The first few days I did a good bit of fishing in the creek adjacent to Steve's house. They are situated on a small creek off the inter-coastal waterway. Steve graciously allows me to use his boat that is on a dock lift, on the creek of course. It's such a great setup as all you have to do is walk out the back door, lower the boat in the water, and your off; no need to drive to the boat ramp, wait in line and launch a boat. Plus, I probably used at most a few gallons of gas all weekend. The fish bite occurred early when I was by myself and Cecilia still in bed. I caught the largest speckled trout of my life and two nice flounder the first few days. I took Cecilia, Misty and Melonie out several times, but no luck, however, it was satisfying to just float around and soak up the rays.
The dogs, in particular, our relatively new pet Cady, had their first fishing experience in Morehead. They fished with me each morning and came along for the mid-day excursions. Near the intercoastal waterway is a long sandbar that's exposed at the lower part of the tide cycle. We anchored and allowed them to swim and chase birds for a while. Cady was so worn from all the activity that she burrowed under the bow on top of the cool and wet anchor rope and slept the rest of the day. Just a funny side story, her first trip was at Christmas. She had so much fun, mind you, dog fun is when their tails are wagging, that by the end of the trip she developed limp tail. This is a condition that develops when a dog is not condition and wags their tail too much for too long. She's conditioned now as they run with me each morning, so "limp tail" did not occur on this trip :-)
It's been 4-5 months since I've had the chance to fish offshore. We took the 31' Bertram offshore in search of mahi-mahi on Memorial Day. Steve guided us to a total of 7 mahi and 1 king mackerel, which is a decent, but not record shattering day. Last year we caught 12-15 on multiple trips. Nontheless, the two I brought back for our freezer will keep us in good shape for a few months. In fact, we've already had it twice thus far. I also caught about 15 blue crabs off Steve's dock. After this blog is posted we will have blue crab omelette for breakfast. With that said, see ya!
