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Recent
Trips/Pics
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November 25, 2011 |
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Here are some
pictures from my trip on November 25 with Chris and Michelle
Lewis. Braving cold and windy weather, we caught a bunch of nice
trout up to 4 pounds using soft plastic baits- both under a
popping cork and on jig heads. |

This 4 pounder
was Chris’s first of many nice trout. |

Michelle got
hot late and caught several nice trout like this one. |
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November 8, 2011 |
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Here are
pictures from my trip on November 8 with Terry Howell, Mark
Kenny and Ronnie Dedeaux. We had a good day catching about 100
trout up to 3 pounds using Berkeley Power Baits rigged both
under a cork and on tight lines as well as on crank baits and
top water plugs. |

Terry had the
big trout hand all day. |

Ronnie did his
share of the catching too. |

Here is Mark
with one his many trout. |
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August 9, 2011 |
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Here are pictures for my trip on
August 9 with Sammy Ashkar and Robert Fields. Despite a gusty 15
knot west wind, we caught a bunch of nice trout and redfish
using, live shrimp and D.O.A.'s under popping corks. |

Sammy with a 30" red |

Robert's 27" red would have been a
beauty to catch in a tourney |
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July 30, 2011 |
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Here are pictures from my trip on
July 30 with Mike Healy, Mike Fortino and Valerie pierce. We had
a great day catching a bunch of nice trout and redfish using
live shrimp under popping corks. |

Valerie got us started with a nice
one early |

Mike Healy celebrated his
birthday by catching trout like this one |

"Marylander" Mike Fortino did some
catching of his own- here
with a nice one |
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July 29, 2011 |
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Here are pictures from my trip on
July 29. The crew was Kent, Brenda and Rob Edmonds and Jimmy
Quint. We had a great day catching speckled trout, redfish and
flounder using live shrimp, top water plugs and D.O.A. shrimp |

Brenda shows off a nice trout |

Kent with one of his own |

Rob fooled this flounder with a live
shrimp drifted over an
oyster bar |

Jimmy got hot late using live shrimp
under a popping cork |
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July 13, 2011 |
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Here are pictures from my trip on
July 13 with the Mylan group- Justin, Merril and Tucker. Despite
dodging an early moring squall, we cuaght somne very nice
speckled and white trout using live shrimp and croakers- both
tight-lined and under a cork. |

Justin landed this nice one early |

Merril chipped in with this nice
trout on a tight line |

Tucker bows up on a nice trout. |
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June 29, 2011 |
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Here are some pictures form my trip
on June 29th with Son and Joe Courtney. We caught speckled
rout and redfish using live shrimp and croakers. |

Joe with a beautiful trout
that took a live shrimp under a popping cork |

"Sonshine" got hot on some nice
redfish like this one |
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June 27, 2011 |
Here are pictures from my trip on
June 27 with Keilan Smith, Angela Holland
and James Castleberry. We had a very good day catching some nice
speckled
trout and white trout using live shrimp. |

Keilan got us started with this nice
one right off of the bat |

James was hot all morning- here with
a pretty trout |

Angela landed this blackfish on a
live shrimp under a slip cork |
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June 26, 2011 |
Here are pictures from my trip on
June 26th with the Brandau's- Russ Sr.,
Russ Jr. and Adam. We caught some nice speckjled and white trout
as well as
a blackfish. |

Adam with the trout of the day |

Russ Sr. with a nice one of his own |

Russ Jr. and Adam teamed up for this
blackfish |
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June 24, 2011 |
Here are pictures form my trip on
June 24 with Gaylord Lyons, Merrill Thomas
and Tommy Sharp. We had a great day catching a bunch of nice
trout on live
shrimp. |

Tommy landed this one using a live
shrimp under a popping cork.
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Gaylord caught this nice one early |

Merrill bows up on one of his many
trout |
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June 19, 2011 |
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Here are pictures form my trip on
June 19 with Bancroft and "Mac" McMurphy. Despite a wicked 15
knot southwest wind, we had a great day catching trout up to
5#'s. |

Bancroft with a beautiful trout that
took a live shrimp under a
slip cork |

"Mac" got this nice trout on a live
shrimp fished shallow over a sand hole.
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June 16, 2011 |
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ere are pictures of my trip on June
16 with Jim Harris and Jack and Weston Green. We caught some
nice trout using live shrimp under popping and slip corks. |

Jack and Weston teamed up on a bunch
of nice trout like this one. |

Jim "played hurt" and still managed
some beautiful trout like
this one. |
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June 13, 2011 |
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Here are pictures from my trip on
June 13 with Mitch and Michelle Doze. We caught some very nice
trout suing top water plugs, D.O.A.'s and live shrimp under a
cork. |

Michelle with the trout of the day a
4#'r that fell for a D.O.A. shrimp under a cork |

Mitch scored this nice trout using a
live shrimp under a cork. |
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June 12, 2011 |
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Here is a picture from my trip with
Josh Chastain- we caught a bunch of big trout using top water
and sub-surface plugs as well as live shrimp under popping
corks. |

