Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge Hogs

Thanksgiving Day was the first time in a couple of months I was able to wet a line along Bio Lab Road in the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge.

Odie and I loaded up a couple of rods and headed to the Patillo Creek area to see if anyone was having luck with the black drum that usually inhabit the area this time of the year.

Several anglers were bank fishing with live and fresh dead shrimp but only one fisherman reported having any luck.  The water was dead flat and the bite was slow.

After surveying the area and tossing a Creme paddletail bait around several likely looking spots without even a tap, I decided to move on to Haulover Canal to see if anybody there was catching fish.

The water in the canal was barely moving and although I spotted several anglers fishing around the bridge fenders and north side of the canal from the bank, only a couple of guys reported catching mangrove snapper.   Nobody was catching redfish or black drum from the bank.

There were a couple of boats anchored at the mouth of the canal on the Mosquito Lagoon side fishing the deep holes but I couldn't see if anyone had any fish.

I moved on to Bio Lab Road and found the water levels there way down.  The Mosquito Lagoon looked like a mirror with only an occasional surface commotion from feeding sea trout.

I stopped at several areas to fish a Chug Bug and the Creme paddletail bait that I had with me and had only one half hearted strike on the topwater bait.

Odie and I continued on Bio Lab road until we spotted a commotion along the bank which turned out to be two sow hogs and a trio of piglets.  

I've always known about the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge Hogs, but until the refuge managers cut down the vegetation along the road, I have never actually seen them.   The hogs were totally unafraid of  humans and acted almost domesticated.

I took a couple of pics and a short video of the pigs before moving on to fish another spot.   Click on the pic below to see the video.

After tossing my baits into a couple more "fishy" looking areas, I decided to head home and grab some turkey for dinner.

Hopefully I won't have to wait another month or so to get out and do some more fishing in the area.

Till next time, Tight Lines.

A "ride" In The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Despite the 90 degree plus temperatures this afternoon, my wife and I took Odie for a "ride" in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge along Bio Lab Road.

Odie had just undergone oral surgery and was pretty sore but he perked up a lot when we asked him if he wanted to go for a ride.

The air temperature was 93 degrees when we left the house around 2:30 pm which is undoubtedly the worst time to do any fishing, but I brought along a few rods "just in case" we came upon any tarpon.

Bio Lab Road was where I wanted to scout out to see if there were any tarpon in the area.  

The water in the lagoon was down and the water clarity was better than I expected.  You could easily see the dark splotches of grass among the bottom in the shallow flats along the road.  

There wasn't much baitfish activity on the flats and although we saw several fish hitting bait on the surface at the deep edge of the flats, I didn't bother to fish the area.

We drove to the southernmost section and pulled into an area we call "manatee bay"

and spotted several manatees in the area.

I started tossing a topwater plug along the mangroves hoping for a snook or tarpon and after several blind casts had a brief hookup with what looked like a juvenile tarpon.

The fish smashed the lure and almost immediately shook off.

Because of the heat, Karen wanted to head for home so we meandered out of Bio Lab Road towards Playalinda Beach and hit a couple of Vistas before leaving.

All three of the Vistas we stopped at were void of any fish.  I had expected to see some tarpon or ladyfish but nothing was hitting any of my baits.

I tossed a sub surface Mirr-O-Lure, Johnson Sprite gold spoon, and a Tsunami Paddletail bait for several casts at each spot with only one follow.

At this point, Odie was panting and my wife was getting very uncomfortable, so I decided to head for home.

Till next time

Tight Lines

Windy Scouting Trip In The Refuge

After a week without wetting a line, my wife and I decided to take Odie for a scouting trip in the refuge.

The weather was great.  Air temps at around 72 degrees, sunny skies, and enough wind to make topwater bait fishing out of the question.

We drove around Bio Lab Road, Peacocks Pocket Road, Patillo Creek Road and finally around Haulover Canal wetting a line in a couple of areas without any success.

 Bio Lab road was one way only to Playalinda Beach road but since my last trip, the powers that be have taken down the signs and allowed two way traffic throughout.

Along Bio Lab, we saw several people fishing, but nobody seemed to be catching anything.  The water in the Mosquito Lagoon is very low and almost crystal clear throughout the southernmost section.

