a weekend of idiots, haziness, cloudiness, and PP

[rbphoto]

Things started out somewhat slow, if not on the wrong foot - waiting on a kid's basketball game to finish, ***having*** to pressure wash the boat, change the fuel filter, fire up the motor, etc. but at least the brew was good



And while it did delay us from getting on the water, we at least made good use of the trip to nowhere



Because there is only one place I know of worth stopping in the no man's land





The hotel was dingy, dirty, and the first room still had the previous tenants leftover foodstuff in the fridge. 

We moved and promptly dug into this



The morning started off a little hazy



and then turned beautiful



and then we had PP problems . . .
(my less than affectionate name for his bote - "Pier Pressure", which seems quite appropriate given how much of a pisser it is every time we go out)
and lost an hour and a half on a rising tide

after which time the weather had turned to



along with about a 2' chop in the bay about 30 minutes later . . .

So we headed in for some fried chicken, which got devoured before pictures could be obtained, but snapped a pic of the reason why we can/can't have nice things



Got back to the water and took to exploring with no joy



Finally got to high tide and headed up a couple of creeks



bait were running, gulls were diving, and we saw one fish - just off the bow after making a 40' cast to a concentric circle from some unknown creature

Finally called it a day and determined to set up a trip in November someplace

[sanjuanwormhatch]

Riding around on a boat drinking beer and eating fried chicken is never a bad way to spend some time. 

[Transylwader]

I had a similar weekend 2 weeks ago, except with two spoilt rich boys. Saw a school of Menhaden the size of a basketball court and in the mix were red drum the size of VW beetles. Twat one says to twat two "is this guy crazy? Why is he casting to those bulls?" Two two says to twat one, "I think he may be onto something" ::)
Anyhow, they are on my do not call list, not because they are rich boys, but because they are collectively the two biggest tossers outside of the select asshats from VA I have ever met.

[Rhody]

you just summed up my last 7 salty days in bogue inlet, except i was the motor in my yak

i wouldn't mind going again though, one of these days, gonna have that magic redfish day, but...................

[rbphoto]

yep, but it ain't my thousand cuz it ain't my boat . . . mine is sitting in the shed waiting on my 20 yr old to do something with it, cause I'm not gonna anytime soon

Magic redfish day . . . yeah, me too. 

[BRFFF]

Looks like a fine time to me