I had the pleasure of fishing this morning with Gordy and Kirsten Holland, who are regular visitors from the Atlanta area. We left the dock at Atlantic Seafood at 7:30am with only a slight breeze and clear skies and headed to the Tiger Island area. We started off tossing topwater lures but had no strikes. We did come across some Sheepshead tailing in the grass and Gordy tossed a jig/shrimp combo but had no takers. We crossed the river to what I call "manatee creek" and sure enough, had our first manatee sightings of the year, with two or three swimming by and checking us out. We fished behind Tiger Island at a full high tide (9am) then headed for Lanceford Creek to fish the docks.
The tide had just started out when Kirsten hooked up with something big that took drag; Kirsten fought the fish expertly, but the wiley fish must have known to stay up in the dock pilings and eventually broke itself off! OUCH! Later Gordy had the same thing happen - a nice hookup, a strong battle, drag ripping and then a break off in the dock pilings! Gordy said the fish were just "nibbling" on his shrimp so he tightened his drag and on the next nibble, set the hook and fought the fish out from the dock pilings. The fish tried it's best to stay on the bottom, but Gordy fought the fish to the boat and net, a 6lb 20"+ Black Drum! Both Gordy and Kirsten continued to offer there jig and shrimp up to the dock pilings and both pulled out some feisty Red Drum, too.
We stopped at another dock and Kirsten added to the "Slam" with a keeper sized Seatrout. With that, we called it a day, counting it as another great day to be out on the water!
The tide had just started out when Kirsten hooked up with something big that took drag; Kirsten fought the fish expertly, but the wiley fish must have known to stay up in the dock pilings and eventually broke itself off! OUCH! Later Gordy had the same thing happen - a nice hookup, a strong battle, drag ripping and then a break off in the dock pilings! Gordy said the fish were just "nibbling" on his shrimp so he tightened his drag and on the next nibble, set the hook and fought the fish out from the dock pilings. The fish tried it's best to stay on the bottom, but Gordy fought the fish to the boat and net, a 6lb 20"+ Black Drum! Both Gordy and Kirsten continued to offer there jig and shrimp up to the dock pilings and both pulled out some feisty Red Drum, too.
We stopped at another dock and Kirsten added to the "Slam" with a keeper sized Seatrout. With that, we called it a day, counting it as another great day to be out on the water!
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