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MarshCappa · 07-05-2008, 08:49 PM

I broke my cardinal rule of not hitting the town ramp on South River on the weekend especially a holiday weekend. I figured with the cloudy weather I would have a chance to launch without any yahoo's around. I was right! Just one other small trailor in the lot. Up river i went and set the anchor to drift some worms in the ripping outgoing current. It didn't take long but I actually thought it was debris bending the rod. So I half heartedly grab the rod from the holder and start to reel in when to my surprise I had a nice fish on. It was pulling hard and with the fast current I was at a stalemate twice. Pretty good fight and when he got to the boat it was just 25"! I would have been hard pressed to land a keeper in that current and I didn't have to worry about that because the fish got smaller from there. 1/2 a dozen schoolies later I picked up and headed home. I was the only boat out there! Maybe it will be that way tomorrow too! I may head out of another ramp in town tommorrow in search of larger targets. Anyone else get out today?

07-05-2008, 08:49 PM	#1
MarshCappa Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Marshfield Posts: 2,608	Productive Afternoon I broke my cardinal rule of not hitting the town ramp on South River on the weekend especially a holiday weekend. I figured with the cloudy weather I would have a chance to launch without any yahoo's around. I was right! Just one other small trailor in the lot. Up river i went and set the anchor to drift some worms in the ripping outgoing current. It didn't take long but I actually thought it was debris bending the rod. So I half heartedly grab the rod from the holder and start to reel in when to my surprise I had a nice fish on. It was pulling hard and with the fast current I was at a stalemate twice. Pretty good fight and when he got to the boat it was just 25"! I would have been hard pressed to land a keeper in that current and I didn't have to worry about that because the fish got smaller from there. 1/2 a dozen schoolies later I picked up and headed home. I was the only boat out there! Maybe it will be that way tomorrow too! I may head out of another ramp in town tommorrow in search of larger targets. Anyone else get out today?
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