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I paddled to about 1k yards offshore. There is a sandbar way out there that you can stand on even at high tide. The area just before the bar is pretty productive. My lure of choice was a gold spoon due to the floating grass and sea boogers floating in the water. I started catching trout but knew the best bite would come after dark. I don't have pics of fish for you because a bird was harrassing me as I reeled in and released fish. The bird was coming right up to the boat so somebody has tyo have been feeding him.
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As you can see from the background the Appolo Beach area is getting hammered by a T-storm. I figured it would rain itself out before it got to me. After all it was sunny and nice where I was.
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After a few fish I turned around to check on the storm and it had picked up some speed. At this point it was time to race it to the beach.
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The Hurricane Pheonix is an awesome boat. It will flat haul ass when you push it. My speed was good till I hit the mouth of the bayou at a right angle to the beach and the out going current had me turned towards the bay and into the storm. I was really wishing a rudder would miraculously appear on the back of my boat because I really had to dig to get the boat turned in to the current.
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I made it to the little Coffee Pot bridge just as the sky began to fall. I was not the only idiot out on the water. 3 Dudes in a stink pot also pulled up under the bridge just the other side of a concrete divider from me. It was not easy to keep a 16 foot boat with rods out the back from spinning like a bottle in the small space under the bridge. About half way thru the storm the tide switched directions and I had to leave cover and turn around to face the other direction. The guys in the boat must have thought I was nuts. I will admit there were some moments that I gave alot of thought to my personal relationship with Jesus. After about an hour it let up and I paddled back to the launch.
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My wife does not want me to go out at night alone anymore so I probably won't fish Thursday. But then again what she don't know won't hurt her
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