Joe McIntosh wrote:

Joe the Elder writes---well at least you support catch and release--[maybe
because many of your
fish are too small to clean]


indeed...but then, as you know, size doesn't matter...it's the seduction
that counts. g

rachel and i went to harkers for the 4th...standing on the end of the
dock, we watched fireworks across the water over in beaufort and
morehead, and a smaller display on the island. boated and fished on the
5th, caught a few spanish, a blue, two small flounder, and a lizard
fish. mainly walked the inside sandbars looking at sea urchins, a conch
trying to eat a clam, fan shells, and horseshoe crabs. the urchins must
have been molting or reproducing, as they were camouflaging themselves
with small shells and other detritus. one had a part of a red plastic
cup attached to its spines...another sign of manunkind. they weren't
around in october when you and i fished the area. it's interesting
seeing the different sal****er critters and their behaviors at this time
of the year. the drum have been a bit finnicky through the summer, but
i'm finding new spots for our upcoming october effort.

we're leaving on friday for the annual western jaunt...gonna camp two
nights in wyoming before moving up to the montana stomping grounds.
might look for larry around henrys fork too. because of the late runoff,
reckon we'll find some different critters out there too. sorry you've
given it up. we miss you.

jeff