Cabin Fever ?

[Gunnar]

:secret:A little break from Winter *fingerscrossed*

Supposed to be in the upper 50's tomorrow and 60 on friday *003*

and the reefcast out of Beaufort inlet doesn't get any better *yay*
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Gregg

[Dave]

:eek: I think I'll take tomorrow off and go look for some sea bass *thumbsup*

See ya in the morning Gunnar. Anybody want to buddy boat out about 15 miles south of Beaufort inlet are welcome meet up with us at the new Beaufort ramp or as we're heading out of Beaufort Inlet?

Dave

[justaddwater]

I think we're going to look the surf for some reds.*yay* Thanks for the invite, I'll keep it on file.*thumbsup*

[o2bfishn]

Wish I could make it Gregg, Dave gave me an invite but I got appointments I got to keep.*004**004*

Next time maybe. Good luck and I hope you two limit out. *yay*


Hey I got a bunch of hurricane mixes for X-Mass, their just sitting around getting dusty, Thirsty?


O2bfishn *014*

[wjsmith82]

Good luck Gregg and Dave.

I am heading down tomorrow night. I was actually think of hiring Native Guide, Bryan Goodwin. Yep, I am that desperate!!!!

[Dave]

You're welcome any time JAW. Looks like it's gonna be me, Gregg and Gary. Your plan A is our Plan B, but the seas look so good, thought we'd get out some and see if I can find some fish on the scope. With the early high tide, we might take a look along the beach early, before heading out... won't be high again until after dark. Give me a shout (handle: Sarge) on ch 71 if you want. Good luck to ya.

Gary and Gunnar, if you're reading this, might bring along a casting rig and something you think might interest a redfish, just in case we do stop along the beach.

Sorry you couldn't make it out with us this time Bob... gonna be so hot with the sun bouncing off that flat water, them hurricanes probably would have gone down reeeeal good ;D

Dave

[Wilky]

I got to move down south some day. My skiff won't be un shrink wrapped till the end of March early April. Hope you guys catch them up.

[justaddwater]

Not sure how the other guys did today but the reds in the surf have shut down. We found several hundred along the beach but didn't get a single bite. No one else was getting any bites either from what they told us. We did manage to snag two reds and one black drum to get the skunk off the boat. Not a single bite, all three were snagged on the outside of the mouth, but hey I'll take it anyway I can get them.

Both reds were released, a couple of guys from Nahunta NC wanted the black drum so I gave it to them for supper.

[Dave]

With a hard frost this morning and exceptionally cold water temps, we didn't even try the beach, thinking the reds had long since moved south. Glad to hear you found 'em Bob *Cheers*

We had a cool run out to the wreck, over 1 foot seas with a slight swell, but (as expected) it turned into a beautiful day out there today! Air temp 28 degrees at sunrise, surface water temp at the dock was 38 degrees. Water line on the motor was froze so it took about 5 minutes of running the motor to thaw the line out and get it to pee. Left the dock about 0800, headed for the Indra/AR 330 area, some 17 miles SW of the inlet. Surface temp on site was 41 degrees when we arrived and moved up only to 44 by mid afternoon.

Passing over the wreck, the scope indicated there was no shortage of fish in the area so after checking our drift, I set up for the first pass and announced for Gary and Gregg to drop lines as soon as the boat settled. Gregg came in with the first bsb, a nice 16-1/2" fish, which he promptly dropped in the box, while Gary was measuring his first fish. It measured barely legal (I thought) but so close he dropped that one back over the side... I marked the spot for a second drift.

I suppose we made 40-50 drifts throughout the day, of that wreck and one other, (three miles distant from the first) with multiple hook-ups on nearly every pass. Gary seemed to get the best hook-ups, requiring me to turn back a couple of times in order for him to get his hook or sinker free of the wreck, but for the most part, we were all able to get our rigs free without too much trouble, loosing only 2 rigs the whole day *yay* Gary put a 14 incher in the box and Gunnar tossed in another at 12-1/2". Total: 3 in the box, with 5 or 6 shorts and 6 spiny dogfish tossed back... did I mention it was a nice day out there today ;D

Dave

[Gary13]

Cabin fever has been somewhat lessened now, but far from eliminated.
Dave....thanks for the gracious offer to go offshore yesterday. It is always a pleasure to team up with you and Gregg, and it is never boring. Since I never guage a good/bad day by the number of fish caught/kept, I have to put yeaterday right near the top of the list. Good friends, good weather, hot coffee.....life is good!!!!
Don't forget to find a patch for your jacket rotflmao.
*Cheers*
Gary

[justaddwater]

Good to hear you guys had a good day outside. It was a good day to be on the water, no doubt. We were glad to find the reds were still there also. I had read that below about 50 degrees they would leave the shore. But I have also read they stay there all winter. Go figure. Maybe I need to quit reading and just go fishing instead. Gary, we ran up with our good friend Cronk late in the afternoon. You couldn't have been around a better fisherman or captain. We saw him go by a couple of times while we were working a school on the beach and eventually fished up beside him in the same exact spot you and I were fishing that day we first met him. My partner greeted him as he does everyone we meet on the water and Cronk was very friendly and free with information about the reds. He said the water got down to about 43 last week and that below 45/50 or so they would shut down biting. He said they were plenty, thousands, on Ocracoke and also some on south beaches, I assume he was refering to Lee and Masonboro Islands that were still biting. By what he was saying my guess is they will stay and as the water eases back up a little and they equlibrate with it they will start back biting here also. Lets hope so. I didn't mention our first meeting nor did he so I guess he learned a good lesson. It sure was a better situation than the first one, and a welcome change in attitude.

[Gary13]

Bob...*thumbsup*

[Wilky]

Love reading fishing reports especially when its winter time here and Im not fishing. Good job

[Dave]

Well, it's always a pleasure having such good mates as you and Gregg aboard *Cheers* Thanks for reminding me about my jacket *thumbsup*... an interesting fish with spots, those dogfish sharks... not much in the way of teeth but tricky little suckers with that dorsal spine ;D

Bob, those redfish are way more adaptable that I ever thought possible. I was sure they would have been long gone from these parts after this cold front settled in and the water temperature plummeted like it did. Gregg was telling me there was a large trout kill a week or so ago, with fish floating belly up in some of the inland creeks... folks scooping 'em up with fish nets! Glad to hear your encounter with Jeff (this time) was a positive one. I don't know him personally, but have met and talked with him after attending a couple of his fishing seminars, and he was always friendly and engaging on those occasions... admittedly different circumstances than your encounter with him on the water this fall. I think he is, or was, a school teacher and I've always enjoyed watching he and his partner's fishing show, "Carolina Fishing TV", for the wealth of general information, tips, and techniques they provide on whatever area and fish they target each week. Anyway, having fished with you and know you to be considerate and honest by nature, I'm glad to hear that maybe your first experience with him may have been atypical of his general nature.

Wilky, you may be surprised to know that a great majority of the local boaters and fisherman here keep their boat in storage throughout the winter months as well, which is partly the reason I don't ;D There are few yachts and commercial boats in the channels and inshore waterways, no jet skiers, water sport pleasure boats racing about, the isolated beaches are bare of the summertime hordes of tourists, party goers, and local sun worshipers, and so a few of us more adventurous soles have it (all but) to ourselves. Picking out the mild weather days, it's a real pleasure to get out, if for no other reason than to just cruise along and explore areas that are difficult or impossible to access (undisturbed) during any other time of year.

Dave