Fishing Log

 

 

May 3, 1999 - 2 small sea trout and a sea robin, caught before dawn at the east end of C-1.  Kept one trout and cooked it with the flounder for Kathy.

 

May 6, 1999 - A jack crevalle and a 14.5 inch flounder taken at Fox Cove, just after noon, on a Christmas tree colored jig, on a white, .25-oz. head.  Released the jack.  The flounder fought so hard that I thought she was a jack too.

 

May 7, 1999 - Caught a toad fish at C-2, brisk breeze from the SW.  Yesterday's flounder filets are cooling in a Ziploc bag with curry seasoning and olive oil.  The cat ate the liver.

 

May 9, 1999 -  2 jacks, a sand perch, and a black sea bass, all released.  Saw 2 flounder at the west end of C-2, both (estimated to be) under two pounds.



'Christmas Tree Firetail' jig

May 10, 1999 - 18 inch flounder taken at Fox Cove, on a 'Christmas Tree Firetail' jig.  A nice flounder for this time of year.  NE wind, 5-10-mph.

 

May 11, 1999 - Lost about an 18 inch flounder at the West notch of C-2, just after work.  Was walking him along the pier, just below the surface, when he shook loose of the jig.

Saturday, May 15, 1999 - New moon, bottom of the outgoing tide, brisk wind out of the NW, overcast, and crummy conditions; But, I got a 21 inch flounder (just under 4 pounds) at the B/C corner, using a chartreuse jig.  Two young boys with a landing net helped me land the fish, which is a big one for this time of year.  Gave the May 10, 18-inch flounder to Kay Kaufman.



Mangrove or Gray Snapper

Sunday, May 16, 1999 - Caught and released the biggest inshore mangrove snapper I'd ever seen, at B/C corner, on a chartreuse jig.  I had misidentified the fish as a snapper species which (I thought) had be much larger to legally keep.  The tug boat crew that watched me land the fish, was shocked when I released it.



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St. Patrick's Day, Mar. 17, 1999 - 3 yellow mouth trout, 2 jacks, and a 13 inch flounder, all taken on the clock at work, and given to John Hitchcock.

 

April 3, 1999 - Got married, and off to England.

April 20, 1999 - Wedding preparations, honeymoon, and thank you notes have kept me from fishing, but today I caught a 15 inch flounder with a 'Christmas tree' colored jig on a white .25-oz. head, at A/B corner, high tide.  A bright day with a slight WSW breeze.

 

April 23, 1999 - Caught and released a small grouper @ Foxtrot Pier, during high tide, just after lunch.

 

April 26, 1999 - I was jigging for flounder @ B/C corner when a large school of jacks crevalle showed up.  There were hundreds of them with their tails slicing the surface of the water.  I could hear their heads banging into the steel transom of a moored sea tug, like hard rain on a tin roof.  I dropped my jig below the surface and hooked up with a very large jack immediately.  I alerted a crewman on the tug about the frenzy, but the school was gone before he could get a line in the water.  By the time I finally landed the fish, it had frayed the braided line badly and had almost straightened the hook.  I blackened him over a bed of hot hickory nuts with Jamacian jerk seasoning, and we dined on the porch.  A beautiful evening.

April 28, 1999 - 14 inch flounder taken on 'Christmas tree' colored jig at Foxtrot Cove, on an incoming tide.  Slight wind coming out of the South West.

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Feb. 17, 1999 - Kept four more trout and gave away several ribbon fish today at the bottom of E-Pier.  Conditions unchanged since yesterday.

 

Feb. 20, 1999 - Took two small blue fish from the North end of B-Pier, just before dawn on an incoming tide.  Gave both fish to Stoddard.  No trout, but have been picking up a few small flounder during the day which have been too small to keep.  Windy, cold front moving in from the North.

 

 Feb. 23, 1999 - First quarter moon. Caught 2 trout (only 12 and 14-inches, but fat) during lunch, at the bottom of Echo (the trout hole) on the incoming tide.

 

Feb. 28, 1999 - 6 trout taken just before dark at A/B corner, and many more at the bottom of Echo Pier, from just after dark until about 9:00 pm.

March 1, 1999 - Waxing moon.  Caught 6 or 7 large trout, between 8:00 and 9:00 am, on the last of the incoming tide.  Came back after dark and fished 'til we got run off by Security.  No accurate head count on the fish caught, but we filled the cooler with 13 to 15 inch trout.  Took the whole batch down to Bobby Langston (brother-in-law) to smoke for the wedding.

 

March 2, 1999 - Full moon.  Just one small trout taken this morning, at the bottom of Echo.

March 12, 1999 - 13 inch flounder taken on a plastic jig at Foxtrot cove.  Gave it to Stoddard Andreu (neighbor).