We drove into an area close to the beach road that holds juvenile tarpon and snook during the summer months, but after many casts around the area with a Storm Creme Spoiler Shad bait and a Chug Bug, it was apparent that the fish were not in the area.

Karen and I spotted a group of 8 manatees that were cruising the area and a gator that up along the bank that was extremely lethargic.

Karen thought that it was sick but it could have just been waiting for dinner.

The three groups who were fishing that area said they never even had a nibble, so I didn't feel too bad about being skunked.

We moved to Patillo Creek Road and found several groups of fishermen covering all the best bank fishing spots.  The people I spoke with also said that the bite was non existent.

From there we drove over to Peacocks Pocket Road to see if the refuge managers had opened it up.  A couple of years ago, they said the road would be open in the spring of 2023.  We're still waiting.,...

Anyway, several vehicles were parked around the shallow water boat launch and a few people were fishing the banks without any success.  The water around the boat launch was crystal clear, but after scanning the water for a while for signs of fish or baitfish activity, I didn't even bother to wet a line at any of the spots I used to fish but decided instead to head home

Despite the skunk, out scouting trip in the refuge was worth the price of the gas we burned.  The weather was beautiful and like just about everybody we spoke with; Me, Odie, Karen were glad to get out of the house and enjoy the day.

Till next time,

Tight LInes.

Tarpon In The Lagoon

It was late when I finally decided to see if the Tarpon in the lagoon were hitting.

The late afternoon rains were running south so I packed up a few rods and headed towards Bio Lab Road to see if the tarpon in the lagoon were interested in any of my offerings.

I was hoping that the pumping station was still moving water and bait into the marsh area but I wasn't too surprised to find the area void of fish and fishermen.

I tossed a topwater Chug Bug around for a bit to see if anything was interested but after several fruitless casts, I decided to continue my search.

The water levels in the backwater areas were all up and I spotted several areas where tarpon were rolling and snook were nailing baitfish along the mangrove roots.

I stopped to fish this this spot when I spotted a large snook breaking water along the mangroves after baitfish.

I tossed a Creme paddletail bait and a Chug Bug around without a hit, so I switched to a small topwater SkitterWalk and finally got a couple of fish interested enough to take swipes at the lure.

I fished the spot for about 20 minutes or so before moving on to another spot where I always find tarpon.

When I got there, nobody was around except this Blue Heron on an open culvert fishing for his dinner.

I started casting the Creme paddletail bait around and got a couple of hits without a hookup.  I noticed that some fish were nailing baits on the surface, so I started tossing the SkitterWalk around the area.

I made several casts across a point near some mangroves and coaxed a large tarpon to nail the lure.

The fish was in the 90 pound category and jumped entirely out of the water but missed the bait.

I continued tossing the lure until the fish stopped hitting and decided to switch to a black and silver D.O.A. Baitbuster that I had tied on a heavier rod that I use for snook.

It only took two casts to get a follow up and a miss from a juvenile tarpon right at the bank.  

I continued tossing the bait and finally got hooked up with this 37" tarpon,  

The fish jumped several times and put up a good fight before giving it up at the bank.

I took a couple of pics and returned the fish to the water.

I continued fishing with the D.O.A. bait and picked up another tarpon slightly larger than the first fish right at the bank.  After another jumping battle, I took this pic before sending it back home.

As a group of anglers moved into the area while I was landing and releasing the second fish, I decided to head for home.

They were also after juvenile tarpon and were using Bass Assassin paddletail baits on weighted hooks.

It was around 5:30 pm when I decided to head home.  They close the gate at 6:00 pm, and as I was driving out of the area, a fish and game truck was driving in, apparently to warn everybody out of the area.

Till next time,

Tight Lines

Tarpon, Manatees, and Mayans on Bio Lab Road

My wife and I decided to take Elmo and Odie for a ride along Bio Lab Road to see if the Tarpon I fished for yesterday were still in the same area.

Although today's trip was a scouting trip I brought along four spinning rods "just in case" anything was hitting.

Normally, I don't even bother wetting a line when air temps are in the 90s and the sun is directly overhead, but for tarpon, you can never be sure when they decide to eat.

We loaded the dogs into the truck and headed to the entrance of Bio Lab.

Along the way, we spotted a blue runner off the side of the road and a tortoise that decided on having a snack next to the highway.

