Yesterday watched a skimmer fly at top speed millimeters off the water with his bill open. (My Hurricane is a Skimmer128) and I had never seen a skimmer on the hunt before.
Actually except for untangling some ignoramus's discarded fishing line from one that was drowning last year, I had never seen another. Then as I started to fish, I saw swirls and splashing. Paddling over to investigate, I realized it was a pod of probably juvenile dolphins, the third year in a row I have seen them in the backbay, mere feet off the houses. Just a couple of healthy shorts, a big hit on an old plastic Scampi leadhead, and an exciting battle with a whatever on a year old snapper filet I had saved from the barbecue last week when SWMBO went out with the "girls" again. Today it was not a single bite, despite many passing boaters saying they were "seeing" fish on their electronics. (I eschew electronics, bait (except livelining a snapper when I can, pedal boats, and for Pangaroo, pontoons, lol.) I did not see a single boat move a net this morning and none stayed long in the backbay either. Oh well, next time.
Actually except for untangling some ignoramus's discarded fishing line from one that was drowning last year, I had never seen another. Then as I started to fish, I saw swirls and splashing. Paddling over to investigate, I realized it was a pod of probably juvenile dolphins, the third year in a row I have seen them in the backbay, mere feet off the houses. Just a couple of healthy shorts, a big hit on an old plastic Scampi leadhead, and an exciting battle with a whatever on a year old snapper filet I had saved from the barbecue last week when SWMBO went out with the "girls" again. Today it was not a single bite, despite many passing boaters saying they were "seeing" fish on their electronics. (I eschew electronics, bait (except livelining a snapper when I can, pedal boats, and for Pangaroo, pontoons, lol.) I did not see a single boat move a net this morning and none stayed long in the backbay either. Oh well, next time.
