Labor Day Weekend Report

[Captmikestarrett]

Hurricane Earl was a non event with just a bit of rain Friday and some wind. Ended at 1pm on Friday so we went fishing. Headed up to fresh water and practiced casting for about three long hours. Heck with it and ran down to salt and caught a single croaker on a jig.. Decided to call it an early day and found breaking schools of trout and blues at the mouth of the my creek. Wow it was amazing with fish busting everywhere. Put some blues and trout in the live well for eating. It lasted till dark.

Saturday was a tide that never stopped coming in.. so we did some bottom fishing and some jigging but not to much to show for all our time. Ate a bushel of crabs. Smoked some blues..Later before dark we headed out to the mouth of our creek and repeated the fun of Friday. Outstanding fun..

Sunday ran out to the Bay proper and set up for shark. Had three break offs and landed a true 80lb southern ray. Caught silver perch/trout/sea bass/croaker/spot and lucky Dave got the bonus of many oyster toads. Had a huge beer batter fish fry with homemade fries and onion ring loaf too. Too full to go out again we went down to the dock and watched the bait get totally busted out by unknown fish.
Monday we mostly cleaned and packed up.
Had 12 people join me this weekend and I must say it was fun.
Ohh and I almost forgot some guys got into some good LGMouth and bowfin once the tide went out two days after Earl.
Lastly does anybody know what this plant is ??


Capt Mike

[nofearengineer]

Cap'n Mike, that plant is Callicarpa Americana, otherwise known as Purple Beauty Berry.

Nice looking fish too.

[keithdog]

Originally Posted by nofearengineer

Cap'n Mike, that plant is Callicarpa Americana, otherwise known as Purple Beauty Berry.

Nice looking fish too.

\Yep, nofear is right about the bush. Beautiful plants! Looks like a great weekend you all had. Thats great!

[Captmikestarrett]

I have never seen it before but last year I was hacking down brush in that exact same area and got some nasty skin blisters on my arm.. Is it caustic?

Also to show that I like to share here are some crabs to enjoy.




3D took a bunch also.

Capt Mike

[nofearengineer]

Mike, I don't think it's caustic. A lot of birds eat those berries.

There is a plant that sort of looks like it though...Pokeberry. It has the dark purple berries too, but they sort of droop off of the stems. Those are poisonous, and many a kid has come home with purple-stained clothes from playing in the woods.

[bamabassman]

3d TOOK some ? call the police!!! hahaha, glad ya'll had a good time capt.

[3dkicker]

Originally Posted by bamabassman

3d TOOK some ? call the police!!! hahaha, glad ya'll had a good time capt.

Yep, stuffed my pockets and headed for the door.

Here's a couple pics from the weekend.....got a couple more but I'm holding out for a little $$$ from Capt Mike!!!

the dock from the Pointe
a small creek in Dragon Run
a croaker caught off the dock Sat. night
bass caught in the Run off cypress knees on a point

[3dkicker]

A couple more.......dinner at Starrett Pointe

smoked bluefish
blue crabs before and after
a mix of croaker, sea trout, and scup with some onion rings and fries

[Bassboss]

UM UM!! Looks good kicker. save a seat for me

[3dkicker]

As you can see there wasn't much room at the table.....but we'd squeeze ya in if we needed to.