The back side of the motel is now beginning to take shape. You can see here that the deck railings are being installed on the second floor units. The dark storm clouds in the background did not come our way. There has been very little rain this year so far. The tide though is at the highest point for the year to date.
As has been the case, fishing from the back deck seems to be the way to go. Thursday I picked up another 18 inch trout on an oversized perch. Later in the afternoon Marv and I went to Paul's Mott and caught two keeper trout and a 21 inch gafftop. All were caught on Gulp. One local writer claims the way to use Gulp is to put a four inch, new penny color, shrimp on a 5/0 circle hook. He says to put the hook through the nose as you would a small mullet. He says a fast reel appeals to reds and a slow retreive appeals to trout and flounder.
Work continues on the finger piers. Its a slow process. In the picture Robbie is using his pontoon boat as a work platform. The high tide doesn't make the job any easier.