Did the same thing without staying up. Last minute party at my daughter's house . Plenty of food and fun. A little bourbon lots of food in bed by 11

40 inches made the citation size. And no fly rod. Caught it on my 11 ft Lamiglas that I built 20 years ago.

Oregon inlet in October

Didn't want to brag but since you mentioned drum this was in the morning

Glad to hear good news. Great way to start a new year.

Couple of local shops have them. I have bunker oil and shedder. That would be menhaden oil also depending on where you live.

The name weakfish refers to their mouth. Hooks pull out easy. Have to fight them gently. The have a single tooth right in the roof of their mouth for holding bait fish. Used to fish for them with shedder crabs. Still carry a bottle of crab oil to flavor baits.

Not even close. They are actually in the weskfish family.. in NC it's grey trout and speckled trout. Near me we don't see many specks. They are mostly southern. The grays we call weakfish and are a lot more scarce than they were in the seventies. Back then a big one was15 or 20 pounds. That was spring run. Now you're lucky if you catch one at all and it will be around a pound.

That's me with a speckled trout from NC. That might be the one PB was talking about. It was 4.1 pounds and great on the grill.

If you're near the Outer Banks one popular way to fish is a gold Hopkins shorty spoon dragged low and slow for puppy drum. Not a consistent bite but you can have good days.

I started using Maui Jim sunglasses. I had a problem with the one hinge so I sent them back and they sent me a new pair and I have the same problem with the same hinge on that pair. I glued the hinge so we wouldn't break any more and I keep them in the truck for driving. On the beach I use Oakley's now. They have one model which is tinted specifically 4 Fishing.

For me the most important thing is protection from sunlight. My eyes are very sensitive and without sunglasses I'm finished before I start. They protect your eyes lens from ultraviolet if they're coated properly. You can get sunburn on your eyes and it's no fun driving 75 miles home when you only have one eye open. The other reason was mentioned in the article was protection from branches and things. I always wear the glasses and my cowboy hat since I put a size 14 dry fly in my cheek because of a sudden gust of wind.

We always call it fillet and release but maybe you don't fill et cats.

No plans for tonight yet. We'll see what the daughters and grandchildren want to do. Other than that it's love your family, be healthy and tight lines in the new year.

At 60 you're still a kid. My wife will be asleep by 9. I might make midnight but I usually don't care enough to stay awake.

Somehow I nanaged to fish for 65 years plus and never heard of or saw a triggered reel. So tonight I searched trigger sounning reels and cane up with several Shimano reels with trigers. So now I have at least seen one
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