Vilano Inlet with BartyB.....

[Railroader]

Bart and I have been threatening to go fishin' together for quite some time, and today we finally made it happen at Vilano Inlet.

We fished the inlet, the north jettys, and the beach near jacksonville, and flat made a day of it.

We caught a big mixed bag of fish...among them Flounder, Pompano, Black Drum, Sail Cats, a Blue, a nice Ladyfish, a big Pinfish, an octopus (really), and a Black Bass.

Bart took home a nice mess of fish, and my contribution to the day was the Ladyfish, the Black Bass, and the Octopus....:rolleyes: I gave Bart no help in the 'eatin' fish department. :mad:

I had a great day fishing a new (to me) area and made a new fishing buddy to boot. I improved my casting, learned a new rig to tie, and did a fine job of feeding all our mud minnows to the Flounder, without hooking the first one....

It's OK, though, 'cause they'll be fat for next time.:D

I don't want to embarrass Bart, but he's a helluva good feller' and knows his fishin' and his area well.

Looking forward to doing it again, soon.

[hig4s]

I've been threatening to fish that area for years.. but I usually end up at the pier or the shore flats across from the school for the deaf and blind.

[barty b]

We did have a pretty good day, Maybe next time the surf won't be so FLAT!
Anyway I had a great time showin ya Around here Rob, We'll have to do it again soon
That last Pomp I got tipped the scales at JUST under 5lbs! my biggest so far! The big black drum went 5.5lbs the rest were 3-4lb.
Thanks for the compliment Rob, See ya down here soon bro!

[barty b]

http://www.floridasurffishing.com/gallery2/d/2292-2/group1+162.JPG

[mountain man]

Good lookin' mixed bag!!!

[BentHook]

I was wondering who left those footprints in my stompin grounds. Soon, you'll be able to hook into a poon in two of those spots.

[barty b]

Yeah I was telling Rob about the 'poons doin backflips in the mullet on the backside, shouldn't be too long now, NO! you CAN'T have my flatties for 'POON BAIT!!!!:p

[Railroader]

I was wondering who left those footprints in my stompin grounds. Soon, you'll be able to hook into a poon in two of those spots.

And for your info, Jim.....I was wearing my BULLDOG HAT in your stompin' grounds...:p :p :p :p

Been awhile...Look forward to fishin' with ya again...;)