Saturday AM @ Perdido Key

I have to add this weird story - we were surf-fishing late one evening, I believe it was Tuesday, when we got a strong bite, set the hook and brought in this nice sized surf-catfish.

Here's the weird part - we never hooked the fish - turns out he was already hooked with another surf-rig and we had caught the "rig" and not the fish.

30# Ray and Whitings

We had an interesting morning on the foggy beach of Perdido Key - Caught 2-sting rays and 4-good size Whitings. One of the rays was 30# - took 30-minutes to bring to the shore then we cut him off. Been foggy all day with no sunshine yet. This is our last day so we'll enjoy the rest of it then pack and head out in the AM.

Perdido Key, Pensacola, FL April 5, 2011

Having another good day here on the beach - strong T-Storms came through during the night and the high winds lingered until about 11 A.M. but brilliant skies prevailed. Got in a little beach time with the Grandson's and their family and also tried a little surf fishing - to no avail. Today we drove over to the Bass Pro Shop close to Mobile and spent about and hour - I picked up some reel grease and C-Rig egg sinkers - 1 0z and 1.5 oz - can't get them that heavy around home. Watched Isaac surf fish for about 2-hours and now we'll head out to dinner. So Thankful!

Perdido Key, Pensacola, FL April 3, 2011

Wow! We're having a great time here on Perdido Key - My Son rented a 3-BR Condo right on the beach and invited us down for the week. Yesterday, he chartered a boat called PIER PRESSURE, and Capt. Josh put us on a slew of Sheepshead. We filled a big catch bag of them for fillet's and grilling. My Grandson Isaac caught the most and largest of that species. Stephen caught a nice red that was over the slot limit so it was released. We caught about 7-species in total - A great day and great weather. Hope I know how to relax for the rest of the week.

Red Wine Lake Revisited

Had another opportunity to fish my buddy's private lake near Atlanta - 85-degrees with 20-mph winds, water temperature high 50's to low 60's. Had a wonderful 4-hours. We caught about a dozen fish - Keith's largest (not pictured) was about 2# and I caught two 3.5# and one a good 4#. Using JIGS - what else?

4-more Rods

Yep! I'm working on 4-more rods; 3-personal rods and 1-for Blue Fleck, a Bass Chat bud. I have BF's rod wrapped and coated with CP - Tomorrow I'll apply the first coat of epoxy. Turned out nice.

It's a "Blue Fleck" design with dark purples, blues, blacks and silver. It's Subtle but BF said "no bling." The spinning rod is an SJ842, 7', Med. Lt. with a Fast tip and good backbone. Fuji Alconite Guides, St. Croix Cork and PacBay Reel Seat. Hope he likes it.

Crank Bait Rod

I finished whipping the guides on this 7'6" Crank Bait rod today, applied some Color Preserver and now it's drying - tomorrow (if the humidity isn't too bad) I'll apply epoxy. The color is dark purple, with Gold and Purple Metallic trim. It looks like blue in the picture. This is my second exposed fore-grip rod - I think I like them better than the cork fore-grip. I Spiral wrapped this rod as I always do on Casting Rods.