Josh fooled this nice trout with a
top water plug |
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May 31, 2011 |
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Here are some pictures from my trip
on May 31 with Chris, Angie and Ethan Funk. We had a great day
catching a bunch of nice speckled and white trout using live
shrimp and GULP! shrimp. |

Chris with a nice trout caught early
in the morning |

Angie had the trout of the day
caught on a live shrimp under a
slip cork |

Ethan got hot late- here with a good
trout of his own
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May 27, 2011 |
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Here are pictures form my trip on
May 27 with Clark Lyons, Kirk Tart and Edgar Downey. We caught
trout up to 6 pounds suing live shrimp under popping corks and
slip corks. |

This toad of Kirks's measured 26
1/2" and was a girthy 6+
pounds |

Clark with a nice one of his own |

Edgar bowed up early and often. |
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May 24, 2011 |
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Here are pictures from my trip on
May 24 with Jimmy and Terri Quint and Holly and Jimbo Grimsley.
We caught some very nice trout using live shrimp, both under
popping and slip corks. |

Jimmy with an early nice one |

Jimbo with one of his own |

Terri with the trout of the day |

Holly with a nice one on a slip cork |
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May 19, 2011 |
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Here are pictures from my trip on
May 19 with Tom Sutton, Matt Sutton and Aaron Stevens. We had a
great day catching some nice trout and redfish using live
shrimp. |

Aaron with an early chunk trout |

Tom had the hot redfish hand- here
with a 27"r |

Matt with one of his many trout. |
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May 13, 2011 |
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Here are pictures from my trip on
Friday, may 13 with jimmy Quint, Rick Bell and Kurt Grader. We
had a good day catching some very nice trout on live shrimp and
top water plugs. |

Jimmy with one that took a live
shrimp
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his nice chunk of Kurt's pushed the
4 pound limit |

Rick with the trout of the day- a 25
1/2"'r. |
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April 15, 2011 |
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Here are some pictures from my trip
on April 15 with Steve Setterstrom, Zack Ashbee and Flynt
Hughes. We cuaght some redfish and nice trout using top water
plugs, GULP! and live shrimp. |

Flynt got us started with a nice red
on a top water plug |

Steve with the fish of the day- a 6
1/2 pound trout! |

Zack with a nice trout of his own |
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April 14, 2011 |
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Here are some pictures from my trip
on April 14 with Ben Goneberg and Scott Whitehurst. We struggled
early but found a bunch of nice trout on live shrimp under
popping corks. |

Ben with a 5# Spanish Mackerel that
fell for a D.O.A. shrimp
under a cork. |

Scott with one of his many trout-
this one a nice 3 1/2
pounder. |
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April 12, 2011 |
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Here are pictures from my trip on
April 12. the crew was Reed Davis and John "Hugh" Blythe. We
caught bull reds and giant black drum using GULP! mud minnows.
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Reed with one of his big bull reds. |

"Hugh" with a giant black drum- this
one tipped the scales at
47#'s! |
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April 08, 2011 |
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Here are pictures f rom my trip on
April 8 with Steve Wybel, son Chris and daughter Alison (aka "Alleycat").
We had a great day of fishing catching a ton of both white and
speckled trout using live shrimp under a popping cork and GULP!
Mud Minnows. |

Steve and Chris with one of their
many trout |

Alleycat was all smiles after
landing this nice 4 pounder! |
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February 26, 2011 |
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Here are picture from my trip on
February 26 with Cody and Mike Penrod. We caught some nice trout
and a bunch of redfish suing top water plugs and live shrimp
fished under a popping cork. |

Mike with a beauty of a redfish this
one was 27" long and fell for a live shrimp under a popping
cork. |

Cody with a red of his own- on his
last cast- the fish of the day! |
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February 20, 2011 |
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Here are some picture from my trip on February 20 with Bill and
Paul Daniels. We had a great morning catching a ton of trout up
to 3 pounds using grubs on No Slack Tackle jig heads. |

Paul with an early one. The background isn't blocked
out-that's fog! |

Bill got the "twitch" working and had a hot hand all morning. |
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December 30, 2010 |
Here are pictures from my last trip
of 2010 on December 30 with my buddies Jimmy Quint and Randy
"Buck" Bryant. "Mind-numbing" was the description used for this
trip as we caught and released over 250 speckled trout! What a
way to end a great year!
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Jimmy with a nice trout |

Buck with one of his many |

My last trout of 2010- I took a
minute to admire this 2 #'r. |
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December 21, 2010 |
Here are pictures from my trip on
December 28 with Theo Atkinson. Despite
some very cold temperatures, we caught over 80 trout with some
going as
large as 4#'s. We used soft plastic baits fished on 3/8 oz. "Jiggy"
jig
heads from No Slack Tackle. |

24 degree air temps and ice on the
dock greeted us at daylight as we launches at the Chocalotta
ramp. |

Theo with one of our many nice
trout. |
Click here to see the pictures from
2010
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2009
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2008
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