A Fun, But Not Fulfilling Day 3-6-09

Friday I had the pleasure of taking my Brother-In-Law, Claude, fishing out of Ponce Inlet, FL. Notice, I did not say “catching”, but more to follow. Claude and Family were visiting because their son, David was celebrating his 30th birthday. Dave lives in nearby Rockledge and his family from Richmond VA flew in to surprise him. Happy BD Dave!
The first order of business is to catch some live bait. Here are pictures of the boys hard at work. We were able to fill the live well in short order with pinfish, tinker mackerel, sardines and assorted others, including a few blue fish. I should have known that this was a sign the fishing for “real” fish was going to be a challenge. It seems that when bait is easy to come by, catching snapper and grouper is tough.






While we did not manage to catch our sought after species, we did catch a cobia to bring home for dinner. They are a pretty good fighter when caught on the bottom. Claude got to experience fighting a fish that want to pull him overboard. Here’s Claude with the Cobia.



We had a fun day even though the target fish were not cooperating. Claude got to bottom fish in the ocean for the first time. My buddy Don (NEWY) Newhauser was a pleasure to fish with as always. Thanks guys!