm the Guys invited us to go 4 wheeling on the Farm to go see the sunset.  Kellie went with Les in the Razor and Les let me use his 500 Polaris Scrambler, it is a complete beast and ya spend a lot of time just trying to keep the thing underneath ya, it’s that fast.  Some parts of the trail system that they have blazed on this 105 acre working farm, are incredible and they have names for them. 

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 One of them is El Diablo, or the Devil.  It is near vertical climb up the side of a steep hill-face.  My first time up I got stuck mid way up, but I let the Scrambler roll back a bit put her in 4×4 and up I went front  tires off the ground most of the way.  After seeing an incredible sunset, it was time to put our grub on. 

Joe Foolin Around for the camera

Les and John

Sandy

Sandy and Joe (Joe owns the Farm been in his family since the beginning of time) and John and Les prepared us a bar-b-q that included Steak from one of thier cows, pork from the pigs and chicken from an unlucky chicken there. I love homemade animals better then the store bought ones, they taste sooooooooo much better.  It was getting kinda late, as we were picking up Joe (Kellie’s boy) at 4 a.m so we thanked everyone for the good time and memories, invited them all to come to the Island and we were off to bed. 

All ya got to do to make a man smile is say "BOOBIES"

Hit the road at 3:30 a.m Thursday and headed for Kellie’s son’s house to pick him up.  He was at the ready with all his things for the Summer, we loaded up the car and pointed it for Nawth Kackalacki..Back home by 5 p.m DOG@SS TIRED.. Went to sleep and ready to go back tot he Grind.. It was a cool Road Trip and I had a blast, we placed a weeks worth of stuff into a day and a half..

 It’s a place I want to go back to and spend some more time.. Saw lots of places I could blister fish from the Yak, and I want to try……

WOW I can not wait to YAK in this... Looks real real Fishy..

Joe on the Roll home to Carolina...

I believe we will be building a few days into Joe’s return trip at the end of the Summer.. But until then, let the FUN Begin…… JAM out

Nice Sunrise

It has been a real real good week of fishing, or should I call it catching.  Been 4 days this week that I fished and 4 days that I have caught Specks.  Nothing to write home about but nice Keeper specks all in the 14 to 16 inch range.  I let these guys go, because I like a bigger fish to kill, and the only way to get bigger ones is to let the smaller ones live.

Got out there before 5 day before yesterday and the Sun was just peeking up over the Dunes.  Paddled to where Kellie had caught her first Speck the day before, because that was as good a spot to start as any.  You never can catch yesterdays Fish but, they are usually close by as they don’t move to far once they find a home. 

Little Pan Sized Blue

On my first cast I hooked into this little blue eyed demon (BlueFish) took a photo of him and let him go. 

I have never caught Blues and Specks in the same hole, so I moved too another spot to try my luck.  After a while of nothing and work looming on the horizon I started to head back closer to my vehicle fishing all along the way. 

Specks are so pretty with shades of purle and blue..

Got to a productive  spot, lots of suttle hits and bumps, set anchor, and fished it for a while.  Not too long after arriving, got this nice little 15 incher.  Hung out there for a little bit with no more takers, so I decided to pack it in for the day.

Fish with a Ranger Program a far cry from what it used to be.

Went home got up with Kellie and we decided to take a walk on the Beach.  We parked at ramp 43 (only ramp open in Buxton thanks NPS) walked over the Dunes and saw a very small group of people fishing together.  As we got closer, I noticed it was 2 Park Rangers and 4 People Fishing together.  It kinda made me laugh, because it was the Fish With a Ranger Program..

As they were packing up to leave, they all threw their bait on the Ground, that would have gotten you and me a 150 dollar fine, but it's jsut another case of do as I say not as I do..

