Day 5 - Stick Marsh/Farm 13 "Freshwater"

Tough day on the water:

1. I was solo
2. It was windy
3. I had no idea where to fish

Eventually I got the idea of where the fish might be. In the later afternoon I had a few short strikes on the topwater frog fishing on the edges of the Hydrilla pads. Then finally I connected with one to ward off the skunk!! Still Skunkless!!!

 

At least there was a lot of cool wild life there, despite the fishing. Sorry no pics, I need a better camera to be able to zoom in on birds and such.

Day 4 - Drive from Pensacola to Melbourne, FL

Long drive about 7.5 hours....

You's a Florobama

 

 

My pre-game meal before the bull reds the night before

 

 

A lot of pro fishing boats were on the road with me, and a number of their trucks were broken down on the side of the road... time for kayak?

 

 

Night 3 - Struck Gold at 3 Mile

Most photos courtesy of Brandon Barton.

 

 

A 34" Red Drum caught on a top water Mirrolure. Brandon Barton and I had a double hookup on topwater with reds over 30".

 

Brandon's Red.

 

We each caught 1 a piece and our fellow Hobie Team Member,Chris Holmes, managed 3 reds with the largest measuring 39".

 

 

 

 

 

Day 2 - GA to Pensacola and a little fishing

I grew up a Braves fan, but now I'm a full fledged NATS fan!!!

Turner Field

Fred McFriff in front of me in the Cadillac, a former Braves player from their run in the 90's.

Cotton Fields in Bama.

Getting ready to fish Pensacola Pass with Hobie Team Members, Brandon Barton and Chris Holmes.

They got these guys down here too.

Brandon

Gourgeous Weather just not the hottest fishing bite.

Day 1 - The Drive to GA

Packing Day!!

Fishing Clothes

Pre-Trip Gas Fill up

 

Now I'm just waiting by the door for my new rods that are supposed to be delivered by Fedex today.

 

Yay they showed up!!!

 

 

Video of the Day - My early days of Sailing 2010

The Windsurfers are my buddies from college. And the Hobie cat is myself and a friend still in my learning stages, before I got really confident as a sailor.

St. Mary's Windsurfing from John Cudd on Vimeo.