Lower Keys 5/23 - Found a bucket but lost one too!
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 1:24 pm
I get a cal Sat afternoon from Swordfish about driving south for a night of fishing. Of course this being a long weekend I was a bit aprehensive at first.
So we meet up in Fl City, go to Don's, get gas and head south. On the drive down I mention I want to buy one of those screw lid buckets and low & behold a few minutes later I spot a bucket on the side of the road. I rip a quick U and we grab up a nice screw lid bucket in great shape. Eirie cooincidence.
Anyhow, traffic was actually pleasant and we finally make it down to the first spot and Swordfish immediately jumps the first Tarp of the night. I had trouble dialing in to his method and casting into the wind, besides they were a finnicky bunch so I didnt jump any tarps this time. He ends up jumping around 4 more at this spot. We move over to spot B and up comes a very decent grover 12"+. Swordy jumps a few more Tarps and then came the rain!!
We duck into my van a bit too late and ride out the remainder if the downpour. We reluctantly head back out and continue fishing the area. We split up and I soon hear a whistle, Swordy is hooked up to a keeper snook, we didn't have a net so it breaks loose as he lifts it. As he walks by the chum bucket I ask him to give it a shake and the rope comes up empty. Apparantly the waves broke the handle off and the current swept it away.
All in all we ended up with two keeper grovers 12 & 14+, two horse sized grunts, numerous tarp hookups, and a very nice snook hookup. Considering the weather delay and howling winds it was a great night.
Juan, feel free to fill in any details I might have left out.
So we meet up in Fl City, go to Don's, get gas and head south. On the drive down I mention I want to buy one of those screw lid buckets and low & behold a few minutes later I spot a bucket on the side of the road. I rip a quick U and we grab up a nice screw lid bucket in great shape. Eirie cooincidence.
Anyhow, traffic was actually pleasant and we finally make it down to the first spot and Swordfish immediately jumps the first Tarp of the night. I had trouble dialing in to his method and casting into the wind, besides they were a finnicky bunch so I didnt jump any tarps this time. He ends up jumping around 4 more at this spot. We move over to spot B and up comes a very decent grover 12"+. Swordy jumps a few more Tarps and then came the rain!!
We duck into my van a bit too late and ride out the remainder if the downpour. We reluctantly head back out and continue fishing the area. We split up and I soon hear a whistle, Swordy is hooked up to a keeper snook, we didn't have a net so it breaks loose as he lifts it. As he walks by the chum bucket I ask him to give it a shake and the rope comes up empty. Apparantly the waves broke the handle off and the current swept it away.
All in all we ended up with two keeper grovers 12 & 14+, two horse sized grunts, numerous tarp hookups, and a very nice snook hookup. Considering the weather delay and howling winds it was a great night.
Juan, feel free to fill in any details I might have left out.
. here you can borrow some of mine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
