Herbs73

Not managed much fishing lately due to work but yesterday came free so i grabbed the opportunity. 
Picked up my couzin David at 5am amd was driving out Brightlingsea harbour by 5.30.
We headed for the priory spit hoping for smoothounds with an hour Before higj water left, but jt was a bit slow, David had 1 houmd at 6lb and i had a couple of doggies.  We fished it down for an hour so and them moved up on to the gunfleet where it picked up a bit  i had 1 bass at 3lb and 4 hounds around ths 6&7 lb mark amd a small tope,  David didnt get a bite which caused him some consternation, he put it down to the side of the boat i was fishing from unitl the tide turned again and the boat swung round amd i carried on catching and he didnt.  We fished the tide back up for a few hours then moved back to the priory where there was now 3 charters and 2 privateers and we were straigjt into the hounds. My total was 12 hounds with the  biggest at 13lb and David had 4. Bait was ragworm amd squid. 
  Great day especially winding up David about his poor fishing skills. 
 

Not managed much fishing lately due to work but yesterday came free so i grabbed the opportunity. 
Picked up my couzin David at 5am amd was driving out Brightlingsea harbour by 5.30.
We headed for the priory spit hoping for smoothounds with an hour Before higj water left, but jt was a bit slow, David had 1 houmd at 6lb and i had a couple of doggies.  We fished it down for an hour so and them moved up on to the gunfleet where it picked up a bit  i had 1 bass at 3lb and 4 hounds around ths 6&7 lb mark amd a small tope,  David didnt get a bite which caused him some consternation, he put it down to the side of the boat i was fishing from unitl the tide turned again and the boat swung round amd i carried on catching and he didnt.  We fished the tide back up for a few hours then moved back to the priory where there was now 3 charters and 2 privateers and we were straigjt into the hounds. My total was 12 hounds with the  biggest at 13lb and David had 4. Bait was ragworm amd squid. 
  Great day especially winding up David about his poor fishing skills. 
 

Not managed much fishing lately due to work but yesterday came free so i grabbed the opportunity. 
Picked up my couzin David at 5am amd was driving out Brightlingsea harbour by 5.30.
We headed for the priory spit hoping for smoothounds with an hour Before higj water left, but jt was a bit slow, David had 1 houmd at 6lb and i had a couple of doggies.  We fished it down for an hour so and them moved up on to the gunfleet where it picked up a bit  i had 1 bass at 3lb and 4 hounds around ths 6&7 lb mark amd a small tope,  David didnt get a bite which caused him some consternation, he put it down to the side of the boat i was fishing from unitl the tide turned again and the boat swung round amd i carried on catching and he didnt.  We fished the tide back up for a few hours then moved back to the priory where there was now 3 charters and 2 privateers and we were straigjt into the hounds. My total was 12 hounds with the  biggest at 13lb and David had 4. Bait was ragworm amd squid. 
  Great day especially winding up David about his poor fishing skills. 
 

excellent fish and sticker placement!

🤣well spotted 

He went off like a steam train,
 

Not managed much fishing lately due to work but yesterday came free so i grabbed the opportunity. 
Picked up my couzin David at 5am amd was driving out Brightlingsea harbour by 5.30.
We headed for the priory spit hoping for smoothounds with an hour Before higj water left, but jt was a bit slow, David had 1 houmd at 6lb and i had a couple of doggies.  We fished it down for an hour so and them moved up on to the gunfleet where it picked up a bit  i had 1 bass at 3lb and 4 hounds around ths 6&7 lb mark amd a small tope,  David didnt get a bite which caused him some consternation, he put it down to the side of the boat i was fishing from unitl the tide turned again and the boat swung round amd i carried on catching and he didnt.  We fished the tide back up for a few hours then moved back to the priory where there was now 3 charters and 2 privateers and we were straigjt into the hounds. My total was 12 hounds with the  biggest at 13lb and David had 4. Bait was ragworm amd squid. 
  Great day especially winding up David about his poor fishing skills. 
 

