Thursday, January 01, 2009
New Year's Day - PM Redfish in the Shoals!
1/1/09 Well, the new year brought below freezing temps today along with strong winds. The wind chill was about 18 to 20 degrees and after talking with my client today we decided that it probably wouldn't be the best morning. After getting some Honey To Do stuff finished I dropped the boat in the water at 2:30 to check out the surf and water clarity. A friend, Jamey Copeland, hopped onboard with me. The surf was pretty flat but the extreme low tides over the past week with all the winds have washed a lot of muddy water out the inlet and visibility was only a few inches. Regardless of the clarity all other conditions were perfect so we eased down the beach trying some of the outer shoals and quickly found a school of reds. We fished them for about an hour and landed 10 to 12 reds from 23in. to 28in. The fishing should only get better for January through March. Dates are filling fast. Both Capt. Mike Taylor and Myself will be putting clients on these schooling redfish all Winter. Contact us at (Jeff 252-764-2174 or Mike 252-725-2623) for availability.
-Keep Fish'n4life
Capt. Jeff Cronk
jcronk@ec.rr.com