When we drove into the road, I was surprised to see that the pump was still going full throttle moving water from the Mosquito Lagoon into the marsh on the other side of the road.

For a microsecond I thought about fishing but when I saw eight anglers lined up side by side tossing a variety of baits, I quickly changed my mind and continued down the road.

The scene was like opening day trout season on a Pennsylvania  trout stream.

As we drove down the road, I spotted some activity on the marsh side of the road which was enough to get me to try several lures.  At first I thought the fish were tarpon but it turned out to be ladyfish.

I missed one small lady on a soft paddle tail bait and after a few more casts decided to give it up.

We stopped a few times to fish the southern Mosquito Lagoon but I never got a hit on any of the baits I tossed to the fish.  The fish were targeting mullet but none of my lures could get a hit.

I talked Karen into trying an area close to Playalinda Beach road where some larger tarpon call home but she said that there would probably already be people there.

I drove in anyway and was surprised to find that nobody was around.

We let Elmo and Odie out to do their duty while I tossed a Creme paddletail bait around a shallow area where I spotted some juvenile tarpon.

After a few blind casts, I got a hit but missed the fish.  After several more missed I finally hooked and released this Mayan Cichlid.

The little fish put up a surprisingly good battle before giving up and I could have caught several more but I was worried about Odie around the water.  There are a couple of very large gators that could easily make him and Elmo an afternoon brunch.

As I walked back to the car, I spotted some Manatees having a good time in the shallows.  I took this short video before packing it in and calling it a day.

Till next time, Tight Lines.

Bio Lab Road Tarpon

Got home from work late yesterday and decided to hit some spots this afternoon to see what the bite was like along Bio Lab Road.

Both sides of the causeway at the A. Max Brewer bridge were loaded with people having a good time swimming, jet skiing, and fishing.    

I thought about driving around Catfish Creek but nixed the idea because of the number of people fishing.  Instead I decided to hit Bio Lab road to see if any of my tarpon or snook spots were open to fish.

As I drove into the entrance to Bio Lab, I immediately noticed that the pumping station was moving tons of water from the Mosquito Lagoon into the backwater marsh areas.  The  video below gives you an idea of the amount of water that was moving.

I also noticed that the area looked like a fish hatchery for juvenile tarpon.

I pulled out one of my spinning rods and started casting on the lagoon side where the water was being pumped from.  There was a good current going but nothing taking my Creme paddletail bait so I decided to move across the road where an angler was tossing a soft bait around the fish.  

I don't usually intrude on another anglers fishing area but when there is a concentration of fish in only one area, it seemed like a good idea.

He mentioned that we might cross lines so I moved downstream from where he was fishing and timed my casts so we wouldn't get tangled.  I don't particularly like party boat fishing for the same reason.

Anyway, we talked for a bit and managed to fish the area without screwing each other up.

It turns out that Miles Howard (below) owns MPH Customs and builds custom fishing rods.

He told me that he had been fishing the spot all morning and had hooked a couple of fish earlier.  

The tarpon that were rolling in the area ranged anywhere from small juveniles to at least a hundred pounds.  Most were in the 20 to 60 pound category, and they were all super picky.

I fished the paddletail bait and had a couple of bumps but after numerous casts I decided to change baits.  

I tried a topwater SkitterWalk, a DOA Bait Buster, a large DOA TerrorEyz, and a larger Tsunami paddle tail bait that finally started producing hits.

I hooked and lost three tarpon in the 30 to 50 pound category and had hits from several fish before a larger tarpon took my lure.

When I lost that bait I switched to a large white TerrorEyze that produced a couple of brief hookups before I lost it to a tree on the other bank.

The discharge from the Mosquito Lagoon was creating an eddy close to the bank with a deeper drop off right at the bank where the fish seemed to be targeting.

Miles was also changing lures trying to "match the hatch" as we talked about the effectiveness of several baits as we fished the area.   He hooked and landed a medium size ladyfish that I would have used for bait, but he returned it to fight another day.

I took several videos of the fish action in the area before I lost all of my productive lures and decided to head up the road to another spot.

There were a lot of bank fishermen along Bio Lab Road all the way down to Playalinda Beach road and when I took the cutoff to a spot I wanted to fish, there were already four trucks parked in the area.  

One group even had a tent pitched where I wanted to fish for larger tarpon, so I turned around and called it a day.

Hopefully, the area will be cleared out during the week.

