Another week passed and another opportunity to get out on the coastal inland waters was seized.

In my previous post on the subject, Gone Fishing: A Short Photographic Story of My Yesterday, I shared some images of my fishing expedition on a windy and rainy day. We had quite a bit of luck, hauling in many fish and being able to keep four of them, despite less than ideal above-water conditions. Yesterday, we hit the water again, this time on a perfect sunny day with mild winter temperatures in the low 70s.

Here is the photographic story from this week, with some added commentary.

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We pushed off in the early morning again, just before sunrise. The large, full moon was setting as the boat was going into the water. Upon arriving at one of the “honey holes,” this was the view.

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This is the view from the front of the boat, looking east.

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As the sun was breaking through the early morning clouds, I took this shot looking south. The water was glassy for most of the morning.

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When the sun came out, it was pretty intense. The glassy water, while being perfect for boating, was not so perfect for seeing. Even a camera can go blind when looking directly at it (I think). Don’t stare at this image for too long or you might go double-blind.

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After we raced back to the marina to pick up a friend, we headed back to our spot to find the conditions pretty much unchanged.

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We put our lines in the water and waited for bites.

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And it didn’t take long to get one! This is a beautiful redfish (that I had mentioned in last week’s post). It was just shy of the legal “slot,” so we threw him back to grow bigger for next time. This one was right around 16 inches long. The blue-tipped tail is more pronounced on the young fish and it really adds some nice flair to the usually reddish-gold color. The black spots by its tail can also vary in size and number. Some fishing tournaments even award prizes for the number of spots – the higher the better.

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After our first catch, it’s tradition to start drinking beers. That wasn’t our first (we got a bigger one earlier)...and we were drinking before we caught it anyway. This was the beer of choice for today’s adventure.

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Other than those two fish, we weren’t getting much other than nibbles, so we changed locations.

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We were able to pull in a few trout (I’ll need to get a picture next time), but only one that was large enough to keep, so we headed back down the waterway to another location and set up shop for the evening’s low tide.

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No luck here either. We went back to the original honey hole until dark. Again – no luck. But the views weren’t bad as the sun was setting. I was able to snap this one before the light was completely gone.

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Altogether, it was a great day to be out. I did get a little too much sun on my face – the reflection off the water makes sun-burning much quicker. Also - fishing after a full moon doesn’t usually work out too well, according to my fish-master friend, so we might try to avoid that next time, or at least lower our expectations.

I did use some of my earnings from Steemit to pay for a few of our “supplies” for this outing. I can’t think of many better ways to spend my earnings than to be outdoors with friends and beers. I’ll try to make something like this a regular event and blogging experience. Maybe I’ll even be able to teach my readers something of value to them.

I hope you enjoyed these images and my brief story. I might have more next week, so stay tuned.

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All images were taken with my iPhone 6S

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