Shell Point 7/19

[DKWakulla]

I finally managed to get myself out of bed before sunrise and go fishing. No keepers but what a ride..

I was fishing the ledge next to the third set of channel markers going out with fishbites on a jig head. Bait EVERYWHERE. Clean water too. after quite a bit of bump bump bump.. I caught two trout back to back but 14". I cast again feel a bump and WHHHIIIIIIZZZZZZ. 15 minutes and after being dragged halfway back to the big oyster bar Im in close contact with a Ray that was easily 4 feet wide. Frankly I was too busy shitting myself to take a picture once I figured out what it was. No plans on pulling a Steve Irwin, so I cut the line.

Fished the bar some caught probably 10 snot cats. I was using a 2 hook flounder rig with fishbites and had three double hookups all catfish. I may or may not have taken some frustration on one of them with a Ka Bar. Caught one tiny flounder on the way in but dropped him while trying to measure.

All in all fun day. Glad to see the gulf is finally looking like itself

[capncrunch]

Car hood rays instead of flatties? Sounds like you had fun anyways.

[tmanbuckhunter]

Glad you got the skunk off the yak.

[bigboots]

Thanks for the report,glad some one is getting to go.

[WannaDoDat]

Sounds like a right fine adventure, DK!

Unhooking those big rays can be ton of fun but not for the faint of heart or those prone to loose sphincters.

Jean

[RyanWarden]

Awesome report, bet that ray was a fun ride

[SRAces]

Thanks for the report! When you get a ride like that, you never know what it might turn out to be!

[bk]

Sounds like a successful outing for sure.