Not managed much fishing lately due to work but yesterday came free so i grabbed the opportunity. 
Picked up my couzin David at 5am amd was driving out Brightlingsea harbour by 5.30.
We headed for the priory spit hoping for smoothounds with an hour Before higj water left, but jt was a bit slow, David had 1 houmd at 6lb and i had a couple of doggies.  We fished it down for an hour so and them moved up on to the gunfleet where it picked up a bit  i had 1 bass at 3lb and 4 hounds around ths 6&7 lb mark amd a small tope,  David didnt get a bite which caused him some consternation, he put it down to the side of the boat i was fishing from unitl the tide turned again and the boat swung round amd i carried on catching and he didnt.  We fished the tide back up for a few hours then moved back to the priory where there was now 3 charters and 2 privateers and we were straigjt into the hounds. My total was 12 hounds with the  biggest at 13lb and David had 4. Bait was ragworm amd squid. 
  Great day especially winding up David about his poor fishing skills. 
 

If you do enter don't follow @JonC to one of his marks, they don't provide!

ignore that i found it 

if they are still available i’ll take them. 

I’ve got Team Daiwa 12-20lb a lot of backbone quite tippy I prefer them to the Kenzaki 

For quality rods at a decent low price I'd go for ugly sticks. 

Good going @Herbs73, you got out and caught some fish. Result 👍

Hi guys, 
work commitments have kept me from going fishing lately but managed an early one this morning, 
 We knew it was going to be blowy so we headed down a little creek called the Pyefleet. fished from 5am to 11am in shallow  water and managed half a dozen small bass and three small thorn backs between the 2 of us. 
Not the most eventful days fishing but it was nice to get out. 
 

Hi guys, 
work commitments have kept me from going fishing lately but managed an early one this morning, 
 We knew it was going to be blowy so we headed down a little creek called the Pyefleet. fished from 5am to 11am in shallow  water and managed half a dozen small bass and three small thorn backs between the 2 of us. 
Not the most eventful days fishing but it was nice to get out. 
 

Hi guys, 
work commitments have kept me from going fishing lately but managed an early one this morning, 
 We knew it was going to be blowy so we headed down a little creek called the Pyefleet. fished from 5am to 11am in shallow  water and managed half a dozen small bass and three small thorn backs between the 2 of us. 
Not the most eventful days fishing but it was nice to get out. 
 

So me and the wife have flown across the pond to see an old school friend who lives in Tallahassee Florida via New Orleans. He’s also a keen angler so he organised a fishing trip.  We’ve travelled from Tallahassee to a small town called Apalachicola for a few days and yesterday we went out with captain John Layne from JB charters and fished the St.Vincent sound targeting red drum  It was a bit overcast but flat Calm, fishing was a bit slow so we tried a few different marks caching small red drum, pin fish and cat fish Tim catching most of them,  fishing in about 2 ft of water using light tackle. Then Tim caught a lively 10lb red drum which gave an hell of a fight and went back as it was a breeding size fish. I still continued with the small fish. The time to pack up came and went as John wanted me to catch a decent fish. Then on my last cast my reel screened off and after a very tiring 15 minute battle (these fish fight hard) John netted a 30lb red drum.  
when we came back John took us back to his house where he prepped the fish and which we could keep and we took to a local resteraunt. 
  He also run us back to the hotel in his rock crawler 4wd, these Americans like their toys. 
 The boat was pretty awesome, a centre console design powered by a 250 Yamaha which did over 60 knots. What was interesting is that it didn’t have an anchor, on the bow is an electric trolling motor which keeps the boat in position by gps, on the aft they have “power poles”which in shallow water are deployed by a motor and extend down into the mud to hold the boat. 
  Fantastic days fishing with an old mate that I don’t see enough of and a brilliant skipper. 
 

