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Snookered
Started @daybreakwith intentions of picking up from Monday's trip with a slight deviation = #9 weight fly outfit added to arsenal. Hoping to finally add, with a more concerted effort, a saltwater catch(Snook, Red, trout) on hand tied streamers. Wind held me at bay for quite some time, so I decided to throw Mirrolure 'lil Johns(1/8 oz head) on med. spinning gear. Fifteen minutes later, next to a mangrove edge, the telltale tap initiated "Game on"!! After easily realizing that she was going in the wrong direction(deep water), she headed back to her "safety zone" within the mangrove root system. After making several HERCULEAN attempts to test my 12 lb braid/15 lb flouro combination, I persuaded her to the friendlier side of the boat. It was another stereotypical SNOOK altercation that ended 10 minutes later with a belly massage with my landing net.
]I managed to maneuver/wade/pull my J16 Carolina Skiff into some protected backwaters to start waving the long rod but unfortunately 1/2 day was gone now with no results. So it was back to med-light spinning tackle/trout mode artificials only. Winds had reached 15 - 18 knts. by this time, so I deployed 10 lbs of galvanized chain to perfectly control my drift. Trout bite was only medium by my standards with 10 caught yielding a nice 5 fish limit ( 16-19 inches)
On another note, when launching/drop box paying this morning, I curiously, light-heartedly observed this=
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A good trip and nice snook. I wondered if you had gone and noticed the wind yesterday afternoon, never makes life easy. Good idea for someone to return the glasses that way, some food for thought in the future. I sometimes find things and don’t know how to get them back where they belong. A good day mister, sure beat mine.
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What a Fun day you had, thanks for sharing Doug.
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Legal snook? Sure looks good to me.
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Tim, Needed 4 more inches to reach min @28. Fought like a 32" in her 8 - 24 inch domain!
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I was sort of hoping the finder will find "spellcheck".Originally Posted by skeetbum
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Gr8 pics, musta been some good fights going on. Thanks for sharing.
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Great pics & nice catch Doug. Wonder if the FLOUND GLASSES are used for finding flounder
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Funny you should put that in writing Brian(sp.?) = I was thinking, believe it or not, that was a possibility, LOL. Also, what came to mind was this...if they are reading glasses, stay with me, HOW could they read the message??
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That's what keeps me coming back Ed =Salty adversaries with anger management issues!!
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