Till next time, Tight Lines.

Mosquito Lagoon Tarpon

After installing a new indexing valve on our sprinkler system this afternoon, Karen went to pickup a prescription and I decided to grab a couple of rods and hit Bio Lab Road to see if anyone was catching fish.

I was told that the Mosquito Lagoon Tarpon and black drum bite along Bio Lab road was pretty decent, but the rain and accompanying wind associated with the upcoming cold front might be putting down the bite.

When I drove into the Bio Lab, the wind was whipping up waves in the lagoon and the air temperature was dropping.

I tried fishing a Skitterwalk topwater bait but it was impossible with the wind, so I tied on a Creme Spoiler Shad paddletail bait and started pitching it around some "fishy" looking areas.

Despite the wind blowing across the lagoon, several groups were parked along Bio Lab fishing for black drum and reds.  

I talked with a couple of groups who said they were getting bites with shrimp but couldn't hook the fish.  The wind was making hookups difficult.  The other group of bank fishermen said all they were catching was catfish.

I moved down the road to fish a relatively sheltered area where I found snook, sea trout, and tarpon in the past.

When I got there, I was surprised to find I was the only angler in the vicinity.

The first thing I noticed was a sea manatee up close to the open culverts.  The air temperature was 66 degrees and dropping, so I guess the manatees were moving into deeper, warmer water.

I noticed an occasional fish blasting the surface apparently after baitfish, so I started pitching the Creme Shad around the area to see if I could scrounge up a hookup.

I noticed a lot of fish fry tight along the banks of the entire area trying to hide from predators so I guess that was what the fish were after.  

Anyway, after several casts I had a few hits but couldn't hook into a fish.   A large alligator was moving into the area so I opted to move past the wire rope barrier and started fishing another area a bit more sheltered.

After a couple of casts hooked into a juvenile tarpon about two feet long.

The fish jumped twice before disgorging the lure.  I continued fishing the area and was getting hookups on almost every other cast.  The problem was that I couldn't land a fish.

The tarpon were ranging in size from around two feet in length to three fish that were at least five feet long.

The big tarpon were out in the middle near some sunken tree limbs and would take the lure as it hit the water or on the drop.  

After losing the only three Storm lures I brought along, I changed baits to fish a 1/4 oz. Berkley Pogy Swim Shad Powerbait that I had lost in the center console of the truck.

The baits seemed more effective at getting hookups and after losing three or four more tarpon in the 3 foot category, I managed to land and release the fish below.

It was around 3:00 pm when the bite abruptly came to a halt.    After a dozen or more unfruitful casts, I finally decided to walk the bridge to build up my cardio and head for home.

As I walked back across the wire rope barrier, I took these videos of the manatees huddling up to the open culvert.

They are almost cuddly looking in a weird way.

Till next time,

Tight Lines.

Sharks In The Surf

Friday afternoon was a great day for a scouting trip, so when I finished working on the interior of our newly erected shed, I packed up a few rods and headed to the beach to see what happening.

I had been receiving mixed reports of bull whiting, pompano, and shark being caught at Playalinda Beach so that was my first stop, via Bio Lab road.

Bio Lab road was relatively void of bank fishermen but there was a lot of scenic traffic.

The temperature was in the 80s and there was a mild breeze blowing across the Mosquito Lagoon.  

The water in the shallows was dirty but looked clear at the dropoffs, but in the southernmost portion of the lagoon, brown algae was abundant.

The warm air temperatures had a plethora of alligators sunning along the banks in many areas.   I counted a baker's dozen as I drove along Bio Lab road to the beach and stopped to take a few pics.

As Bio Lab turned into two lanes, I decided to pull into an area where I caught some snook earlier in the month.

The water on the lagoon side of the culverts was dirty, but the tanin stained water on the right side of the unimproved road was clear.

This time of the year the baitfish are not yet in the lagoon system and crustaceans are the forage of choice for sea trout, drum, and snook, so I pulled out a D.O.A. Shrimp smeared with some Pro-Cure gel and started working it slowly along several areas on both sides of the culvert.

After a dozen or so casts without a single hit, I moved across the barrier to fish that area.  

My second cast to the mangrove roots produced a nice hit but no hookup and as I reeled in the shrimp bait I spied a 10 foot plus gator on the bank that I missed as I walked up to the area.

