Went inshore fishing on Kevin's flats boat yesterday afternoon after a lot of rain the last couple of weeks or so. We fished for a few hours with a beautiful sunset and a couple of beers. Fishing was great, we just didn't get a bite! We were using shrimp and mud minnows. Well as the fish story would go, I thought I would take the leftover bait home in the infinity (don't make sharp turns with a bucket of water in the trunk) and try throwing a few liveys off the dock. I've had good luck lately with the berkeley baits, so as it would be..... every cast from the first to the last of 7 caught 7 nice red fish ranging from 3 lbs to 4 lbs or so. Great fun on light tackle and certainly fun for our dog, Calie as she was just about to go in after the fish on each cast, only to attack the fish around the neck(?) each time I threw one on the dock.
Redfishing in January with 80 degree weather. It just doesn't get much better than this!
p.s. Update on the My Time... after lightening strike. I've been putting in many, many hours of electrical redo. Replaced interior lighting, 2 radios, 1 amp, 1 subwoofer, switches, computer parts... and parts, and parts, and I've got the entire electronics cabinet apart trying to figure out what to send into repair, and what to buy new. New bow lights installed, and many replacement LEDs ready to go in the cockpit that were fried. New VHF was delivered and ready to go in when the wx is nice. New Garmin for the helm after the Raymarine chartplotter determined to be DEAD. Next? Sonar, touchscreen, satellite, VHF, spot light, radar. YEP... they're all out. It's going to take some time. ENGINES? Maybe in a month or so they'll be done and ready for a run down the creek. Is it really worth all the time and effort? Maybe.
