Day 3 - Amanda and fam

It was a rough night last. Ended up coming down with a cold and felt like I hacked all night long. Hour after hour I was hoping for morning to come. Finally around 4am or so I managed to close my eyes and get a little sleep. Woke up around 7am and double medicated to try and put an end to the pain.

LT was ready to get the day started and I did not want to let him start it without me. I drove up to the bait shop around the corner to grab some shrimp around 8am. The shrimp was to be the backup bait today in case we didn’t catch enough greenbacks. He and I both headed out in the kayaks when I returned. Amanda was coming this morning with the kids so we wanted to get out and do some fishing before the parade of children got here.

Fish, fish and more fish. Somehow the trident god was looking out for us today, because the fishing was good. You forget how wonderful it is to be able to catch all the different species in a place like this. There are sections of Kings Bay which are littered with snapper. Others with Alligator Gar and the mass of the bay is just saturated with Channel Catfish. If it were any other day you would love to be able to hook into any of those species, however when you want snook, jacks, or a variety of others, it the last thing you want to see at the end of your line – a catfish!

We both fish for a bit before seeing Amanda and the kids come kayak out to us in the bay. Jaylin ended up coming out to LT and he managed to hook into a nice size alligator gar. We stayed out for a bit longer and then finally headed back in and played in the yard. 

The kids swam in the pool and the boys ended up playing football in the yard next door. Anna ended up going out to the dollar store and bought the kids a treasure trove of candy and snacks. Needless to say, they devoured just about every last bit. It was a great time and we were sorry to see them go, but they ended up heading back home a little bit before 5pm.

Anna was getting excited because Jill was heading up today and arrived a round 6pm. She ended up coming up with her friend Eric. We didn’t stay up too long before calling it a night.