JAM’s ADVENTURES

This is channel Marker #8, it is way the HELL out there, bout 3 or 4 miles from launch point.. It ain't no Joke .. Not for the Faint Hearted..

All I can say is holy Sh!t.. A lot further than I expected.. Took about 2 hours to get there but I got there.  As soon as I got settled in and Dropped anchor the wind (which by the way was not forecasted) kicked up to about 20.. Hung around and fished the Reef for about an hour, and caught my first ever sound-side Spanish Mackerel.  Ended up with two in an hour, but because of deteriorating conditions I had to get out of Dodge..

Had a good couple of days on the water.. OBX-TACO was back from Fla.  with the plan to catch some fish.  Left out of

Obx-Taco with a Lighthouse view..

Buxton  after work for a fabulous day on the water, to bad the fish didn’t cooperate, they had lock jaw as Rich got a Skunko and I got a small Speck and a Small throw back flounder..

The next day he was doing a beach day so I went solo.  Not much going on caught a Blue a Flounder a Speck and the Critter that Killed Steve Irwin. 

Uncle Ray Ray

 Uncle Ray Ray we like to call him.. Its best not to   F with Uncle Ray Ray, I’ve seen too many people get real messed up by these critters.  The best way to  handle them is to not handle them.. I have caught them up to 90 pounds on my trout rod, they will pull you all over the place while on the Kayak. 

Do Not mess with Uncle Ray Ray, he will ruin your day.

I jettison my anchor and let him take me anywhere he wants till he’s tired, then ya try to surface him and break him off @ the Leader.. Thats exactly what I did.. Here are the shots..

Headin to the REEF today with Travis a good friend og mine Troy from Ga. Son.. Getting ready to meet him in a few minutes, will have pictures and a report later.. Until then ..

No skunk here

See ya later JAM out

2 pounder Fun little fella..

Still catchin on a  regular basis, nice quality fish around 2 pounds.. Went out afterwork yesterday and got 6 within 2 hours.  Waiting on a Marine GPS unit to come, getting a Garmin Hand Held that I am gonna mount to the Kayak on a RAM ball mount system.. The thought process is if I have that as well as my compass then I can go farther.. Did about 5 miles with Flea the other day.. So I am pretty much ready for anything.. To the Reef and back is about 5 miles then ya add in paddling around.. Stamina is there and I am ready..

A view from work this morning,  not a bad view at all..

Havin coffee and watching the Boats launch 5:30 A.M.

 See ya in the am… JAM out

SandFlea and myself hit it pretty early this morning, bout 6:30 or so.  We paddled out to a spot where I smoked them yesterday morning and preceded to toss lures.  Nothing, so we move North a piece.  Nothing so we move North a piece yet again.  Nothing. 

Open Water Paddle

At this point I had already been thinking about a spot that I charted out on Google Earth the day before.  I was unsure of its exact location, but I had a general idea where it was. It is more of an Open Sound Paddle then in the Canadian Hole Area wide open with no Islands, just open water.   If we hit the Scooby Doo Mansion we have gone too far.  Actually its not the Scooby Doo Mansion, its the old Pilot House Restaurant that has been closed for a number of years.  But it looks like the Scooby Doo Mansion don’t it??

Scooby Doo Mansion

 Kept looking for the canal I was supposed to take to get to the new hole and never saw it. I’ll  have to get back on Google Earth and look a little closer.  Its about a Mile and a half to  where we were at and the Current and the Tide was pushing us back where we wanted to be..

We were just drifting along BSing and fishing when Flea was telling me about Pelicans and how he’d like to get a closeup of the one on a white pole in the middle of the sound, that we saw.  So that area shall be known from hence forth as Pelican Point. 

It was right around then that Flea asked me if I had ever caught a Gar back in the sound, my reply was yes around 36 inches or so.  Real fun on a Trout Rod.  He replied how he would love to catch one… A Gar has a long Bill like a Marlin, cept the Gar’s Bill is lined with Razor Sharpe Teeth.   So a lot of folks down here call them Marsh Marlin’s.  They are not very common and seeing them is not an everyday occurrence.. So we paddle along BSing and fishing  to the next spot.. Not giving it much thought that we would ever see one today.

I get a Speck off the get go right @ keeper size, but I don’t feel like messing with him and I let him go.  Got another one next cast a little bigger let him live as well. 

Decided to move down current to Water Moccasin Island to stand, walk around and fish a little.. When all of the sudden I hear SandFleas Drag on his reel start screaming, I reel my stuff in and say “I’ll grab the Camera”  , at this point we don’t even know what he’s got when it jumps out of the water Tail Walkin like a Marlin.  It was cool I’m snapping shots, Fleas got the rod and fish under control and Bam, Flea nails bout a 36 inch or so Marsh Marlin or GarFish.. Check out this suckers teeth..

Missed the dam shot of him Tail Walkin

He's a Big UN look at the swirl!!

SandFlea Wire-ing Him up like a MARLIN

The Called Shot BABE RUTH STYLE.. Nice job Flea!!

