Birthday shopping

I had Larry and Paul on board today for the first of back to back days. Larry was treating himself to a 50th birthday present. His one and only request was a bass that would put him in the 50 club… No pressure…

The tide was perfect, we had the beginnings of a flood which made it easy to get the bait. We had what we thought was enough in about 45 minutes and headed out. By the time we got to the pile, the tide was moving good. It didn’t take long to hook up. The guys weren’t in the water for 60 seconds before they doubled up… The first few bass were decent but not what we were looking for.

Things started to improve after a while. Larry got the 5th fish of the morning, he stuck a good one that measured 47″.

We had a few more fish that went between 40 and 43″ but things died quickly as the tide slowed. I made the call to pick up and run 10 miles to a spot I hadn’t tried yet this season. The tide had already turned there and was moving a good clip. We only had a few baits and were running out of time. The guys didn’t waste any time at all in hooking up. 4 more fish on the next 6 drifts. All were nice, big fish. Paul had the biggest at the new spot…

We had a great day with 13 fish boated, 8 were over 40″… But no 50′s… Maybe tomorrow!
Here is a quick video of the day’s action: