Ernie turned 40 today, & to celebrate his day we got up early & launched our yaks in the surf to see what we could find. I fished around my honey hole for some flounder( which are still there) while Ernie headed out with some hardtails in tow. He caught a decent King and while it was splashing around his other line went off. Put the King in the yak and fought what turned out to be a nice blacktip - to big to do anything with. 2 guys from sunjammers were out there and caught a blacktip as well. Tried to beach it but I never saw it on shore, so not sure what happened. Fun morning and eating steak at Longhorns by 12:30 =)
hHere is Ernie's new drum. A friend of ours builds custom drums, so he & Ernie did a trade for rods. It is a beautifully built drum and sounds great! Video to come... Here is an example of how this style of drum is played
The weather has been gorgeous and has been great for kayaking. I've been going almost everyday this past 2 weeks & am having a blast. I have yet to catch a King this year from my yak but I just keep getting distracted with all the other fishing. The biggest distraction has been flounder. I have caught them all bouncing grubs and a lot of them small but I've managed several keepers every day I've gone. There have been schools of bonita, lots of spadefish, bluefish, sharks, grouper, redfish, hardtails & cigar minnows, a few spanish, peanut dolphin & a Cuda . I LOVE this time of year. Here are a few pics from my adventures the past few days.school of bonita
One of many flounder caught over the last few weeks...
Founder stuffed with crabmeat stuffing and this is how it's done...
