Poo Bear
Senior Member
Yeah, I caught my first red fish and I was really pumped but after a late start we had to leave due to a falling tide. Little did we know how far down the water was until it was too late. My buddy, who's boat we were on ain't what you would call a seasoned captain in that area and he was taking a little creek he wasn't sure of. Next thing you know we are in less that a foot of water and then we were stuck. It seemed like 10-15 minutes later we were high and dry on a big mud flat.
We were resigned to waiting until the tide turned and we had enough water to drive out. By the grace of God, a nice young man on a jet ski came by and offered to pull us down to the little bit of water that was left in the deepest part of the creek. I didn't think there was any way he could pull a boat with 3 adults off the mud but he did it! I don't know the young man's name was but he restored my faith in the younger generation. I hope he is blessed many times over for his kindness.
Anyway, I don't have any pictures of my red fish because we did not know what the slot limits were so I released it. I am getting kind of long in the tooth but I have a hankering to get back down to Tybee to catch more fish. My buddy that lives down there is about to begin a battle with esophageal cancer so hopefully he'll be ready to get out and fish by spring.
By the way, I heard that inshore fishing pretty much shuts down around December when the water gets too cold to catch anything. Is that right?
We were resigned to waiting until the tide turned and we had enough water to drive out. By the grace of God, a nice young man on a jet ski came by and offered to pull us down to the little bit of water that was left in the deepest part of the creek. I didn't think there was any way he could pull a boat with 3 adults off the mud but he did it! I don't know the young man's name was but he restored my faith in the younger generation. I hope he is blessed many times over for his kindness.
Anyway, I don't have any pictures of my red fish because we did not know what the slot limits were so I released it. I am getting kind of long in the tooth but I have a hankering to get back down to Tybee to catch more fish. My buddy that lives down there is about to begin a battle with esophageal cancer so hopefully he'll be ready to get out and fish by spring.
By the way, I heard that inshore fishing pretty much shuts down around December when the water gets too cold to catch anything. Is that right?