We made it here fine and got set up quickly. After homemade pizza on the RVQ, we drove to some areas where we thought we could stay out of the wind and fish. We were somewhat successful staying in calmer spots, but reports stating that the dropping water temps have shut down the fish bite have so far proven true. We are having veggies done in foil and steak on the RVQ for supper. It is still very windy, but we are nice and snug inside.
Tuesday, Jan 5 - We were nice & cozy warm during the night, but the wind came up a lot. It was hard to sleep with all the blowing. We are glad that we picked a protected area of the campground.
We layered up and took a coffee walk around the campground loops. There are many more campers in the big unit loops. We came back to the camper and enjoyed hot oatmeal. Yum!
Wednesday, Jan 6 - It is sunny this morning and not as windy. We took our coffee on a walk again and enjoyed seeing more bird activity on the water. There were some nice snook down by the bridge near the office that were having their way with a school of finger mullet. Bacon and eggs for breakfast.
It was warm enough to put on the waders and fish in some protected areas. John got one good hit, but otherwise we came up empty. Later, we went over to Andy and Jody's camper for some smoked mullet that they had prepared earlier. They are hosts here who we met earlier this morning. The mullet was outstanding, done with three different spice marinades.
Thursday, Jan 7 - it was actually almost warm today, but since rain is in the forecast for tomorrow, we have decided to pack up and leave this afternoon. We figured out all the times necessary and putting in the kayaks today would not work. Instead, we fished from shore near the pet area. Due to the extreem temp drop, there were hundreds of huge snook holding in this area to stay in the warmer water. Sadly, they were not interested in eating. There were so hundreds of finger mullet right near them that they were not interested in. We arrived back home about 4:30 and had everything put away by 5:30.
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