Well, I finally had the opportunity to put the Gulf Greens in the water. Thought we were going to have a disaster before we ever left the house. Figured it was probably about time to change the batteries in my trolling motor remote control as it seemed to be acting up the last time I used it. Pulled it apart and one of the AAA batteries had leaked juice all over the printed circuit board. Cleaned it up best I could and put fresh batteries in it. Thought to myself, I better go check this out. Glad I did…because, it was not working. This was 6:30 PM the night before we are supposed to leave my house at 4:00 AM! Well, I pulled a rabbit out of a hat and managed to get my hands on a temporary replacement!
So, next morning, a friend from Church and I were leaving Prairieville at 4:05 heading to Fourchon, We met and picked up one of my uncles along the way in Matthews. I was originally going to launch at the Fourchon Marina and throw a handful of croakers in the bait well for “just in case.” Well, I overshot the turnoff and made the executive decision to just launch at the public launch without any live bait. We set a course for the rock barges where we spent 20 minutes or so circling one barge not even getting a nibble throwing Vudu Shrimp, Matrix Shads, tight lining, under a cork….NOTHING!
We made a move and headed west to East Timb. Must have been where the fish were out there on the submerged rock piles and obstructions….you could have walked across the guide boats out there. We slowed down and watched but didn’t see a lot of action. We pulled into the abandoned structure that used to be on the island….the island that is not there anymore…There was a guide boat there and they were catching nice size specks with live croaker on bottom. We were tight lining Matrix Shad and working Vudu Shrimp under a cork around the structure and picked up a few decent specks, half a dozen channel mullet and broke off two big reds. The guide boat called his buddies in and now there were three guide boats. So, we made the decision to pick up and continue west to West Timb area. We pulled into a nice looking washout where the water was really moving out. Water was crystal clear beautiful and no wind. We got into a mix of specks that were either just shy of size or were really nice two pounders. It was a lot of action. We picked up a couple keeper reds and a just legal black drum. The sharks were pretty brutal and ended up with a handful of trout that we were reeling in. I don’t know if I actually hooked the shark or if he just didn’t let go of my speck…but, we made two trips around the boat before breaking off…and we didn’t see any more after that. Maybe he didn’t like the way that speck fought back?
We called it a day around 1:30 or so and headed back with 23 specks, the 2 reds, the one drum and that half dozen tasty channel mullet. We didn’t set the world on fire…but, it was a good day with good people!
So, next morning, a friend from Church and I were leaving Prairieville at 4:05 heading to Fourchon, We met and picked up one of my uncles along the way in Matthews. I was originally going to launch at the Fourchon Marina and throw a handful of croakers in the bait well for “just in case.” Well, I overshot the turnoff and made the executive decision to just launch at the public launch without any live bait. We set a course for the rock barges where we spent 20 minutes or so circling one barge not even getting a nibble throwing Vudu Shrimp, Matrix Shads, tight lining, under a cork….NOTHING!
We made a move and headed west to East Timb. Must have been where the fish were out there on the submerged rock piles and obstructions….you could have walked across the guide boats out there. We slowed down and watched but didn’t see a lot of action. We pulled into the abandoned structure that used to be on the island….the island that is not there anymore…There was a guide boat there and they were catching nice size specks with live croaker on bottom. We were tight lining Matrix Shad and working Vudu Shrimp under a cork around the structure and picked up a few decent specks, half a dozen channel mullet and broke off two big reds. The guide boat called his buddies in and now there were three guide boats. So, we made the decision to pick up and continue west to West Timb area. We pulled into a nice looking washout where the water was really moving out. Water was crystal clear beautiful and no wind. We got into a mix of specks that were either just shy of size or were really nice two pounders. It was a lot of action. We picked up a couple keeper reds and a just legal black drum. The sharks were pretty brutal and ended up with a handful of trout that we were reeling in. I don’t know if I actually hooked the shark or if he just didn’t let go of my speck…but, we made two trips around the boat before breaking off…and we didn’t see any more after that. Maybe he didn’t like the way that speck fought back?
We called it a day around 1:30 or so and headed back with 23 specks, the 2 reds, the one drum and that half dozen tasty channel mullet. We didn’t set the world on fire…but, it was a good day with good people!