 

 



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Feb. 4, 1999 - Undersized trout taken on a jig at A/B corner, and released.

 

Feb. (no day recorded) 1999 - 2 nice (14 & 15 inch) yellow mouth trout: one on incoming tide at Fox cove, and one at the bottom of Echo, just before dark.  Worked the flat water with jigs as the wind shifted.

 

Feb. 11, 1999 - Caught and released 2 small flounder from the little dock on the rip-rap, during lunch.  Both fish taken on white bodied jigs with pink tails.

Feb. 12, 1999 - A cold front to move in tomorrow.  Caught 7 (14 to 18 inch) trout on the first quarter of the incoming tide at the bottom of E-Pier, using white bodied, pink tailed plastic jigs, tipped w/ dead shrimp.  Also landed a big bluefish, same M.O.  One trout had his aft section removed by a barracuda just before I pulled him from the water.

Feb. 15, 1999 - Doug Oswald and I caught 14 nice (12 to 17 inch) yellowmouth trout  at the bottom of E-Pier, just before dark, on the incoming tide, using white, pink tailed jigs, tipped with shrimp.  Got run off by Security.  Bluefish also mutilated several other hooked trout.  Slight SE wind.

Feb. 16, 1999 - Kept 5 large yellowmouth trout, taken on the incoming tide, just after dark, at E-Pier corner (the trout hole) on same jig rig as above.  Also caught many ribbon fish and smaller trout that I gave away.

 

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Black Drum

 

 

Jan. 13, 1999 - Caught a yellow mouth trout from the new concrete fishing pier at the Little Jetties, using shrimp on the bottom.  Also saw 5 or 6 large (8 to 12-lb.) black drum taken there at low slack tide, with dead shrimp on bottom rigs.

 

Jan. 19, 1999 - Hooked a small (11-inch) 'potato chip' flounder at the west end of C-2, on a pink tailed white jig.  Released same.

 

Jan. 30, 1999 - Got covered up with toad fish at the Little Jetties fishing pier.  No black drum as expected there, and no yellowmouth trout in the Navy basin today, either.  Fishing has been awful.

Jan. 31, 1999 - Fished the last of the outgoing tide at dawn, expecting trout in the Navy basin.  Nothing - two months without a decent mess of fish.


 



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Friday, Dec. 11, 1998 - Snagged a couple of big yellow jacks at dawn, on a green jig.  Threw (a castnet) on a school of mullet, and caught a good one, about 2-3lb.  And picked a seabass at the west end of C-2 on a live finger mullet.

 

Dec. 12, 1998 - Caught a nice seabass on a live mullet from C-2 East.  Gave the whole mess above to Collins, and bought him a nice Shimano reel to put on a rod that's almost as old as he is.

Dec. 22, 1998 - First yellowmouth trout of the season, and a nice one (16 inches), taken during lunch, from the flat side of C-2, on a live mullet.  Slight NE wind.   

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jack crevalle

October 8, 1998 - 5 or 6 jacks crevalle taken on jigs near the surface, at the middle of Bravo Pier, just before dawn.  One was very large and gave me a 5 or 10 minute fight.

November 19, 1998* - Two flounder taken on jigs at C-2 West, and the Fox cove, both fish between 15 and 16 inches.  I've been out of the fishing business since I broke 3 ribs in the shower, Oct. 24.  (Slipped in the claw foot bath tub and fell over the rail) Just now able to sleep in a bed again.

 

 Cooked both fish for Kathy and Joanne (sister-in-law) tonight.  Shook fillets on a zip lock bag with curry, onion, garlic, & oregano with oil, then blackened them outside in a cast iron skillet.  Served them with saffron rice and Greek salad.  Good Stuff !!

 

The fish were taken on avocado, metal flake 'Mr. Whiffel' grub tails on a red, 3/8 oz. jig head.  Wind NE.

 

 

November 19, 1998* -  19 inch flounder (not weighed) taken at B/C corner (or) C-1 west, with a black and clear 'Mr. Whiffel' metal flake grub tail, on a red jig head.  Gave the fish to Dorothy (my mother). 

*The same date for two different entries here, one of them has to be wrong.

November 27, 1998 - A good day.  Tons of roe mullet in Fox Cove today.  Harvested about 50 pounds with a cast net.  One measured 22 inches and weighed an eyelash shy of 4 pounds.  Gave some to Wally, and smoked the rest.  Also got a big flounder at the same spot, on an avocado 'Mr. Whiffel' plastic grub tail on a red jig head.  The fish measured 26 inches (?) number smudged) and weighed 7.20 pounds on the digital scale @ B&M Bait & Tackle.

November 28, 1998 - Fished with Champ Kauffman from his boat.  We caught 7 very nice sheepshead in the lea of the South Jetty, fishing close to the rocks on an incoming tide.  Wind NE.