Several years ago, before the National Park Service started to SCREW us over, the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club used to run the Fish with a Ranger Program, of which I was a volunteer.  Two days a week a Team from the Anglers club used to take up to 60 People Fishing on the Beach for a 4 hour period.   Local Tackle shops USED to donate all the fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, terminal Tackle, sand spikes, everything except Bait.  Over the 2 years I did the program we helped lots of First Timers catch fish, and it was a very popular program that accommodated 120 people a week.  When the Park Service started to show it’s alliance with the Environmental Extreme, I pulled out of the program and the Cape Hatteras Anglers Club did the same.    So seeing the Very Small Group (bout 4 people and 2 rangers) made me think about how many folks we took fishing over the years. 

What the National Park Service needs to realise is that any plan they come up with WILL FAIL  without The Communities support.   Ya see we Live in the National Park, it is the only place in America where a Park was built around an existing community and a lot of promises were made by them and now are being broken.. All I can say is that we have held back a lot of folks from doing a lot of bad things.  With the Final Plan Right around the corner, I hope Mike Murray takes this into consideration, if the final plan even resembles the Draft, that will prove to alot of People (what I have know all along) he was brought here to turn the Recreation Area into a Wild Life Refuge. 

Ya see a lot of folks bought the BS he was selling when he got into town, I was not one of them.  Now all of his supporters are changing their tune, when some of them were Kissing His Ass big time, I was telling them to watch out, look what he did to Cape Cod.. But they knew better, or so they thought..

When the Final Plan is released it will be time to release the Hounds so to speak.. I hope he understands whats coming his way…We as a Community will have nothing to loose at that point, and a Man (or Community) with nothing to loose, is a very dangerous situation..They have to live amongst us… I hope and pray they do the right thing.. Otherwise, we will get the national attention that this fiasco has deserved all along… It just won’t be pretty..Polish Up your Long Rifles Boyz you know they are allowed in National Parks now… Gonna get interesting….

JAM out.

Like the title says Don’t Hate the Player Hate the Game.  Yak was all ready on Kellie’s car because we knew we were gonna hit it the next day.  Made a pot of coffee and chilled for a bit, long enough to read Rob’s (The General) early morning fishing report.  After seeing what he did early, I had a feeling that today would be the day, (But if ya knew me I think everyday could be the day) the day that Kellie would catch her first Speck. 

Got to the launch ramp at about 8 am or so and the sun was breaking through the Clouds, they were thick clouds the kind you have to keep an eye on.  Checked the weather on the computer before we left and it looked clear of lightning, I don’t mind getting a little wet but Lightning Scares the hell out of me.  Had some close calls in the past on both power boats and surfing.  Me and Lighting just don’t get along, so I give it lots of respect. 

Hit one of the holes that Rob had caught his fish the day before in , to no avail.  Headed north a bit and tried a spot I had fished last year quite a bit with good results, we anchored up and jockeyed around a bit working all sides of this hole.  After about an hour of having our baits molested by smaller fish, loosing a few tails here and there.  we switched out baits and changed out one of Frank’s (FLATHEAD  on the Internet) hand tied buck tails to a jig-head and some FISHBITES  EXTREME white shrimp. 

Shortly after that I here Kellie call out “I got him” and I looked over and her rod was all bowed up.  I broke free of my anchor and headed the 30 feet away to watch her land her fish in the Kayak.   She had him in the boat in no time and the little fella was flopping all over the place. 

Slippery Little Bugger

 

Sweet Trout Blood and some Turtles

TA-DA

After trying that spot some more , with only a couple of bumps ,we left it for brighter pastures further North.   It’s a real pretty spot with a sandbar running all along it,  with a broken bottom a mix of Grass and Sand bout 9 foot deep.  I have caught some 3 pounders out of this hole and it did not fail me today either. 

Sorry bout your luck Berkley, I found me a new Trout Killa!!!!

This guy almost got me some points, 15 and change..

He wanted back into the water, so I put heim back to catch another day

Banging back a couple right off the get go.  But my day was all ready made when Kellie got her First Fish, out of the Kayak, a nice keeper Speck.. So re-read the title and insert it here.

