August 4, 2016
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Backwater Adventures By Joey Farah Farah’s Fishing Adventures Ok guys we have 24 days till school starts, so we need to really make it count. Let’s make a camp out on the Islands and if there is no surf we will fish all day no matter what. Nick was the first to agree and Robby and Pat joined right in. We had already grown tired of the flats and islands close to home and were determined to stretch out and venture south as far as our imaginations This young man took would take us. We a little time away immediately started from his POKE’ MAN scanning maps and Hunt to slam his limit asking Mr Samperi various of trout on a nice about fishing spots down overcast morning south. We already this week. We were knew how far our close to the Humble six gallon gas tanks Channel in the magic would take us and depth 5feet of water, back so we needed with live piggy perch. some extra gas. After combining our boat tanks and money together we figured we had enough for a three day trip to Baffin with some extra for exploring. Somehow we fit three boys and way too much stuff in that 24ft Jon boat and the 8horse pushed us down to about the yellow cabin before we started to fish. We had been here before with Mr. Joe and started some drifts. I remember the wind was up and that little boat was pitching back in forth in the waves. We all had our favorites, Ed and Nick were always a gold spoon, me topwaters, Robby and Pat threw shrimp tails or curly green frog grubs. Together we seldom went in empty. I think we all had a few fish after some drifts there blind the cabin right up to the beach. I had my rod over the edge of the boat dangling as I ate white p o w d e r e d I was seeing double with donuts and these two beautiful young drank hot big ladies, and their two of red. Suddenly many trout we caught on an explosion of whitewater an afternoon trip in the next to the boat Upper Lagoon. Live pigs. and my rod end flew up in the air! Nick grabbed the butt of the pole and handed it to me just in time to throw over the bail. A monster trout had jumped out of the
The redfish have been thick! These two 27&28” pigs were pulled in along the nighthawk bay spoils. water and leaped onto the dangling lure. I let the fish take some line before I tightened the line and flanked the trout. She jumped and thrashed till we had drifted right up along the grass on the beach. I jumped out and pulled her up to the shore. She was 28” long and we all laughed at the amazement of how we caught this fish! After that we headed south again. As we made our way we studied the map and eye marked different land marks, imprinted them into our minds, even to this day I see them the same every morning just as vivid as the first time I saw them. We came to a The redfish have been thick! community of These two 27&28” pigs cabins just as were pulled in along the we rounded nighthawk bay spoils. the corner of Baffin. We made some drifts and caught fish the whole way through so we decided it would be a good place to camp. In a flat between the islands and cabins we set camp and poked around the cabins. One had a big water tank and we graciously took showers in the owner’s outdoor shower. It might have smelled like raccoon piss but we ended up all saying we could have stayed there forever. If we only had a boat fast enough to get to school on time. The gigantic orange ball of lite set over the King Ranch that evening as we lit the flames
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over a pile of ancient drift wood. Roaming the islands and shorelines back then yielded treasures from the past beyond belief. Travelers from the past that had come to rest in hurricanes and tides decades before us lay waiting to be rediscovered. Colors of blue and red twisted in the fire as plastic wood and steal all burned together under an unlimited body of stars. Out of the night a long thin character neared the fire. As we all grasped our sticks and machetes, a friendly voice said “howdy boys, where is your Daddy?” My first Some part time Island residents had no problem with a nice response was” offshore?” limit of trout this week. We fished the Boat Hole with live “Well I’m Louis Pete and I’m piggy perch. Tidal movement has been an important factor in timing the bite in the Upper Lagoon on my way to my cabin over there was a brief pause and a which one to cast at. Make every day count scan of our camp. “What are y’all eating?” We watched as he got some of and GET WET! Give me a call anytime and everything we had and he stood up and said he let me know you are a MOON MONKEY would be back. A while later he returned with and I’ll give you $100 off. Have a great week! two big cups. “when you finish this come over CAPT JOEY FARAH 361-442-8145 to that cabin over there we are playing poker.” I think it was gasoline or scotch. The next morning as the sun peaked out we could hear them yelling at us to get in there boat, along with the hammer that they beat us with the night before. They took us to the land cut left us on the beach then made us carry the stringers full of drum and reds out of the shallow mud and over the islands back to the boat. That slave labor was the first introduction to both Baffin, the Landcut, and the world of sight casting. The fishing is absolutely incredible right now, fuel that sense of exploration and get on the books to take your kids on a real adventure in their back yard. Spark a fire in them for the outdoors that will last a lifetime. Ensure that your grandkids and generations after will be excited to share experiences in the great outdoors. Live bait fishing is still amazing with every trip seeing is boat over our limit of fish and getting above fifty fish a day. The sight casting is at its best right now as well with tailing reds in the flats so thick at times you don’t know