Gulf of Mexico Remains Stingy
4-5-2013
If you read Monday’s Blog from the Florida-Alabama line on the Gulf of Mexico, you know that Scott Heitman and I were into some tough shore fishing. I promised a Friday Blog when things turned around. Well, things did not turn around, with the exception of Heitman’s beautiful 30-inch redfish that threw the hook 6-inches from shore and got away because I didn’t jump on it in time. Now, my friend Scott is a forgiving person. He will stop swearing at me before 2049, or before the Minnesota Vikings win a Super Bowl, whatever comes first. Anyway, I blew it and I know it, and when Lori’s photo of the redfish in the surf arrives I will post it here.
This is the beautiful, approximate 28-inch redfish that Scott Heitman played out and Ellis didn’t jump on before it threw the hook in two inches of water and escaped.
My highlight of the week…with the exception of losing Heitman’s redfish, was fishing off the dock behind our condo on a saltwater ocean inlet when a dolphin decided he was going to hunt the shallow mullet right next to the pier. And what a hunter. He corralled his meal five yards from me and with one flick of his tail powered the last 20 yards into the shoreline reeds where an explosion of water told the tale of a successful ending. He was half out of the water, on his side, just taking a look at me as if he enjoyed an audience watching his fishing expertise. That I did.
Instead of babbling on about how Heitman and I stood for hours, day in and day out on the beach with virtually no action, I will show you how things usually are for us and the many, many Wisconsin anglers who take their spring breaks here in beautiful Alabama and Florida. The water this time was too cold for consistent fishing. Attached, though, is our story from 2010. This is how it usually is. Talk to you next week.
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Dick Ellis