Ya see at this point in my fishing career, it’s more fun getting folks on fish then catching them myself.  I get just as  excited as the Angler and I love Firsts.. But this was extra-special to me, for obvious reasons…   Well I am sure it’s not going to be her last either, she’s got many many more ahead of her…

Until next time 

Pretty Proud JAM OUT

Always Like how this looked on the Deadliest Catch Boats this ones for Phil

Got up around 5 this morning, checked the weather to see if there was any electricity in the Sky, and there was none on the radar.   Kellie and myself began loading the equipment for the days Adventure.  We stopped by The Red Drum Food Mart for some snacks and vitamin water and hit it before 7.

Paddled out into lots of Bait Fish and was very happy to see them there. 

SeaHawk or Osprey Looking for a Plover Egg Diner

Saw one of my best friends a bird of prey I love those guys.. They will take care of our Bird problem down here now that we are not on the beach to keep them away..

So Far So good lovin the new Product

Tried a new Product as I am tired of Berkley Gulp, got with the reps (Berkley)at the tackle show and pitched myself to them and they were less then receptive… So why would I continue to promote their product when there are other players on the block.. Fish Bites MIKE sent me and Rob a shipment to try, they are called Fish Bites Extreme.  They are similar to Gulp Alive and seem to work just as well so far. 

Speck number one for Rob on Fish Bite Extreme

Number 2

Rob got 2 slot Specks on them today

A Hound Fish or Gar or Marsh Marlin they will tail walk like a real BillFish cause they are.

and I mustered up a MARSH MARLIN and a Sea Robin.. With lots of hits and action, the fish liked the stuff, and so do I.  No Juice to dump all over the Boat or Car. 

My evil little friend the Sea Robin

It was a fun day on the water with my lady, and we plan to hit it again tomorrow early AM.  Can’t wait to catch that monster Speck, but it won’t be on GULP… It’s gonna be on Fish Bite EXTREME… Thanks Mike..

JAM out

Ain't She Purdy the U.S.S BE-LOW-ME

Well guys it’s been a long month, it did not start out good, but it is ending with a glimmer of Hope.  Myself and Rob (General) have discussed the topic I am going to talk about for about a month now.  And I am glad I did not pull the trigger on it.  I was beginning to believe that the Speckle Trout population was destroyed by the cold winter.  But today was a glimmer of Hope.  I found the Little B@sturds…

I have been spending my free time going out in the Ocean with the General Looking for Blues, Drum, and Cobia.. But with the 2 days off a week I have been dealt, the weather has kept this Plastic Vessel, like most the ones I see down here on, ON THE ROOF.   Only have been out may be 14 15 times this month, its got me NUTZ…And I would much rather get out there every day..

He's a scoring Fish 30 Points In Kayak Wars

I have been getting  a couple of shots at it here and there during the week (Like today before work) but the conditions have not been the best and all I have been able to Scrape Up have been a few Sharks of the Larger Variety too 4 foot.   As most of you know I would much rather hunt the Specks, but ya can’t catch something that is not there. 

He was a little bigger then I thought, pulled me half way to Frisco, then I got My HOOK back..LOL

Now that I have Found them, I hope they get Bigger this guy was a legal keeper, 14 inch's but I released him to grow bigger. No Points here..But soon very Soon...

Some other and I have been wondering if the winter we had,  killed our major resident Specks, the sound did freeze out a bit here in Buxton and a lot of us were very concerned. But today I managed 2, 14 inch Specks that I promptly released to grow bigger.  They were not Scoring fish In the Kayak Wars tourney that I am in, but it shows me that they are here, and with the Sound Coming alive all I can say is GAME ON…

My little Friends have come home to Roost…. I was getting a little worried that they were all DEAD, but they were Just a month and a half late…. Thank God…

God Bless all our Vets both Alive and Dead, thank you for your Service…

JAM out