Two For the Show- Fishing Report 7-27-15

Hi,

Not much to report today. The only amusing incident was trying to get a pic of the manatees swimming around:

                                              Manatees playing (click pic to enlarge)

While I was trying to get a picture they were literally swirling against me. The only pics I got they look so far away:

         Manantee playing

I caught all the fish today withing the first couple minutes and spent some time showing my new fishing buddy Al some spots further North. One for the money- two for the show. . .

Fishing Report Walton proper 7-27-15 6:45am tide almost full then slack high , then outgoing. Windy from the South, Southwest. Water clear, cooler. Throwing Cal jig with paddletail.

It was a rough morning: I couldn't find my shoes, my nose was running, my right eye hurt and was watering. I went down the bank after sunrise and slid about 5 feet. Instead of falling I grabbed a small tree and slowed myself down enough to make it to the bottom without wiping-out.

There was bait all around the sandbar and I caught a small trout on my first cast and took a pic:

                                       My first and only trout about 12" (click pic to enlarge)

When I wheeled it around to me the trout flipped off and I quickly cast back again over a pod of bait. Nothing. Next cast, fish on!!! It jumped and went across the sandbar, it jumped again and I pulled it up and took a pic:

                                                  Small bluefish (click pic to enlarge)

I was surprised to see it was a small bluefish. I pulled it to me and unhooked it. I looked South and saw a wader. I wondered if it was someone I knew. Then I started casting-- the bait was there but nothing was biting. I saw the wader catch a trout and he headed my way so I went over to him-- it was Al. He said he would be fishing with someone this morning but his friend cancelled. We talked for a minute then started fishing the shallow flat. It was almost dead high tide.

There was nothing biting- plenty of bait, tho. We fishing there for 15 minutes then headed South. I fished a couple piers and met Al again out deep. We fished our way back. I was getting bit by small snappers that kept grabbing the tail off my paddletail. They were too small (no catch 'ems) to get hooked.

The tide was outgoing and when we got back the wind was blowing hard in our faces. I got a couple wind knots and stopped to watch the manatees.

A slow day that had a quick start.

My totals: 1 trout and 1 bluefish. (Al caught a couple trout).