Dania beach 6/3/10

[Xpierrat]

Got to the pier at 04:30 and found Justin already in the water out catching bait near the end of the pier.... I unloaded the Yak and prepared it for battle.... got in the water and slipped over to a down bucket that I had loaded up with 5 Doz. or so Pilchards the afternoon before.... only problem was somebody decided they needed some baits and Lifted around 2 doz or so....at least they left me some.... at grey light we headed out and found that we were battling a very strong North current in addition to a 5 mile an hour SE wind.

Nothing like a good work out first thing in the morning.... I stopped around 3/4 of a mile out and slipped the anchor over while Justin did some slow trolling in the area looking for a good spot. I popped two small Strawberry Grouper right away... ( BTW what is the possession/ size limit on Strawberries?) and tossed them back.... Had a big blowup on the balloon bait but he missed the hooks.



Justen hollered to come over where he was.... He had located a good size rock pile about a mile offshore. where we set up for the rest of the morning. He got a nice King and a Cero, I picked up a Cero and some Snapper and other bottom fish keeping a good size Grover for dinner.




Justin was out of bait by Noon and headed in to clean his fish.... I decided to hang out some more but in a hour or so a good size storm came in and I made a bee line for the sand ( I do not mind the rain but that fire gets me squirming every time )

All in all a pleasant and productive day on the water.

Till next time,

[TeEnAnGlerPro213]

Great report!

[fishnfool73]

No size limit on the rock hind family of groupers ie Coneys, strawberries, but they count towards your limit overall. Usuaally pretty wormy so I seldom keep them after throwing a few back after finding worms when cleaning them.

[GET THE NET!!!!]

Nice job Rick, I heard you got a snook at the pier the other day congratulations.

[bolo]

Nice report.

[Cookinman]

Great Stuff rick ! That current is a bear to paddle in, but sure does fire up the bite !

Nice work !

[yakfish100]

have you ever tried cobia in the kayak?

[Xpierrat]

have you ever tried cobia in the kayak?

Haven't seen one from the Yak...Yet....but you can count on if I do I will toss something at it...

[yakfish100]

have you ever tried cobia in the kayak?

Haven't seen one from the Yak...Yet....but you can count on if I do I will toss something at it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDyQrck25d4

here is why i got curious, because this is a big cobia in this video

[Xpierrat]

The only thing that makes a trip complete....

A simple dish of fresh Cero with Old Bay and rice



Priceless

[Lomax aka ZEBCO]

Your yak needs a 250 4stroke attached to the back.

[Xpierrat]

LOL when that wind and current get up and you are on the wrong side of it ....I wish for something on the back...

[ccoope29]

Do they have any places where you can rent a kayak and go out with a group of people or anything as such. Like kind of like a charter crew, but with people in Kayaks lol. I was suppose to go kayaking with some dude that worked at the bank, but then I got fired. I can tell him thanks for the fins though lol. Anybody knows???????

[mackerelmaniac]

Atlantic Coast Kayak company has trips fishing and sightseeing. If you give them your e-mail they'll notify you of all the trips with a newsletter. They're in Ft Lauderdale.

[ccoope29]

Thanks