After an early morning and four hour drive, we finally made it to the beach. Of course our first order of business was to gather and arrange some fishing gear and head straight to the beach. Once getting our baits into the water, we didn’t have to wait more than five minutes before Ben snagged a huge Redfish.
We couldn’t have imagined a better start to our trip. After this we were full of confidence and were ready to set out the next day on Ben’s new boat.
We set off early the next morning, only to find out the boat’s battery had died, so after a quick run to a local auto repair shop, we finally were able to set off and get out on the water. We had a pretty slow morning fishing for Jack and Grouper under a nearby bridge. Once the tide started going back out we decided to a small inlet to try and catch some redfish or trout. We worked the docks for around thirty minutes. Soon after, it was as if someone flipped a switch and within five to ten minutes Ben had to fish on the line, the first was a Speckled Trout.
Only moments later we had our second Red of the trip, this one was a bit smaller than the first one on the beach but it was definitely a welcome change from the slow morning.
We stayed out for a few more hours without catching anything, a the sun started dropping we decided to head back in and grab some dinner and get our gear ready for the next day.