Kirk and Brendon on their 1st Father & Son wade fishing trip. Great times and memories. -Capt. Jeff Larson
Holy Cow! What an Awesome Month! Calhoun County was on fire!!!
Literally and figuratively speaking. There were some Great Firework Displays this past Independence Day Holiday Weekend. We hope you were able to enjoy all of em. We all need to give a Big Shout Out and pat on the back to our 1st responders once again. The high winds, semi drying conditions and fireworks are a recipe for disaster. Our guys did a SMOKING Great JOB containing the couple of Flare ups! The enforcers kept everyone safe as well. Great Job Responders!!! We Appreciate your services.
Side note to the Holiday Weekend. Noral, from Over Board Marine, posted a cool video on FB. Capt. Craig Carter, with Outlaw Guide Service, put together a (must see) phenomenal POC drone video of our Coastal Lifestyle with out-takes of the POC Independence Day Fireworks. It was so impressive I looked him up and introduced myself. Carter claims he is a drone hobbiest and is working on a full blown POC commercial. Capt. Craig has an awesome bow hunting rig you might see it around the Fishing Center. He specializes in night time bow fishing so look him and his video up on his website: OutlawBowFishing.com.
The last week of June and before the wind started to blow in July, we had some of the most epic trout fishing we have seen in recent years. The surf was red hot. Jetties were smoking. The shorelines were on fire shallow or deep. The reefs produced plenty of specs as well. Then after limiting on trout, the hard chargers ran out and took advantage of some line screaming king fish action, Or Snapper. There are still plenty of keeper Red Snapper inside of our 9 mile limit.
Then the winds started to howl churning up the bay like a Home Shopping Network Commercial Blender. Ugh! It was so miserable that we had to cancel a couple of trips due to the nasty change. Who wants to pay for a miserable day on the water?
But, when the going gets tough we regroup and keep fishing. The wind slowed up to barely bearable today. And the rescheduling paid off, I had the pleasure of introducing Robin the Barber, the Best Barber around, her brother, Kirk McMurrey, and her nephew, Brendan to the world of wade fishing. We had a great day putting a few nice trout in the box. It was a little grind but Kirk caught his personal best 23 ½” 4#. Brendan now has a goal the next time he comes back for another wade trip. It’s a great day when a plan comes together. Good Students and cooperative fish. It can’t get any more gratifying for a fishing guide to teach people how to catch fish and to see them succeed.
The outlook for July seems to be steady and windy. Flounder Gigging has been another past time that has been producing solid results. Over the past week we have been noticing a influx of big Door Mat Size flounder. We have gigged several pushing 5# mark. The boys are out right now even with 15 knot winds blowing a gale. They reported 6 and were making a couple more stops to get their 15. The tide has started to recede so walking seems to be easier to find em up real shallow. Like ankle deep shallow. Gigging boats aren’t able to get as close to the shore as they could last month but they cover plenty of ground so you can find enough to bring home a mess of em.
Capt. Pat Lester and Mark Robinson have had weeks of success out of their boats. I have have been getting them walking with the TnT Gigging Lights. I called Roger to check his stock and he said he only had about 3 left ready to go but will put more together once those left his shop. If you are looking for the light and gig combo, I certainly recommend his gigs cause they are standing the test of time and the ones that might have issues, he repairs. You can give me a call if you would like to order a couple of them.
July will be a Grind til you Find kind of month. Please give the Lodge a call, speak with Scott and he will hook you up! (Pun is always intended).
Hoping your flats boat doesn’t get past up by a sail boat, keep 2 anchors out and watch the low tides.
Capt. Jeff Larson
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