Whats amazing about the whole thing is that we had just talked about catching one bout a half hour before he caught it, like a called Home Run.. The Babe would be proud.. Tide was up in a big way when I got back to the JEEP.. Check this out…

HOI TOIDE ON THE SOUIND SOIDE.. Better watch out for that drop off its at least 30 foot DEEP..lol

Ended up with a blue on the troll, bout a 3 pounder or so,  didn’t feel like getting fishy today so he lived also…

Fleas Gar was an Awesome sight to see.  Ya see Fishing ain’t always about you catching fish, its about sharing with others, what other folk have shared with you.. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!     Until next time JAM out

Anyway gut told me he caught nothing, I smiled and put Yak in the water.   Bait was every where jumping mullet were all around you can see them tailing in the pic below..

Tailing Mullet middle lower left..

Coffee and Trout Gota love my Office

Must have been around 7 or so and first cast Spec.  I was still in sight of the gentleman in the Die Inside but he didn’t see me .. Caught 4 more right there and moved on to a spot to the North. 

All were about this size..

Caught 3 more there, all around 1 3/4 pounds to2 pounds.. Also picked up a nice legal flounder and a throw back flunder all before 9:30 this morning …  What did you do this morning. 

Keeper Flounder

I’m like the Marines I do more before noon than most folks do all week…. JAM out 

Throw back FLUNDER

Sand Flea and Orange Blossom Lee

Launched with a couple of good friends, SandFlea  and Orange Blossom LEE.. We took off around 2 or so and headed North dead into a 20 mph NE wind.. Here on the Island when ever ya have wind ya have gusts, so if she’s blowin 20 expect a 30 puff  or two.. She was a good go to the North and we made it to all our destinations, and we all got a good workout.   It was White Capping a bit with waves coming over the bow.  But today’s Ocean Kayaks  commonly referred to as Sit On Tops handle the big stuff well. There not a lot of  Drag and they have Rocker, like a Surf Board.  They actually are a modified Surf Board.  I’ve stripped mine down and took it Wave Riding on many occasions and the size of the stuff you can get into is amazing.. Been on well overhead waves an she has handled it well.  

As the day progressed the wind slacked off and conditions Improved immensely, OBLEE caught the first one a nice little Speck  right  @ about 12 inches.  We fished  there for a piece and nothing else was caught there.  We moved to the other side and Flea caught his first Speck ever in the Sound.  Me and him have Mo-hawked them in the Ocean from the Beach in the Winter, but that’s another type of fishing..

Let me Introduce you to my little friend

At this point we have been @ it a while and yours truly has yet to get a nibble, and I’m thinking to myself   “I hope I am not coming down with a case of Robitis.” So I switch things up a bit and take off my grub and jig head and put on a Berkley Dancin Blade, never used it before so I set up to drift fish with it.  Get way up current, plan my angle and start my first drift right along side a sand bar, holding the rod in my hand and letting the wind and the current push me along.. Didn’t take long and I nailed this nice little 2 pound er..

Berkley Dancin Blade Upper left Bout 2 Pound Trout

It was getting late and a little chilly so we called it a day.. No one was skunked, but we sure did not set the world on fire either.  But a big part of the Yakin experience is, where you are and who you are with..

Flea in a different state of mind..

Good Times, Wind, Friends, and FISH!!!!!!

JAM out

A girl I knew from NY along time ago mentioned that she would like to let the fishes go in a previous post, well today Tammy, for you I let the fishes go..

Flounder Dinner # 1 Released for Tammy

Two Flounder Dinners and a Speckled Trout dinner were released today to enjoy another day on the planet.   A short flounder was also given a reprieve today as well. 

Flounder Dinner # 2 Released for Tammy

Speck Dinner #1 Released

Little Fella Released see ya later this summer when ya grow up..

Blew up, to 20 knots plus this afternoon so I took a couple of shots of the Kite Boarders doing there thing.. Quite awesome thing to see on a daily basis..

Kite Boarder Shredin

Got my NC Guides License today so its game on LETS GO FISHING.. Hope you enjoy the pics… JAM out

The Beast

Got the JEEP back and boy she rides sweet, well as sweet as it can with 10 inches of lift and 33’s..  Feels good though, good enough to go to Hatteras Village maybe????? Lots of potential down there sound side and in the Inlet @ the right time of day and conditions…Well on to the fishing it was a rough go today but it was pretty managed to scrape up a short Flounder but a Fish is a Fish.. In CaveMan days I would be eatin quite good but the Laws are the Laws so this one go Released to grow bigger for me to catch another day.. JAM out…….

Little Fella bout 14 1/2 Inches

Little Trout before Work

Ended the 2 day SKUNK by doin the Dawn Patrol had YAK in water by 6 am.  Was real pretty out there, brought a thermos of coffee and I was livin large.  Paddled up wind towards Avon and set anchor, wind was NW @ 10 or so, gusts a little higher.. Watched all the folks heading up the only road to civilization.. And concluded as I sipped my coffee and pitched a lure, that I got it made… Caught a nice little Speck bout 14 15 inch’s or so and a short Flounder.. Drag link broke on the JEEP so out of commission until the parts come Mon.  Gonna hit the Ocean with Rob in the  am tomorrow for triggers and Spades and Sheep’s Heads up north a ways…. Until then.. JAM out 

Coffee and the LightHouse From a different perspective..

Not setting the world on fire by any means but having fun and catching fish.. Caught bout a dozen or so the past few days, but yesterday and today were skunk city.. But went out three with my new Digital Water proof camera and took a few shots check them out.. JAM out

Water Mochisin Island

Was looking for Woody The Wood Pecker but all I found was HIM