Finally got to take out my new toy

[RWilson2526]

Good for you for getting some "ferm" time

[phatdaddy]

good job ferm, one fish i have always wanted to catch is a snook. your rig looks great for getting up in the mangroves to find them.

enjoy the trout

[bradford]

Good catching Ferm. How'd she run?

[THEFERMANATOR]

The old JOHNSON ran great, my MINN KOTA on the other hand was another story. The wind was blowing so hard I had to have a trolling motor to keep myself off the rocks and bars, and my foot pedal went out on me just after 1. I fought with it and got it to work somewhat, but had to manually turn it to steer(doesn't work to well with a power drive). I picked up a new pedal this week so I'm ready to go again. It is one shallow boat on the drift because of how wide it is. Need to find me a push pole to get up in the really shallow stuff.

[RidgeRunner]

We were up in the no water zones of the Chaz a couple years back. Tide was pushing us across the shallows. Sheapshead hit my jig in less than a foot of water. I swear the fish must have been laying on its side it was so shallow. Good to see you the other day. Your gonna enjoy this rig more than most.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Got to go out again today. This time in Charlotte harbor back behind Boca Grande. Came down to the inlaws, so I took off feeshin. Didn't do to well today. Ended up with just 2 smaller trout to bring home, so I gave them to somebody at the ramp because I didn't feel like cleaning 2 small ones at my inlaws(figure pay it forward, hopefully some day somebody will do the same for me). I caught a TON of trout, but most all of them were shorts. Several of which were bearly bigger than my ZARA SUPER SPOOK I was throwing at em. I also caught 3 slot legal size snook, but wouldn't you know the season ended May 1st for them. And of all things, I also caught 4 big channel cats throwing a ZARA SPOOK.

So I caught fish, and made it home. So it was a good day. Hopefully I can get out again in a few weeks, gotta get some money to go again.