scallopman

Had an opportunity to slip out this afternoon tosee if there were any flounder still hanging around. Left with my son just after hegot home from school at 2:00.

Half Hitch out of bullminnows so bought a few gulps and headed out to the gulf. Water temp. was 56 degrees with a slight southwest wind. Fishing in 58 feet of water and not having any luck with the gulps but getting a good show of bait, so decided to get out the sabiki rig to see if some could be caught.

The bait turned out to be 3" long cigar minnows andthey were the ticket. As I was catching the cigs, my son was running them back down on a carolina rig with a 1 oz egg sinker, a 12 lb flourocarbon leaderwitha 3/0kale hook. Heended up catching five and we keptthree for dinner. Biggest was 20 inches while the others were all around 16. Back at the dock at 4:00 so it turned out to bea great afternoon, sure beats working.

I am surprisedthe cigar minnows and flounder are still around this time of the year with the water temperature so low.

Sorry we did not take a picture.:doh