Got to KDH about 5:15 a.m. and was in the water by 5:30. Had my first skate on the heaver by 5:40. Once they started, it was nonstop skate, which was pretty discouraging and quickly used all my spot/mullet that I had. Saw one guy pull in a taylor blue, who later offered it to me for bait, so I cut him up and within fifteen minutes I had more 'N.C. flounder' over the rails!
Someone else caught a snapper blue later that morning on a bottom rig, but it was VERY slow, with the wind outta the west and the heat indice getting more severe. Saw schools of finger mullet, but nothing chasing 'em as I cast my gotcha right into 'em; between the cownose rays and glass skates and bigtime heat, we (my wife and I) packed it in right at 10 a.m. We checked back, watching the 6-or-7 fishermen out on the planks in the middle of the hottest part of the day doing absolutely nothing but swilling beer and casting/reeling and fending off rays, so we said 'goodbye'-for now!
One thing: on the way down, just prior to dawn, the moon was just a sliver of a crescent and was glowing bright orange. That, coupled with a really nice sunrise made me glad to be there and see the way the water and sky changed colors in the hazy, humid sun.
Tight lines,
Doad
One thing: on the way down, just prior to dawn, the moon was just a sliver of a crescent and was glowing bright orange. That, coupled with a really nice sunrise made me glad to be there and see the way the water and sky changed colors in the hazy, humid sun.
Tight lines,
Doad