Joined by Ron Monroe of Mt. Prospect, IL and his daughter, Tracy Monroe of Chicago, IL we went in search of Spanish Mackerel and the other near shore species. As soon as the Clarkspoons were deployed in the "rip" the Spanish and Blues started coming in at a pretty quick clip, only problem...there were many more Blues than Spanish so after catching enough for bait Capt. Butch steered the Yeah Right II toward the shrimp boats in search of a big Shark!
Seemingly the water has gotten to cold for the Sharks to be hanging near the beach any longer this year and after no strikes in short order, we decided to see if the Grey Trout and citation Red Drum had shown up yet. Soon we were into the Grey Trout and small Black Sea Bass. They are not here extremely thick yet, but if you work at it there is no problem at finding a few limits. There are a few Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks still around near the beach and Ron managed to land 3 of these but we decided to release them all today.
Heard reports that there were some King Mackerel caught at the 15 mile Rock area as well today.