Mako's Kayak Fishing Report August 22nd, 2009

[Peter Poletti]

Well, it seems like once again the hard work paid off. With about 5 or 6 people getting ready to launch this morning off the Dunedin Causeway, I tried to convince them to follow me to a spot where I had been catching tailing reds lately. Somehow, no one listened to me and we all went our own way. Judging by this first picture, it seemed it would be a nice, calm, sunny day, right?

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WRONG......Actually that's the view to the east. This is how it looked to the West.

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We got a few bands of rain, but in between there were some calm moments with blue skies...........

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......and plenty of these (hope you don't mind all the pics, I have a red tail addiction)

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In a scale from 1 to 10, I would say this day was a 9. Why not a 10? Because I couldn't catch the 10th red. Oh well, I guess I can live with 9 :D

This is probably the nicest one I caught because of all the spots.

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Check it out, it had the Mickey Mouse stamp on its tail

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Here's another one right before another shower poured on me

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Anyway, all this happened as the tide was coming in and as you can see the lure of choice was the Gulp Jerk Shad in new penny color.

Last but not least, I threw a silver spoon once the tide flooded the flats and ended up catching this little guy

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Maybe next time people will listen to me and catch fish ;)

[Jeff Madre]

Those are pretty tailing pictures. I caught one in the surf earlier this summer and the tail was the first thing I saw. It's instantly recognizable, isn't it?

[Erick Bell]

I dont think they could understand your accent.......I know that has always been my problem when I fished with you!

Great work Peter and anytime you need someone to fish with you....call me...I will just come on down.