 
 

So me and the wife have flown across the pond to see an old school friend who lives in Tallahassee Florida via New Orleans. He’s also a keen angler so he organised a fishing trip.  We’ve travelled from Tallahassee to a small town called Apalachicola for a few days and yesterday we went out with captain John Layne from JB charters and fished the St.Vincent sound targeting red drum  It was a bit overcast but flat Calm, fishing was a bit slow so we tried a few different marks caching small red drum, pin fish and cat fish Tim catching most of them,  fishing in about 2 ft of water using light tackle. Then Tim caught a lively 10lb red drum which gave an hell of a fight and went back as it was a breeding size fish. I still continued with the small fish. The time to pack up came and went as John wanted me to catch a decent fish. Then on my last cast my reel screened off and after a very tiring 15 minute battle (these fish fight hard) John netted a 30lb red drum.  
when we came back John took us back to his house where he prepped the fish and which we could keep and we took to a local resteraunt. 
  He also run us back to the hotel in his rock crawler 4wd, these Americans like their toys. 
 The boat was pretty awesome, a centre console design powered by a 250 Yamaha which did over 60 knots. What was interesting is that it didn’t have an anchor, on the bow is an electric trolling motor which keeps the boat in position by gps, on the aft they have “power poles”which in shallow water are deployed by a motor and extend down into the mud to hold the boat. 
  Fantastic days fishing with an old mate that I don’t see enough of and a brilliant skipper. 
 

 
 

So me and the wife have flown across the pond to see an old school friend who lives in Tallahassee Florida via New Orleans. He’s also a keen angler so he organised a fishing trip.  We’ve travelled from Tallahassee to a small town called Apalachicola for a few days and yesterday we went out with captain John Layne from JB charters and fished the St.Vincent sound targeting red drum  It was a bit overcast but flat Calm, fishing was a bit slow so we tried a few different marks caching small red drum, pin fish and cat fish Tim catching most of them,  fishing in about 2 ft of water using light tackle. Then Tim caught a lively 10lb red drum which gave an hell of a fight and went back as it was a breeding size fish. I still continued with the small fish. The time to pack up came and went as John wanted me to catch a decent fish. Then on my last cast my reel screened off and after a very tiring 15 minute battle (these fish fight hard) John netted a 30lb red drum.  
when we came back John took us back to his house where he prepped the fish and which we could keep and we took to a local resteraunt. 
  He also run us back to the hotel in his rock crawler 4wd, these Americans like their toys. 
 The boat was pretty awesome, a centre console design powered by a 250 Yamaha which did over 60 knots. What was interesting is that it didn’t have an anchor, on the bow is an electric trolling motor which keeps the boat in position by gps, on the aft they have “power poles”which in shallow water are deployed by a motor and extend down into the mud to hold the boat. 
  Fantastic days fishing with an old mate that I don’t see enough of and a brilliant skipper. 
 

 
 

So me and the wife have flown across the pond to see an old school friend who lives in Tallahassee Florida via New Orleans. He’s also a keen angler so he organised a fishing trip.  We’ve travelled from Tallahassee to a small town called Apalachicola for a few days and yesterday we went out with captain John Layne from JB charters and fished the St.Vincent sound targeting red drum  It was a bit overcast but flat Calm, fishing was a bit slow so we tried a few different marks caching small red drum, pin fish and cat fish Tim catching most of them,  fishing in about 2 ft of water using light tackle. Then Tim caught a lively 10lb red drum which gave an hell of a fight and went back as it was a breeding size fish. I still continued with the small fish. The time to pack up came and went as John wanted me to catch a decent fish. Then on my last cast my reel screened off and after a very tiring 15 minute battle (these fish fight hard) John netted a 30lb red drum.  
when we came back John took us back to his house where he prepped the fish and which we could keep and we took to a local resteraunt. 
  He also run us back to the hotel in his rock crawler 4wd, these Americans like their toys. 
 The boat was pretty awesome, a centre console design powered by a 250 Yamaha which did over 60 knots. What was interesting is that it didn’t have an anchor, on the bow is an electric trolling motor which keeps the boat in position by gps, on the aft they have “power poles”which in shallow water are deployed by a motor and extend down into the mud to hold the boat. 
  Fantastic days fishing with an old mate that I don’t see enough of and a brilliant skipper. 
 

