The puppy drum fishing is still on fire . . . or ice cold.   I am still calling it “all or nothing” fishing.  That was the case today.   My AM trip got started off right with a triple up and 3 pups in the box shortly after I took it off plane.   We hung around the area and caught a few more here and there.  We watched the dolpins for a bit then closed out the trip with another two fish before we headed to the dock.  Fun trip and great company, thanks!

 

 

The PM trip was a totally different story.   The wind came up another 10-15 knots, the tide bottomed out, and the fish just simply left the building.   We bounced around a few different spots that have all been producing lately – including exactly where we had success this morning,  and never found a strike.   This is the part of my job that is very tough!   Sometimes you just can’t make it happen.  So today was a prime example of the “all or nothing” type of fishing that we are having right now.   We are going out for redemption for a couple hours when this wind dies out.

 

Lastly, Patrick and I headed out for an hour before sunset last night and fished in the wind.   We found some fish and put a few in the boat.  Here is Patrick holding up a pretty one.