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    Went redfish hunting again today with DPop. First stop was absolutely retarded! There were reds everywhere!! We watched fish busting, pushing and "crawling" all over the shoreline. We did manage to catch a few but they were very picky. They would swim up to the bait and explode in a different direction. This went on for quite some time, we caught a few on tops and spinner baits, but saw way more say no to our offerings. We made a few moves and saw and caught reds at most of the spots.

    We fished a small bayou drain that was just hilarious with the reds draining out of a little marsh. had a few crush a sktter walk Jr. and a few more that ate the spinner. I made a cast at two fish that were easing down the edge of the bayou and had one swim up to it, raise up to the surface with it's back exposed, put it's nose to the lure, then just turn and swim away???

    On one of our final drifts, as we came around a point, there was a single egret in about a 50 yard pocket, we started seeing the movements of the fish and made out way up to them. It was too shallow to troll, so I got on the platform and poled the boat towards them. They felt the boat as it drug over the scattered shells, and were laying low. Well, one made a mistake and showed itself, Daniel saw her and put the spinnerbait on her nose. It was on! So, after landing that fish and coming to the realization that the rest of the shoreline was filthy. As we were drifting out, Daniel noticed something that kept coming to the surface. As we got closer it surfaced again. Right about the time that we both came to the conclusion that it was a LARGE black drim, Daniel decided to see if she would eat a spinnerbait. About the time that she turned and gulped the spinner, he looked at me and asked, "why did I do that?" I couldn't help but laugh the whole time that he was fighting her, it was just one of those funny moments. We see plenty of them when fishing for reds, but rarely do they eat. This one had a bad attitude.

    So I guess that she was the fish of the day. Big and ugly fo sho. Best guess would be in the 40-50 pound range. That pretty much brought the day to a close for us, not sure how many total reds, probably somewhere around 15, 1 trout and 1 flounder.
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    http://www.theshallowist.com

  • #2
    Nice report fellas!! Love those spinner baits!!
    Shut up and FISH!!

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    • #3
      Good report Steve...
      Capt. Thomas Barlow
      281-827-6815
      www.notoriousguideservice.com

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      • #4
        Sweet

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        • #5
          Excellent report. Good fishing. Good fun.

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          • #6
            Great report thanks for posting it and the pics
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            • #7
              Always like your reports Steve. Lots of detail and good pictures. Man that drum is ugly!
              LIVIN THE SALT LIFE

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              • #8
                Great report Capt Steve
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                Everything God does is right, the trademark on all his work is Love. Psalm 145:17

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                • #9
                  Thanks for the report.

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                  • #10
                    Nice going.
                    "Hey Hillary, regarding the Benghazi Attack on 9/11-we'll just blame it on that movie, not my total lack of security. By the way, what's so significant about 9/11 anyway-was that a date my buddy Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground blew up a government building?" asked Obama to Hillary. BEAUTIFY AMERICA, RUN OVER A LIBERAL, THEN BACK UP AND SEE IF HE'S DEAD.

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                    • #11
                      thanks for the report that thing is bad ugly

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                      • #12
                        Nice!

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                        • #13
                          I never thought I wold see the day that Steve and DPOP were targeting Big Uglies!!!!! What a GREAT DAY!
                          TDFT Certified Weighmaster

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                          • #14
                            I made that mistake once, once. It ate a 51m in about a foot of water and it's whole back was exposed cruising the flat. It sucked the lure in from a foot in front of it's face. I set the hook and it swam for Mexico,oops. An hour and fifteen minutes later we landed it. It was the biggest ugly I have ever seen in person or in print. Never again.
                            Fire Gerald Myers and Kent Hance!

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                            • #15
                              nice report
                              the fishing was good,it was the catching that was bad.

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