Fished AP area NW of B&R. Started out paddling around 0745, worked my way up on the flats and low-and-behold saw a good amount of fish in three areas. What I caught was not a good indicator of what was there, though I managed one Red about 21 that attacked a DOA. Fish was up in about 15-16" of water along with his buddies. I cast to the edge of the bunch, hoping that they would stick around. When this fish ate it, it looked like an aggressive attack on a topwater! Then he managed to cover an arc of about 180 degrees scattering that bunch, as he splashed and crashed...Stuck around for a while, hoping for a regroup, though it was not to be. Kept working my way south and saw a few more fish (actually saw the muds), had a blow up on a topwater, never a second chance. Finally made it to my planned destination, had pretty good moving water, and some bait around, though not a bite. This is when it starts getting interesting...
Started working my way back towards the car, almost straight into a 10-15 knot and the fog socked in limiting visibility to "not much", lost sight of the launch spot, though knew it was just to the right of straight into the breeze....about this time I hear an air boat (one of a few that were out on the duck hunt game) and it sounds like it is getting closer, at which point it appears behind me on a direct line course towards me, "YIKES" I am a small target, wave the paddle and I guess he saw me and finally turned, though passed fairly close. If this is not enough, now it decides to really rain, reducing visbility to a big ZERO! So a rather soggy paddle back, finally running into land as much as seeing it....mmmm GPS and a compass may be on the horizon!
Still any day on the water is a good day!
