wind, rain, and bull reds

I picked up a couple of buddies and hit Sargent beach on Friday afternoon. We were greeted with a strong easterly wind, big brown surf, and rain showers. Not surprisingly, we were the only people out there. It took a little while but we finally caught enough mullet to get started. We drove back to our usual surf spot and within 15 minutes, Kasey is fighting a fish on his new rod. After a good battle, which takes him down the beach, he lands a 44” (32lb) bull. Not bad for his 3^rd redfish ever! We followed that fish up with another 2 bull reds just before dark. I was about to take some more lines out when my friend Jeff walks into camp. He was muddy and thirsty after walking several miles. Jeff decided to take the back road because the surf was high and he found a nice mudhole to bury his jeep in. I took him back to his jeep and we returned a little while later in separate vehicles. Another bull red had been landed while we were gone. We got back to fishing and quickly landed two more reds. These fish were caught in the first gut. We built a fire and cooked fajitas. After dinner I couldn’t drag myself away from the fire so the fish were given the rest of the night off.

The next morning Kasey and Jeff each caught a slot red. I caught two big gafftops on large baits that I kayaked out for the sharks. We left the beach at 11 am and were at the barbecue place by noon.