Got off work bright and early Sun morn and decided to take the family for a little family time. Fished the northern access. Bait was soft shell crab, fresh shrimp and sandfleas. Sun was shining but the winds were whipping out of the east. Fished about four hours of the outgoing. The catching started out light. My daughter got her first Pompano. Too bad it was a 4" baby Pomp. Followed that with a Palometa which we wanted to keep for dinner but he got dropped in the wash. A few dink whiting followed when finally the 10'6 Tica bends deeply and whatever it was tried really hard to take it and the spike with it. I let my wife reel it in hoping it was a big Drum. It was going to be interesting to see if she'd want to hold it for a picture. The battle raged and all the tell-tale signs were there. Battle like crazy then anchor on the bottom. Battle, anchor...big ray! We got 'em in, cut 'em off and back to the sea he went. Things settled down and I put more crab out and wham! Fish on! Same rod 10'6 Tica Dolphin the only one of the four with crab for bait. This was a definite fish. Shaking his head from side to side like a heavy weight. Got 'em in Black drum 18". Very nice fish. A couple more dink whiting and that was it four our four hours.
Went back out today while the kids were in school. Met Stuart who was already there by the ramp protecting his gear from the tide pushing into the grass. He's been fishing Talbot for 15 years, spring and fall going after the Pomps. Said he'd been fishing Talbot since the first of October and has only caught 3 Pomps all undersize. Hopefully today would be different. He had one rod out using clams. My bait on this day, fleas, fresh shrimp and clams. Bait shop was out of soft shell crabs.
I decided to deploy 3 rods. 11', 10'6 and 8'. Lots of foam from the breakers in yet the winds were near non-existent. Out of the ENE at 3-5, shifting E at 3-5. What they'd call Drummy surf in Virginia. Water looked clean to me until I landed the first fish. Cat. Man! That's the way my 3 hours of liberty went. Two cats, another ray and a spec 2.5 inches too short. Packed it up about 12:30 and headed to Wendys for a bite. Next trip will be the Pier at Jax. Following week I'll be back at Talbot.
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