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Nelson 1 wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:34 pm Will you be open February 2 before the Derby.

@Nelson 1 The derby starts on Feb 2 at 6:00am.
Absolutely no fishing is permitted prior to the 6:00am tournament start time.

I promised an update...here it is.

Got there around 6 am and headed to my "secret carp spot" where I had seen them the other day.

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I spent about 3 1/2 hours with carp bait (homemade dough) and since I was bored I threw a few casts with crankbait. Some of my results below (in ...

Difficult to get bait, but my dad and I did manage to catch some in the morning and afternoon. The bite was really good yesterday with plenty of bites throughout the day. I broke off on a few fish, one of which felt like a decent ray or guitarfish. I also missed a few bites and pulled the hook on a ...

Caught the fish I farmed a few weeks ago. Fat 17” spottie.

it was way too busy, i ended up not throwing a line out to avoid hooking some kids…

there were some mullet and stingrays in the water from what i could see though

Dave and I hit the Bay yesterday from 6am - 11:30am. Fishing in the slack and some of the incoming tide.

I get out here about 3 or 4 times a year. The only goal was to catch as many species as we could.

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The bite was pretty steady all morning long. Lost count of the ...

Got on it from the Natty City ramp around 7. It was calm, smooth, with a hint of tropical rain here and there. Steady spotty bite on plastics/underspins at Square Mile. Figured there might also be a channel bite and slid out to the main just south of the bridge. Instantly rewarded with a better ...

Cudas were swarming off Harbor Island Sunday morning. Caught about a dozen on crankbait. My buddy was using a swim bait and they were hitting that also, but he couldn’t get a hook up until he went to a smaller bait. Of course, the one time I didn’t bring my fly rod…..
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What grub you throwing? Color?

Spotties seem to hit just about anything. Sounds like a good day on the water.

Nice!... Tough little buggers...
Butch

Ahhh Texas rig to keep it weedless, is that 1/4 ounce bullet? Or 1/8?

How deep are you fishing that blade and how heavy is it?

Nice job and sweet canoe setup. I fished MB too that day around noon but from shore, got a few.

]But dont have a cold heart.

Took a break from lmb and tried a couple bay trips.

Sometimes fishing sucks, sometimes it doesn't. Recently got into a wfo spotty bite and hammered it for 3 hours. Never went more than a couple minutes without a bendo. Pretty much got bit every other cast on the yo ...

Started throwing at grey light. Literally in the middle of nowhere. Threw a bass jig a couple times to check depth, 12-15'. Nice depth for the chatterbait, so I changed rods. 1st cast on the chatter. Boom! Gaffed her, stepped on her, stabbed her in the brain,threw in the ice box to die. 20 minutes ...

Nice upgrade.

I had a good spotty bite going and then this guy decides to horn in. Too big for the net, too big for the tube, had to kick to shore just to land it, probably took at least an hour just to land. Released to get bigger. Got on a 5/16 ounce jighead and 4" clear grub, 6 lb test line. 26.8 lbs, PB, my ...

hey there sdfish, about time I start posting on the new site. wanted to share a pretty awesome catch I made on the paddleboard the other day - an angel shark!

I was fishing around some structure in the southern half of the bay, throwing a double rig with a couple 1/4oz pink tube baits. made a cast ...

Only got seven spotties, but a nice day on the water.
Three of the bass were decent sized, 13 to 14 inches.
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Didn't to get pics of all of them, but at the end of the day I wish I had, to show the color range. One was brown and white, this one was medium, and the biggest ...