I took his pic and decided to head back to the car and hit the beach.

As I drove down the road to the beach, the amount of vehicle traffic was impressive for a Friday afternoon. 

The first parking lot was closed due to repairs, but from lot #2 to #10, every lot had parked cars.

It was almost 5:00 pm when I stopped at lot #8 to talk to an angler that was loading his gear up to leave.   

He didn't do too well with pompano but he cleaned up on some nice size whiting.  He was fishing along the closer troughs using sand fleas and small pieces of shrimp for bait.

I noticed he was using a short rod which is probably why he didn't score any pompano.  They are running out past the last sand bars and require long casts.

At Lot #9 another angler in a balloon tire equipped beach cart was loading up to leave.  He and his wife said they caught a bunch of bull whiting on shrimp and sand fleas but no pompano.

Another fisherman who was just leaving as I pulled in said the only thing he caught was a large Lemon Shark he estimated to weigh in at about 80 pounds.

He said the fish had him running up and down the beach screaming drag quite a while before he could finally land it.

I took some pics of the calm seas before moving up to lot #9 where only one fisherman said he caught a couple of  keeper pompano.

It was around 5:30 pm when I stopped to take a shot of the Space X pad before heading out of the area to get something for dinner.

Didn't too much good fishing this afternoon, but it really wasn't a fishing trip.

Might get out tomorrow,

Tight Lines.

A Windy New Year

Today was the beginning of a windy new year, but I still had to get out to wet a line.

I left the house around 10:00 am with high hopes of hooking into a snook, sea trout, or redfish.  

The weather was great, 83 degrees when I got to the A. Max Brewer Bridge, but when I got to the top and saw the number of people kiteboarding along the causeway, I knew it was going to be tough fishing.

I originally planned on fishing East Gator Creek but with the number of people out today, I decided on driving down Bio Lab Road instead.

As I hoped, there were not as many people fishing off of Bio Lab.  A few guys were dunking baits for black drum and reds but it was not near as crowded as it was a couple of days ago.

I stopped to fish around several culverts using various sizes of Creme Spoiler Shad paddletail baits but I only had one small bite on the smallest size.

I gradually made my way to the southernmost part of the lagoon, south of Pelican Island, and pulled in near a culvert where three other vehicles were parked.

I expected to see fishermen but the people were walking along an unimproved trail enjoying the day. 

The wind was blowing like crazy making casting tough.  I pulled out a light weight spinning reel with 6 pound test mono and started casting the Creme baits around again.

After many casts in the water around the open culvert, I finally caught the only fish of the day.  A very small ladyfish that I took a pic of and quickly released.  The fish was almost as long as the bait.

A couple of fly fishermen came by and we talked a bit about the bite.  It was way too windy for me to use my fly rods but they both managed to find areas to cast in the wind.   

I remembered one of the gentlemen who also remembered me and my wife Karen, when we used to fish Peacock Pocket Road on a regular basis.  I'm horrible with names, but I did remember his face. 

One of the fly fishermen was using a topwater popper and the other a brown pattern that looked like a Muddler Minnow.   I was told that neither had hooked up with any fish today.

We parted ways and after they left,  I decided to fish farther up the road where I found this juvenile Manatee in the shallows.

I switched baits and started tossing a Rapala X-Rap around the mangroves until the wind managed to blow it into a stickup that looked like a Christmas tree with all the lures on it.

Not happy about losing the lure, I started walking back to the truck to head home and spotted a bloated dead gator along the bank.  

It was rotting away in the water but there's not much you can do about moving it out of the area.

I loaded up my rods and headed back to the truck to make my way home.  Saying it was a windy new year is an understatement.

Till next time,

Tight Lines

Snook In The Culverts

Happy Thanksgiving...

After eating a great Thanksgiving meal, my wife suggested that we take the "boys" for a ride around the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

I readily agreed and loaded up some rods along with Elmo and Odie who were ready to go.

The temperature was in the low 80s and for a change the wind wasn't blowing so I expected a lot of anglers to be out and about.

We crossed the A. Max Brewer Bridge and I was disappointed to see that there was a barrier up at the entrance to Gator Creek.

As we drove past the entrance, I was surprised to see that there was no barrier to East Gator Creek road but since I was going at a good clip, we voted on checking out the area around Peacocks Pocket boat launch.