 
 

So me and the wife have flown across the pond to see an old school friend who lives in Tallahassee Florida via New Orleans. He’s also a keen angler so he organised a fishing trip.  We’ve travelled from Tallahassee to a small town called Apalachicola for a few days and yesterday we went out with captain John Layne from JB charters and fished the St.Vincent sound targeting red drum  It was a bit overcast but flat Calm, fishing was a bit slow so we tried a few different marks caching small red drum, pin fish and cat fish Tim catching most of them,  fishing in about 2 ft of water using light tackle. Then Tim caught a lively 10lb red drum which gave an hell of a fight and went back as it was a breeding size fish. I still continued with the small fish. The time to pack up came and went as John wanted me to catch a decent fish. Then on my last cast my reel screened off and after a very tiring 15 minute battle (these fish fight hard) John netted a 30lb red drum.  
when we came back John took us back to his house where he prepped the fish and which we could keep and we took to a local resteraunt. 
  He also run us back to the hotel in his rock crawler 4wd, these Americans like their toys. 
 The boat was pretty awesome, a centre console design powered by a 250 Yamaha which did over 60 knots. What was interesting is that it didn’t have an anchor, on the bow is an electric trolling motor which keeps the boat in position by gps, on the aft they have “power poles”which in shallow water are deployed by a motor and extend down into the mud to hold the boat. 
  Fantastic days fishing with an old mate that I don’t see enough of and a brilliant skipper. 
 

 
 

So me and the wife have flown across the pond to see an old school friend who lives in Tallahassee Florida via New Orleans. He’s also a keen angler so he organised a fishing trip.  We’ve travelled from Tallahassee to a small town called Apalachicola for a few days and yesterday we went out with captain John Layne from JB charters and fished the St.Vincent sound targeting red drum  It was a bit overcast but flat Calm, fishing was a bit slow so we tried a few different marks caching small red drum, pin fish and cat fish Tim catching most of them,  fishing in about 2 ft of water using light tackle. Then Tim caught a lively 10lb red drum which gave an hell of a fight and went back as it was a breeding size fish. I still continued with the small fish. The time to pack up came and went as John wanted me to catch a decent fish. Then on my last cast my reel screened off and after a very tiring 15 minute battle (these fish fight hard) John netted a 30lb red drum.  
when we came back John took us back to his house where he prepped the fish and which we could keep and we took to a local resteraunt. 
  He also run us back to the hotel in his rock crawler 4wd, these Americans like their toys. 
 The boat was pretty awesome, a centre console design powered by a 250 Yamaha which did over 60 knots. What was interesting is that it didn’t have an anchor, on the bow is an electric trolling motor which keeps the boat in position by gps, on the aft they have “power poles”which in shallow water are deployed by a motor and extend down into the mud to hold the boat. 
  Fantastic days fishing with an old mate that I don’t see enough of and a brilliant skipper. 
 

 
 

So me and the wife have flown across the pond to see an old school friend who lives in Tallahassee Florida via New Orleans. He’s also a keen angler so he organised a fishing trip.  We’ve travelled from Tallahassee to a small town called Apalachicola for a few days and yesterday we went out with captain John Layne from JB charters and fished the St.Vincent sound targeting red drum  It was a bit overcast but flat Calm, fishing was a bit slow so we tried a few different marks caching small red drum, pin fish and cat fish Tim catching most of them,  fishing in about 2 ft of water using light tackle. Then Tim caught a lively 10lb red drum which gave an hell of a fight and went back as it was a breeding size fish. I still continued with the small fish. The time to pack up came and went as John wanted me to catch a decent fish. Then on my last cast my reel screened off and after a very tiring 15 minute battle (these fish fight hard) John netted a 30lb red drum.  
when we came back John took us back to his house where he prepped the fish and which we could keep and we took to a local resteraunt. 
  He also run us back to the hotel in his rock crawler 4wd, these Americans like their toys. 
 The boat was pretty awesome, a centre console design powered by a 250 Yamaha which did over 60 knots. What was interesting is that it didn’t have an anchor, on the bow is an electric trolling motor which keeps the boat in position by gps, on the aft they have “power poles”which in shallow water are deployed by a motor and extend down into the mud to hold the boat. 
  Fantastic days fishing with an old mate that I don’t see enough of and a brilliant skipper. 
 

 
 

Nice one @Herbs73, thanks for sharing your adventure. Always nice to bag the bragging rights at the last moment!!