I had someone ask me last week what a fishing guide did on vacation since my job is pretty laid back and easy going. Well, this year we stayed home so that I could begin to knock down my mounting "Honey Do" list, and we went fishing of course.
On Thursday evening, I took my Wife, three boys & Mom out on the bay hoping to find an evening bite.
That evening, the bay was like a sheet of steel it was so calm. You could hardly tell where the sky stopped and the water started
We ran across the bay and set our lines in the spot that we have been having good luck at over the past couple weeks, and before I had the 3rd line out we had a fish on.
We trolled around for around an hour and caught a good number of fish, and managed to hook a BIG red drum that Will got to fight for a while before it broke off.
Once we had enough fish for dinner the next night, my mom said that it would be nice to get back to Tangier again before the summer was over. Seeing as we were half way there already,I figured that there was no time like the present, so we pulled up our lines and headed east.
Within 20 minutes we were backing into a slip at Parks' Marina.
and then went up the street to our favorite spot, Lorraine's Seafood Restaurant. Unfortunately, since it was getting late and we hadn't made plans to spend the night, we didn't get to catch up with many of our friends on the island.
After filling up on the best crab soup, soft crab sandwich and crab cakes on the bay we headed back to Reedville.
Living on the Northern Neck of Virginia (aka Gods Country) has it's advantages, and being able to take spur of the moment trips like this certainly is one.
