Decided to get a little Friday evening fishin in for a change, so I grabbed my son and out we went. A friend had alerted me to the fact that Pepe LaPue was in the area stinking up the grouper bite today, so on our way out to the channel I was scanning for birds and bait. Man did we find them. Acres of spanish mackeral. One after the other, with an occasional ladyfish mixed in. Great fun for a 6 year old (and his dad). Nothing big, but lots of 'em and nonstop action. All caught on a little gold spoon on 25 lb flouro leader. Only got bit off once! Here's my trusty first mate with a couple we took home. Notice the "serious fisherman" expression.
We were going to troll for gags, but the wind really started kickin and it was getting dark so we just went back in and took our time cleaning the blood, slime and ladyfish poop off the boat. Looks like the rest of the weekend will be rough so I'm glad we snuck this one in.
We were going to troll for gags, but the wind really started kickin and it was getting dark so we just went back in and took our time cleaning the blood, slime and ladyfish poop off the boat. Looks like the rest of the weekend will be rough so I'm glad we snuck this one in.