notfishingenough
10-14-2006, 11:25 PM
I saw the wind readings on the buoys dying down around noon and decided the weather man was wrong. I didn’t get to the NN Reef until a little after three which was just as the wind shifted to out of the NW at 10-20 knots. I put out the chum and didn’t even get a bite, but there were some seriously obnoxious gulls. No bites for an hour and getting rougher. There were other boats there but I didn’t hear much on the radio. My daughter used the wash down hose to keep the gulls away, but one still managed to bite my hook (even with weights).
On the way back to Deltaville a little before 5pm we saw some birds around Windmill Light and thought we’d try casting. Well from about 5 to 6:30 there were a gazillion birds from the WM light to the east end of the bar. Fish everywhere and gulls going crazy. We caught a bunch but only managed to get one small keeper into the boat. A lot of fun with 14- 17 inchers and blues on light tackle. The fish finder showed the bottom covered with fish but they would not all bite. I didn’t get a good look at the bait but they wanted small stuff like ¼ oz. plastic grub and small sting silver. I tried a bigger sassy shad but got not bites. I didn’t want to mess any Storms up on the blues so I didn’t try any.
On the way back to Deltaville a little before 5pm we saw some birds around Windmill Light and thought we’d try casting. Well from about 5 to 6:30 there were a gazillion birds from the WM light to the east end of the bar. Fish everywhere and gulls going crazy. We caught a bunch but only managed to get one small keeper into the boat. A lot of fun with 14- 17 inchers and blues on light tackle. The fish finder showed the bottom covered with fish but they would not all bite. I didn’t get a good look at the bait but they wanted small stuff like ¼ oz. plastic grub and small sting silver. I tried a bigger sassy shad but got not bites. I didn’t want to mess any Storms up on the blues so I didn’t try any.