We tried for drum this Sunday and Monday afternoons. On Sunday, I went with Charles Southall. Also fishing with us was David Brabrand and Wes Blow. We fished Fisherman’s Island Inlet. We only caught a single smooth dogfish. Well, VIMS wanted one so they got it. Ric Burnley was near us in his motor boat. They caught 3 reds and his kayak buddies paddling around also caught a couple of big reds. We saw a small black caught and that was as close as it got for us. It was a pretty day and it was the first time any of us had fished with Wes. I had been wanting to. The guy is a fish catching machine. He is relatively new to our fishing club and his detailed reports over the past couple of years have been great. He will target some new fish for him, write about everything that goes wrong, but after a couple of trips he catches some beast of a fish. He has made some amazing catches. Not on this trip but it was good to finally get to fish with him.
On Monday, Tricia and I ran out in the afternoon to buoy 13. I know they have been catching some nice blacks inside the Great Machipongo Inlet but I did not think that we would need to run that far. In short order, Tricia was hooked up to our first black drum. We ended up catching and releasing 3 and came in early. We were using chowder clams for bait. Our largest was 50 inches long. There were a few other boats out there but none were close enough to see if anyone else was catching.
