Fishing Log

Fishing log

 

 

July 3, 1998 - Medium sized jack at B/C corner

 

July 14, 1998 - Hooked a small flounder at the west end of the C-2 notch.  Used no landing net and lost same - big deal.  The air and water have been so hot that the fishing has been BAD.  Rain and on-shore winds finally came 2 days ago with Kathy's arrival. (back from Greece?) 




Black Drum

Monday, July 20, 1998 - Made two sorry throws with a 6-ft. bait net, between the USS Boone and the USS Underwood, and managed to cull four nice mullet from about a dozen I picked up.  They were feeding in the fresh water discharge from the galley garbage grinder.  Had planned to grill them for Kathy, but picked up a 6 pound, 12 ounce black drum, fishing from the river side of the South Jetties, using halved blue crabs on bottom rigs, flung several hundred yards into the river, with a new 15 foot rod.

 

Redfish

Conrad Chun was there and caught 5 reds that ranged from about 27 to 33 inches, all nice fish.  I slipped from the rocks and lost my glasses in the river.  Kathy had to bring me an old pair so I could drive home.  I kept the drum and gave the mullet to Stoddard Andreu. 

Optimal conditions for this kind of fishing are a high slack tide at dusk (to keep the bait on the bottom) and a slight south wind to keep the line straight.

Tuesday, July 21, 1998 - Brought 6 blue crabs (for bait) back to the same spot I fished yesterday.  Caught a 33 inch (est. 14-lb)* redfish on my second bait that I gave to Tyler Greenwell, to blacken for the French and Spanish exchange students staying at his house.  They were all impressed by the size of the fish here. Tyler plans to serve the fish with boiled corn on the cob, new potatoes, and a mess of big shrimp donated by Gerald Pack of Safe Harbor Seafood.

The forest fires south and west of us have stopped, and the wind has shifted to the southeast, clearing the air of soot and cooling things down to the mid to low 90s.

Conrad plans to take Capt. Gaudio and some of the Mayport brass to the hole tomorrow.  They should do well.  Hope they get some slot sized (legal) keepers.

*Estimated by Ray Downey, a neighbor.