We entered Pocket road and as we got to the shallow water launch, only one car was parked in the area. 

The water was calm so I pulled out a rod to briefly toss a small Chug Bug around the area while Karen watched the dogs.

Nothing was happening on top or on the Jerkbait I switched over to, so we loaded up and took off to check out Bio Lab Road.

The water in the lagoon is still brown from algae but is clearing up in some areas.

We traveled down Bio Lab and spotted a couple of fishermen on the bank fishing for redfish with live mullet and another group of people just having a good time at a pullover.

As we got close to the road to Playalinda Beach, I noticed that a barrier to a turnoff was taken down so I drove along the southernmost part of the lagoon to a spot where I used to fish for sea trout and snook.

 

I parked the truck and let the dogs loose to do their thing while Karen and I started fishing.

The culvert was open and flushing plenty of water and baitfish into the backwater.

I tossed out a D.O.A. Jerkbait a short distance in front of the culvert where some small baitfish were scattering and immediately hooked up with a small snook.

 

The fish put up a good fight for it's size so after taking a brief pic I released the fish.

The snook in the culverts and the nearby area were obviously targeting baitfish coming through the culverts but they were spooky as hell.

I watched several large snook in the 30" plus category blasting baitfish on the surface, so I started tossing a BadonkADonk around where they were hitting.  

After many unfruitful casts, I switched over to an XPS Slim Dog that more resembled the baitfish in the area but still didn't get any hookups.

 

I finally switched over to a small Creme Spoiler Shad paddletail bait and started catching small snook again.  The problem was that they were too small.

 

 

Karen was using the Jerkbait and missed a fish and then started using the paddletail bait on the opposite side of the culverts.  Unfortunately, the bite died down and the fish finally quit hitting.

 

I managed to catch and release four small snook an missed at least three more before we finally decided to pack it in.

 

When two gators about 10 to 11 feet long showed up on the scene, Karen was concerned about Elmo and Odie safety so we loaded the rods into the back of the truck and headed home.

 

It was around 5:15 pm when we drove onto Playalinda Beach road and headed to the house.

Although we didn't catch any of the really big snook, we both had a good time fishing with our "boys".

Till next time,

Tight Lines.

Bio Lab Scouting Trip

Went on a "scouting trip" with Karen, Elmo, and Odie to check out the Mosquito Lagoon fishing.

Odie assumed his position on the center console as I loaded up the truck with four spinning rods, just in case.

We took off rather late in the afternoon and headed past Gator Creek and the Black Point wildlife drive towards Bio Lab road.

The game plan was to make a quick run around Bio Lab to see if juvenile tarpon were still around the area.

We drove around the Bio Lab boat launch parking area and headed to the first set of culverts at the entrance to Bio Lab road that usually hold small tarpon during the hot months.

Today, after checking out the area, it was obvious that no juvenile tarpon were in the area.

As we headed down Bio Lab road, we saw only one other person who was fishing in the Mosquito Lagoon on a kayak with a full sized cooler.

I wanted to ask him if he had any fish or adult beverages in the cooler but my wife was too embarrassed and made me move on down the road.

It was a hot day with little to no wind on the water and most of the areas in the lagoon that we drove by had some serious brown algae which made sight fishing pretty much impossible.

When we got to Playalinda Beach road, I decided to drive toward the beach and check out some of the Vistas to see if any tarpon were in the vicinity.

We stopped briefly at two Vistas that were stained with brown algae and saw no tarpon. 

I was going to head to the beach but Karen wanted to head back, so I decided to stop at the last Vista on the way out and toss a Chug Bug around just for the hell of it.

After several casts I was ready to pack it in but a nice ladyfish nailed the Chug Bug and started dancing all over the place.

I landed the fish, took a quick pic and added some Pro-Cure to "flavor" up the bait.

A couple of casts later I hit another ladyfish that quickly shook off the lure.

I caught two more ladyfish in the same area before I decided to leave the area.

Although Karen was in the truck with the "boys" with the A/C going watching me catch fish, she couldn't leave the dogs out of the car in this area to fish herself.

It was getting late so we decided to head home and pick up a Pizza for dinner.

We left the area, headed over to Lil Ceasers and home for din din.

Elmo and Odie were happy to get out for a "ride" and I was ready to calm my growling stomach.

Till next time,
Tight Lines.