The second trip of the year provided me with dinner.. Here was the over land transportation method.. the over sea method of transportation…and dinner…Water is still very cool, the PUP was dead on 18 and the speck was about 14… Good enough to bring home… Took about an hour to find the speck, caught the pup shortly there after.. Had a couple of firm take-downs, but what ever it was came un-buttoned… Nice little paddle, nice little sunset, bad little mosquitoes….. Until next time …. JAM OUT
Finlay launched the SS BE-LO-ME for the virgin run this afternoon after work. Paddled about 2 miles before the wind picked up so I settled down and dropped anchor in a pretty little spot in about 10 feet of water. Second cast wham, is this him the huge speck that I have been looking for.. Heart pounding with anticipation get him closer to the YAK, got my net @ the ready, and my 6 pound Speckled Trout turned into a 22 inch Striper RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES… Let him go casted again and wham another Striper cookie cutter type same as the last one.. Could have been the same fish for all I know.. Let him go too.. Had no Ice with me and left the stringer in the JEEP.. All in all a fantastic day on the Pamlico sound.. Little chilly no wet suit or nothing but do-able . Got a little color on this winter white boy body..Don’t worry I will get that big Speck one day….
JAM out
TEACH’S LAIR MARINA
58646 N.C. HWY 12
Hatteras Village, Hatteras N.C.
P.O. BOX 520, 27943
252-986-2213
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5) All fish must be caught on hook and line.
6) No mutilated fish allowed.
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10) In the event of a tie the 1st fish weighed in that category will be the winner.
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Gonna go deep dropin in the am… lots of big big grouper have benn caught..
http://reelbuzz.com/fishreports/littleclam/reply.asp?ID=1131&Reply=1131
And lots of other tasty stuff too…..
We saw these fish being put on the dock by the Little Clam, Cap’t Patrick Caton,
Free Agent Cap’t Rick Caton’s son..
http://www.customsoundcharters.com/
on sunday.. Soo with all the hope I can muster were gonna catch fish tomorrow…
Leaving out of Teach’s Lair Marina
With Cap’t Scott Caldwell Aboard the Big Tahuna …
http://www.bigtahuna.com/boat.html
Supposed to shower a bit and be a bit blowy but its a Big Carolina Custom .. So its kinda like being ona City Bus in the middle of the ocean…They can take the big stuff good…. So we are gonna give it a try.. Will post with updates wether they are good or bad … Cause thats the way it is……JAM
It is with great pleasure to anounce that I have started working @ the Pelican’s Roost Tackle Shop @ Teach’s Lair Marina. I will be building custom rods and sling’in BAIT once again… Steve and Dave are great folks, that I have known for a while and they had an opening for me so I jumped @ it.. Look foward to seeing you all again ya just got to go a little further south..
On another note we were SKUNKED like PEPE LE PEW the other day.. Fished for around 3 hours both sides of the shoals of Hatteras Inlet.. Later that night I got the call from the beach that a real fun blitz was going on.. Only 10 people and over 50 + fish were landed and released.. Those boys got’em good.. Arch was the Man with I believe 17 over 40.. Manteo George had 9 Zach had 5. and the list goes on…. There is nothing better on this planet to be part of a bite like that.. Everyone working together Great fishing and Great Friends… Congrats to all who partook.. I missed it due to a 5 a.m. wake up call.. Its only gonna get better, as long as we have a place to fish…..
Sea YA … JAM out
Got a call this morning gonna go hunt for big Reds with the FREE AGENT. Hopefuly we will find them, but with Rick involved it should be a given.. Rob is gonna brin some of his camera’s so we should have some good pic’s by tonight.. If I catch one this spring it will be one more than I caught all last year…Ain’t beach clousures GREAT .. I saw where seabear posted about the diminished citation numbers for NC Saltwater.. I would have to bet that they are way down, year before 14 Drum Released last year none. I think Zing Pow caught 30 or so year before last year 1.. Put those numbers to everyone you know that fishes hard for them and I would venture to guess that citation numbers for Drum are down @ least 50% if not more.. SEA YA JAM
Getting the yak all waxed up here in the next day or so.. Gonna spend most of my time looking for that 7# Speck this spring.. Theres gotta be one out there… Been putting my time in the last few years.. This could be the year… Good luck fellas.. this white boy is starting quiter fishing early….JAM