We were really hoping for red fish, bull reds to be exact.
Dave's personal best was a forty four inch red caught and released last fall. Mine was a forty one inch from a
while ago. So we had good cut mullet and shrimp out and just playing the
waiting game hoping the reds were in shore.
It didn’t take long before Dave’s pole went off and he
fought in a black tip shark. Not a real big one mind you but a black tip none the
less. As shark season is closed right now, and the fish was undersized anyway, he safely released the fish and we both watched it swim away.
My pole went off next and I hoped the fish was a red.
Unfortunately the fight didn’t start with a big run so I kind of knew what to
expect. As it neared shore I saw the distinctive tail of a sting ray and
carefully removing the circle hook I released it.
Dave caught another
shark before it was my turn and still no reds. Our friend John had caught
black
drum the week before but they had disappeared and it was
turning out to be a shark filled day. It has never really mattered to me what I
catch I just like catching fish. I could see Dave smile as he fought in the
largest shark of the day.
As we picked up our poles I felt a fish run and again hoped for a
red but it turned out to be another black tip. Still it was another fun fight
and another nice black tip. We had caught other fish, four gaff top and numerous
hard head catfish. All were safely released and everyone should use circle
hooks!
Driving back we spotted my brother in law Gary being filmed by a NBC news crew. He had been picking up tar balls, still washing ashore
perhaps from the Deep Water Horizon spill. It seems that very few care anymore
but Gary does and so he walks the beach.
It had been a fun day with lots of shark and other fish. We
didn’t have any thing for the table but that’s ok. A beautiful day on Elmers Island fishing for shark! Clear skies.
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