Today I took the guys from Central Meats & Almost Catered out for a full day inshore trip. When we booked this trip I was told "no matter what we do, my brother has been trying to catch a bull red for over three years". These guys are fairly experienced anglers, repeat customers, and today's conditions were just tough. It was cloudy and lots of glare.
We saw some cobias, but they were mostly uncooperative. We did capture a 42" specimen for the table. But after a couple hours riding around, we were really grinding it out trying to find a drum with no luck. Then we saw the big gold school on top, and they not only caught their first bull reds, but both of brothers caught the biggest fish they had ever caught, and both brothers earned a Virginia release citation for red drum today. Shortly after messing with the school of drum for a while, we were chased off the water by a storm, but the mission for the day was complete.
Thanks again guys and I will be seeing you soon to give some of your money back to you on meats. For my friends who don't know about Central Meats, give them a try. Central Meats is the only local fresh from the farm to your table butcher shop. They have great prices and really these guys could have shown up today with a cooler full of pork roast as a tip and I would have been just as happy.
