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It was a week of poor tides, and only two days booked. November is usually not a very busy month, anyway. But, weather claimed one of the trips, leaving me just one great, fun day with my old friend Bob McGuire. I used the rest of the off days to catch up on things like fishing reports!
Monday dawned to a bad southeast wind. It was howling! I had to use the anchor to hold the Talon in position while we caught bait at Picnic Island. Fortunately, bait came pretty easily, and we were soon on our way.
My plan was to quickly catch bait and try to get on a good flat somewhere while there was still enough water to fish for redfish and snook. The fish weren't in exact agreement with my plan, but we managed to make it work. We had a tough bite, but through the course of the morning Bob managed a half dozen redfish, and half dozen nice snook to 8 pounds, and one nice trout for the West Coast Slam. It wasn't a great bite, but Bob caught some quality fish. And, Bob is great to fish with, and is always happy with whatever is going on. He just loves to be out there fishing!
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I had a multiple boat trip booked for Friday, but Mother Nature had other ideas. It was raining when I got up, but the radar showed only a very thin line of frontal light showers. It should have been gone quickly. But, it wasn't. Apparently, as the sun rose, the heating helped build the rain into something heavier. The front was on top of us, and I knew that once the rain passed the winds would kick. I was also pretty sure that as she always does, Mother Nature would shut down the bite. That, coupled with a very poor tide, mean very slow fishing. I had to tell all the guys the way I saw it. A couple of them thanked me for being honest, and they decided to put the trip off until another time, leaving us to go home empty-handed. Better that than customers with a bad taste in their mouths from getting beaten up, wet, and not catching.
So, that was it. But, next week is booked solid, and the tides are much better. So, hopefully, there will plenty of fishing stories to tell.
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