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Got a hall pass to go fishing and decided I needed to hit the big bay. Launched from shelter at 930 am and went straight across to north island. Fished several depths and found a few fish in about 15-20 feet. I threw mostly swim baits with the occasional drop shot. I made a move to tidelands and picked up 4-5 more angry beasties. Headed south and fished a few grass flats for a few here and there. Hit the South Bay and got on the mother load. Got on a very good bite letting the boat drift and just fan casting a swimbait along top of the grass. Lost track on how many I caught but it was a fast bite with several back to back to back fish. Most of the fish were clones 11-12 inches with the occasional 13-14 inches fish. Didn’t take a lot of pictures but here are a few for inspiration

You might have seen me then. Fished from a float tube, south of the bridge, got 22 spotties and 2 corvina. Best bait was a Missile 3.5” Shockwave on a standup weedless head worked slowly on the bottom. Slower than usual day. Usually I get smaller fish in South Bay this time of year.

Yeah I did see a guy on a tube and a couple yaks too. Was hoping for a vina today but I’ll settle for a good spottie bite

Thats some good fishing, even if they were mostly clones.

Thanks for the report. Sweet boat! Clean... 80's model?

Nice, thinking about taking the boat out there soon. That's actually why I was checking out the bay section

salt water guy wrote: Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:32 pm Thanks for the report. Sweet boat! Clean... 80's model?

Yeah it’s a 1979-80 Boston whaler striper. I recently restored it fun boat for sure although not the best fishing platform

Ol Dirty Basser wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:08 am Nice, thinking about taking the boat out there soon. That's actually why I was checking out the bay section

Hit me up when you go

That’s some good fishin’. Drifting those grass flats down there is a great way to get a lot of looks from the spotties.

Ol Dirty Basser wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:08 am Nice, thinking about taking the boat out there soon. That's actually why I was checking out the bay section

My neighbor has a sweet Whaler from the 80s also!