Fishing on the gulf (Sat.)

Woke up to rain sprinkles this morning, which lasted until into the afternoon.  We drove into town to the tackle shop and got some more bait and tackle, then came back to RV to wait out the rain.  I took a nap, hadn't slept well last night, while Joe worked on our fishing poles.  We finally got our lines in the water about 2:30, and fished till about 6:30.  We had little tiny hooks in the water to catch bait fish, which we did, but that was the only thing I ever caught.  Joe hooked a good-size stingray but it broke his line, and just before we quit fishing he brought in a small black tip shark.  The best part was that his shorts started slipping as he was pulling it in, so we about had an exposure on the pier.  But it was nice sitting out on the pier with a fishing pole in our hands.

This area is known for its Tupelo Honey, made from the blossoms on tupelo trees.  Its claim to fame is that it does not crystallize.  It's a little hard to find, but we did find some at the bait store so I bought a small jar.  It tastes good, it will be interesting to see how it lasts.

We are also in black bear country here, so we are always on the lookout for our favorite wild animal.  Haven't seen any yet, but one guy told us anywhere you see 3 trash cans together you can find a bear.  So now I'm also looking for trash cans!

They do some netting for bait fish here.  We watched a guy throw his net a few times, looked like he was getting some good-sized fish.  Another kid we fished with was also out netting, he said he got about 110 little bait fish this morning in one throw.  But we bought frozen shrimp to catch the little bait fish on a tiny hook (actually we bought this setup that had 6 tiny hooks on it, and we were catching them 2 at a time), then we put the little bait fish on our hook in the hope of catching a bigger fish.  Worked better for the others around us than it did for us.

We had dinner in the RV and spent a relaxing evening looking out the front window at the view.  Even saw part of a rainbow.  Hope to get to go fishing some more tomorrow.