A Skunking on ML
Got out only once this week, to a skunking on ML (Mosquito Lagoon). Our sons flew in this week to finish moving Alex to California. It’s kept us pretty busy…
Addendum to the Maine Trip
On our Maine trip, we left home on 6/18, got home 9/3. In that time we put 6963 miles on the van, burned 304 gallons of gasoline (I don’t know how much carbon that added to the air, but it seems selfish of us), spent $1150 on that gasoline, and got 23 mpg. At least we (in our 2013 Toyota Sienna) were moderately efficient.
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Fishing
Tuesday saw the Bang-O-Craft hit the water at the Beacon 42 Boat Ramp about 0800 hours. The plan was to do a little high(er) speed scouting, something hard to do in a paddle vessel.
The water was murky the whole way across to the east side. Although there were lots of mullet, I only pushed a single fish as I ran across the lagoon. Once I reached Tiger Shoal the water cleared up nicely; however, I only spotted a single redfish. Considering the numbers of mullet, the lack of gamefish was a mystery. The manatee grass on the flat inside the shoal is as thick as I’ve ever seen it, and I do mean ever. The floating dead grass kept fouling the outboard, causing cavitation. I’d have to stop, put the motor in reverse to blow all the grass off the lower unit, then continue. Again and again. Nice to have that problem!
Crossing over to the west side, I fished the outside of the spoil islands for a couple miles, using a weedless spoon. The puffers are thick, and on a mission to destroy all soft plastics. Only a handful of gamefish were seen, and no bites happened. So I can state unequivocally that no fish were harmed in the making of this report. The boat was on the trailer at 1300.
Maxx came in Wednesday, Alex Friday. They roll out Sunday (they think) or Monday (I think).
That’s the skunking on ML report. Thanks for reading!
Every day is a blessing. Don’t waste it- Go fishing! Go paddling! Take a walk! Stay active!
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