I fished yesterday morning for a few hours. The few sandbass I caught were in front of Rockledge Park. I checked Murrell and the humps by the island and saw nothing. I also ran down to the humps by the crusher - I saw fish on the graph but nothing biting.

I checked with Grapevine on the status of the McPherson Slough Boat Ramp. The response I received was that the dock was damaged beyond repair during the flood and that they met with EZ Dock reps last week to determine sizing for the new dock. No timeline was given but it sounds like they are making progress.

I did get out there. And my wife and son were there.

I got her on the boat! But the only evidence is going to be testimony by Prosise because she was not having any pictures. Prosise can also attest that she is easy on the eyes. We'll just have to settle for some pictures of her kid. Yea his hair is getting long. The men in the house have long hair but we don't wear lipstick.

We got on the water around 10:45 and we went straight to the point in front of Northshore trail. There were 4 boats lined up across the best ridge, and they were catching them steady but slow compared to recent days. I couldn't see much of them on the sonar, so I saw that prosise had messaged to come up to the humps:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/EiUBe5hrsUFbjDEz6

Link courtesy of Prosise who generously asked that I share.

When I got there he was very gracious to my wife and kid and even lent them an umbrella. We tied up and took advantage of his spot lock. From there there were lots of two at a time caught. Several times both fish were 13+. It was one of the fastest days i have seen. We were able to get the wife a license, a good time, and had to leave because we hit 50! I always act like i ain't counting. But that's just me being an actuary. I can't mess up a number like that. Too embarrassing.

Anyhow, the wife loves fish and we will eat every last bit. We probably won't keep any until we are almost out again. Which brings us to the dinner pics. We did headless smoked white bass with bang bang seasoning, rice, broccoli, and soy vinegar onion dipping sauce. 350 for 20 mins on the preheated pit boss, be sure to score your fish with a sharp knife!

25 mins suggested if they are biguns.

After we left, prosise stayed after and got into the catfish and the great big sandbass bite continued. I have included some pictures he sent as well. He was running his two spoon setup you can see earlier in the thread. In fact he lost one that had been tied on there for a year and a half. Which if you know prosise is not surprising. I believe he went back and got it after I left too. Anyhow he said the cats were hitting both baits. Woulda loved to hung a few!

Thanks prosise your fishing evangelism may have helped win my wife over a bit today. On the creeks and off the streets.