Still Some Fluke in the Bay by Ed Valitutto

Posted on July 20, 2018 by kelli

Went fishing on Thursday with member Alan Goracy. We headed North and with fast drifting (2 kts) in Double Creek, we had a few bites but no takers. We then drifted the shortcut parallel to the ICW that ends near the BLCG Station. After several drifts, Alan had a fat 20″ near the No Wake buoy where the cut ends. Several drifts later we moved to the inlet. We fished both North & South jetties with no success. We then drifted the cove from Meyer’s Hole to the commercial docks. I had a short and Alan had one at 18″.

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