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12-18-09, friday
Met up with THE SHALLOWIST, Captain Steve Soule', who knows West Bay very well , at 8 AM at Fat Boys for a tutorial in getting to know my way around upper West Bay with my boat. He showed me some safe passages around North and South Deer Islands and some places to fish. I didn't take any pictures of the outing 
( who are you and what have you done with the REAL Plugger ? ) , but not because of Steve , who pointedly told me to take all the pictures I desired. Conditions were great, sunny, light wind, green water , strong outgoing tide until about 2 PM, and water temperature around 50 degrees . The high barometric presure, though, did make for a slow bite , I believe. We trolled around Campbell's Bayou where we picked up 3 keeper flounder , 15", 16", and 19" , and one at 14 " that I released as it was iffy in length. We backtracked to Confederate Reef and waded shell and sand . Steve picked up 2 trout , 20 1/2 " 3 1/4 #, and 19 1/2 " 2 3/4 # on corkys at the 1-3 PM major feeding period. We tracked down the south shoreline as Steve made comments about the area and safe passages and fishing tips. We waded Dana Cove without a bite. We went back to Confederate Reef and he showed me how to get into the old intracoastal canal and bailed out for a sunset wade. We fished the sides of a reef in waist deep water, he throwing alternately a Spook Jr. and corky. The sun had set and in the afterglow twilight I saw a trout surface , open mouth and take my pink fatboy floater as it surfaced from my subsurface walking the dog action and turn with it in a splash. That was way cool seeing it all take place. Landed that fish, 22" 3 1/2 #. We navigated back in the dark to Fat Boys and had a couple of beers while we talked. Great day to be on the water, some decent fish caught and I learned alot. Thanks, Steve !! 
( who are you and what have you done with the REAL Plugger ? ) , but not because of Steve , who pointedly told me to take all the pictures I desired. Conditions were great, sunny, light wind, green water , strong outgoing tide until about 2 PM, and water temperature around 50 degrees . The high barometric presure, though, did make for a slow bite , I believe. We trolled around Campbell's Bayou where we picked up 3 keeper flounder , 15", 16", and 19" , and one at 14 " that I released as it was iffy in length. We backtracked to Confederate Reef and waded shell and sand . Steve picked up 2 trout , 20 1/2 " 3 1/4 #, and 19 1/2 " 2 3/4 # on corkys at the 1-3 PM major feeding period. We tracked down the south shoreline as Steve made comments about the area and safe passages and fishing tips. We waded Dana Cove without a bite. We went back to Confederate Reef and he showed me how to get into the old intracoastal canal and bailed out for a sunset wade. We fished the sides of a reef in waist deep water, he throwing alternately a Spook Jr. and corky. The sun had set and in the afterglow twilight I saw a trout surface , open mouth and take my pink fatboy floater as it surfaced from my subsurface walking the dog action and turn with it in a splash. That was way cool seeing it all take place. Landed that fish, 22" 3 1/2 #. We navigated back in the dark to Fat Boys and had a couple of beers while we talked. Great day to be on the water, some decent fish caught and I learned alot. Thanks, Steve !!
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that fat trout in the thrid pic has a belly like mine
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