ONE SKINNY CUDA :(

Trolled down to our favorite grouper/queen trigger spot Sunday. Nothing on the way down :( It was fairly windy again. Our attempt at anchoring failed four times! (We think this was all due to defective zip ties we got at Pontiac Cove so CTM says there may be repercussions...know any good lawyers, Jabet?) Well, if you have been on Feeding Frenzy with "The Captain and Me" while trying to anchor you can imagine how tight my jaw was clenched. I think I might have to see an orthodontist when I return home :) We could see some awesome spots on the GPS and what looked like big grouper but just couldn't get the anchor to hold in the wind. Interestingly enough CTM never yelled one time at Don & Dave who were his sidekicks on the bow of the boat :) Tried anchoring in a more shallow spot and that did work for a short time. Now the kicker is.....we were about half way to the spot when suddently we realized that our chum was in the freezer at the condo :( Of course CTM tried to blame that on EVERYONE on the boat but himself! But...even though CTM was never a boy scout he does live by that motto, especially when fishing, "Be Prepared." Yup....we were prepared to make our own chum right there on the boat. We have been carrying oatmeal, the stinkiest "Always Save" cat food, and a gallon of menhaden oil in the closet now for about a year. So...Don and Dave proceeded to mix the concoction while CTM readied the tackle. Jeannie and Leann decided that Paula Deen didn't have anything on those two boys!!!! It kind of looked like oatmeal cookie batter. My thoughts were if this method of chumming didn't work we could go into the gourmet cat cookie baking business and make a fortune...you know....what we won't do or buy for our pampered pets????? Anyway, my determination was that this chumming would have worked as it looked great in the water, however, since our anchor didn't hold and we were drifting obviously all of the fish that the chum attracted were SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!!! We did end up finding a weed line that was awesome and trolled it for a couple of hours where we finally did catch one skinny little cuda :( Big sigh of relief.....WE DIDN'T GET SKUNKED! So....today is another day and we are up mulling over our options. Think will troll to our favorite "Freddie North" spot to do some yellowtailing. Some of you have been in on that! What fun! Like fishing in a barrel most of the time! It is 85 degrees and not a cloud in the sky so it can't be all bad!!!! Catch you on the flip flop!

CJM