The croaker have returned for their annual spawn in our mitigation site. They are about impossible to keep off your hook. There a just about as many undersized reds also. The reds may be predating on the croaker eggs. Both the croaker and reds will jump onto a big spoon.

Joe and Bev sent a picture and story about their pier experience.

Michele, our daughter, caught this 26 1/2 inch redfish two weeks ago while fishing for trout with a 2" tandem hogie speck rig, about halfway out on the pier.  We didn't have a net, but fortunately a young man at the end of the pier (obviously with more foresight than us) did have one.  Incidentally, she had a double--had a small trout on the other lure.