Finally!

It took most of the summer but at long last the Happy Ours was happily back on the water (and this time didn't need to be towed back). We did some serious fishing to make up for lost time. It paid off as we had our two best days of "catching." Captain Gary and I pulled in 50 fish on Saturday and he alone had 19 Flounder. We spent a little extra time looking for the 20th but instead I ended up catching 2 keeper Crocker which we had cooked up at Fish Tales for lunch. No keeper flounder though but we did catch a keeper shoe...yes a shoe. The next day we got to go out with a full boat. Greg, Mike, and Bob joined us to knock them dead Sunday as we pulled in around 70 fish. We threw every bait you could think of at them and caught them on everything. Captain Gary however seemed sold on the white Gulp. Despite no keepers we flew the Flounder flag proudly after two great days of fishing.

In the SC Surf

Down in South Carolina we took some time to upgrade our rods and equipment. It took some time and some frustration getting used to the new rods. After many errant casts we slowly improved. By the end we were able to get some decent casts out a little further and it paid off. I had a big hit and saw my fish jump twice out of the water. The Snapper Blue came in at 14.5 inches and then a little later my dad pulled in this small shark after the spot he had earlier in the day. Unfortunately, a big summer storm chased us off and ended our day a little earlier than expected. Next time we are sure to catch some more nice fish.