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Dolphins Giving Birth, Reds, And Sharks!

10:23 PM

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At the Launch at 7am and took the quick run to net some bait. One throw of the net at my secret bait spot and the live well was blacked out. We decided to run the beach to look for roaming tarpon. We ended up coming across a pod of dolphins and one of dolphins gave birth. A very cool site to say the least. Its sad to think that baby might not live much longer if BP doesn't get things fixed fast.

We saw three tarpon roll sometime after this in around 6 feet of water by a pass. We threw crab and threadfins with no luck. I said lets go catch some monster reds. All the guys agreed and we headed off. We arrived to the spot, tossed out some cut bait and let it soak. We waited for over 45 minutes with no results. I knew the fish were there just could not figure out why they weren't eating. We all decided to give up and move on. As James was pulling in his bait his rod went off. A few minutes later he boated a nice 30 inch red fish.

This was a beautiful red. We were using circle hooks for easy removal and a fast release of the fish as the water was extremely warm. Jeff safely released the fish, and we continued to fish.

We decided to move and try a new spot. All we could catch were little sharks. We caught about 10 this size. They fought very hard for there small stature so it made for some fun fights on 2500 series reels. Nice to here the drag screaming now and again.

We then called it a day and ran in to get a nice cold drink. Another good day on the water. Hopefully soon I can get out on the Yaks and get fish. Till then be safe and Tight lines to all!

First Post, July 6th Trip

3:51 PM

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Put the boat in at 6:30am in Sweetwater Creek in Upper Tampa Bay. Paddled to my first spot on a mangrove lined deep water canal and worked the mangroves with a 1/4 DOA Shrimp. With in 5 minutes a baby Snook was to the boat. I let the little guy go. Again I casted and another little snooklet hit the doa.

I kept drifting and slowly worked the mangroves with the DOA. And fish on. This one had a little fight. Turned out to be a beautiful little Mangrove or Grey Snapper that was right at the 10in mark but i did not keep it.

I kept trying the same area for more snapper because they usually school together but no luck what so ever. So i decided to move on. I paddled across a flat looking for reds while moving along to another mangrove. No Reds, just some rays making muds and a catfish that ate a gold spoon :(.

When i reached the Canal i worked the mangroves once again. On my second cast fish on! This one put on a better fight than the rest of the fish. Turned out to be a nice 20in Snook.

After Catching two more 20"-22" Snook i decided to call it a day and was off the water at 900 AM. On the way back home i was almost run over by 2 dolphins fishing along the mangroves and got some nice pictures. It was a fun morning paddle.