# 48589: Subject: chandeleur island; curlew rigs, Mississippi

Submitted by craig (ip 216.229.222.1)

• Fished on 4/28/2003

• Report received: 4/28/03

Water Temperature: 75
Water Clarity: 5-6 ft.
Seas: 1-2 ft. afternoon
Weather: bad morning, good evening
Fishing_for: snapper
Boat: Prime Time 2
captain: Uncle Teddy

Report:
Set out for the curlew rigs at about 5:30 that morning. Wind was howling out of the east at about 15 mph. We decided to hit the inside of chandeleur and trout fish for a little while in hopes that it would lay down. We fished the grass beds and a few cuts. Picked up around 10 keeper trout in all. Caught a nice jack at north island. By this time it was around 2:00 and the wind started to die and the water began to lay down. We got to the rig at about 3:00. Hooked up on a couple of nice snapper right off the bat. We decide to tie up so we were drifting away from the rig getting the hook ready. A 35 lb. cobia appeared right at the boat. After casting cigar minnows and pin fish we decided to rig up a jig. He took and we landed him. Got tied up to the rig and had a steady 2 1/2 hours of fishing. All told for the day we caught 10 trout, 1 cobia, 1 jack, 13 snapper, 3 kings (1 smoker), trigger fish, hardtails,a few small grouper, and a small barracuda. Was a pretty good day considering the wind made us wait out the majority of it.

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