EAST COAST BULL@#$%!!!!!

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EAST COAST BULL@#$%!!!!!

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It’s taken me almost a week to finally get around to posting this report but I think it contains enough BULL to be worthy. So last Monday (2January), my last day off during the holidays, I decided to forego a drive over to Weedon Island or Fort Desoto for the shorter trip to Titusville.

This day I would be fishing solo without the usual suspects, so it took a little longer to get everything together and packed in the truck.

Once in Titusville I stopped at Captain Hooks for some local INTEL on the hot spots and to grab some fresh offerings for the fish gods.
I decided on the flats near Haul Over Canal as my spot for the day.

The weather was shifting and the sky was looking pretty gloomy, but I paddled out and decided on a spot to post up. Normally I would spend a lot of time and energy paddling around looking for pushes, but the word on the street has been that the Black drum were in town and were frequenting the entrance to the canal.
Artificials would not be in my arsenal on that day. Found a nice sand bar and hopped out of the kayak. This day would call for some old school wading. I pitched everything I had from blue crabs to live shrimp.
After only about 30 minutes on the scene I was hooked up. It was the live finger mullet that made the connection. I switched on the cam….
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Whatever it is not coming in easy!
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Closer…….
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A quick glimpse in the shallow water….
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Finally!!!
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I think I will need a better grip!
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Mission Accomplished! 44 inch Red, my PB for 2012! Time for 1 face shot and away he went.
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Size Matters sorry we didn't get to hook up during the holidays. Justin, George, and Bruno that's how they roll on the East Coast! Hope to fish with you guys again before I head back over to the Middle East this Spring.

Thight Lines!

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Nice fish!

Did you have your camera on a timer or something? The pics tell a cool story.
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Thanks!

I have a GoPro mounted on my kayak and it has a setting that takes a pic every couple seconds. If you let it go too long it gets out of control! But it does tell the story better than I could without it.
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Schweet! :)
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Beautiful fish UL2. Congrats!
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Sweet report. 44" is so out of my league here on the west coast. Very Nice red sir.
My personal best redfish for 2012 is 25" :mrgreen: Hopefully I'll get that up to 33"
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Guess I need to come raid one of your spots one of these days. Haven't been fishing in over a month now. Kinda twitching a bit. Nicely done, sir. Hope we can get out again one of these days. Keep me posted
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Man that is a lot of BULL. Congratulations.
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Excellent report & nice fish!! :thumbleft:
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Excellent catch!!!! Love the photo essay type report....have to look into that type of camera....couldn't tell the story any better. Amazing, even the camera stayed in the right position to catch all the action. Thanks for sharing!!

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Wow !! Nice fish! I snagged a nice 31" red just over your right shoulder and about 300 yards south of where you were, on New Years Day!

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Insane!!
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Beautiful, man I'd love to tag one of the bruisers!
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Great report.
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Haven't been to the lagoon in a long time,

looks like it is time to get off of my A$$ and cathc some fish!
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That's a beast! Pretty Bad Azz the time capture! You should have thrown a slow motion thumbs up in there!
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