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1972 Grad said:
He's the best.
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I was at the Baltimore - Pats game earlier this year. After the game out in the streets I saw one of the best Pats trolls I’ve ever seen.

It was two guys walking down the street, obviously friends. This guy in a Brady jersey was walking at a brisk pace with a very unhappy look on his face, trying to get away from his friend who was wearing a Ravens jersey, laughing, and trying to keep up with him.

As they passed us, the guy in the Ravens jersey says in his best mocking Boston accent: “Tom Brady, the best f****n’ cattaback eva!”

To which his friend yelled back: “**** you! Leave me alone.”

My buddy and I couldn’t stop laughing.
 
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Due to absolutely no demand whatsoever, here are my 2019 fishing statistics. In total, I hauled in 817 fish by hook and line. Not going to count any cast netted. I caught at least 43 different species, so I will spare you and not list everything, but here are the top 15 by count.

Edit: format of the list somehow got all ****ed up but iaint fixing this **** from my phone

1-2: Whiting (Gulf + Southern)
220
26.93%

3: Redfish
91
11.14%

4: Speckled Sea Trout
55
6.73%

5: Black Drum
55
6.73%

6: Bluegill
47
5.75%

7: Silver Perch
45
5.51%

8: Bluefish
43
5.26%

9:Hardhead Catfish
37
4.53%

10: Pinfish
36
4.41%

11: Spot
27
3.30%

12: Pompano
22
2.69%

13:Bonnethead Shark
15
1.84%

14: Ladyfish
14
1.71%

15: Southern Flounder
11
1.35%​



The Kingfish (whiting) has two species we catch mostly from the shore here, Gulf and Southern. They are by far the most common catch in the surf which was probably about 50-60% of all of my trips this year. Probably only ~25% of the 220 were actual keepers (I won’t keep them unless they are at least 12”).



I was happy with my redfish numbers. The creeks were on fire and a couple of my bank spots produced well in the fall, but I still struggle finding a bite in the surf most of the time. Caught a couple that were over limit and had to be tossed back. The biggest was 35”, but they get a lot bigger than that. If I buy a boat this year that I can take out into the river, I can target much bigger reds for fun.



The trout bite was good in the spring (like it’s supposed to be) but I struggled a bit in the fall/winter. Caught most of them trolling with paddle tail swimbaits in the creeks and ICW. Tried a bunch of other methods for them but I’m nowhere near as successful as I am with the swimbaits. I plan to target them harder this year because trout is so damn tasty.



I never go out with the sole purpose of targeting black drum, but they infested my creek this fall/winter and they tend to stack up at some of my other fishing spots off the bank of the sound. Not mad at them though, they taste just as good if not better than redfish and you can keep a hell of a lot more of them than you can reds. I didn’t catch any monsters this year. I know people sometimes catch huge ones from the beach, I did myself a few years ago, but I only got a couple undersized ones from the surf this year.



Most of the Bluegills, pinfish, and spots were caught off my family’s dock. I go out there and usually have one rod with a mud minnow or shrimp trying to get lucky with a redfish, catfish for flounder and one rod with a smaller hook and a tiny piece of shrimp for bluegills and other bream. Small pinfish and spots make great bait for big reds. The silver perch is a another smaller “bait fish” that I ran into in the ICW last January. Caught most of them on this list in two trips when they infested the waterways- I was dropping the line right under the boat and pulling them up before it hit the bottom. It was actually really annoying when you’re trying to bottom fish and can’t escape them.



Bluefish are a common catch at the beach. Fight hard and eat anything. Most people don’t eat them but here’s the protip: bleed them when you catch them, put them on ice immediately after that, and cook them the same night you caught them. They taste fine. People are stupid. They also make great shark bait, second only to ladyfish in my opinion. Always happy to catch a ladyfish and cut it up for bait. Hardhead catfish are also unfortunately pretty common at the beach, but I managed to stay away from them most of the year. 28 of the 37 caught were from one terrible day when the water was super murky, and they were the only thing biting. Smarter fisherman would have given it up probably at about 15 in a row.



I am disappointed in my pompano haul this year. They can be tough to locate and target, especially outside of their spring run, but I plan on doing better this year. Best tasting fish on this list by far.



Bonnetheads were my most common shark caught this year, which is not unusual. What was really interesting was the lack of blacktips. I never got the big one I was looking for and only caught a couple smaller ones all year. I caught more finetooth sharks which are far rarer.



I never really targeted flounder much all year. I tossed some bottom jigheads with mud minnows by the grass a few times but only nabbed one that way. Most of them I actually caught on the swimbaits while I was trolling for trout. Flounder fishing can be very tricky and frustrating, but I plan to step up my game this year and try my hand at it for real.



Some random notes:



-For a long time, I thought all the freshwater catfish I was catching were channel cats. After some research it turns out about half were actually white catfish. I caught 8 white catfish and 7 channels in total.

-Only caught 5 mangos (mangrove snapper) this year and all were undersized. Big priority this year to bring home some keeper mangroves for dinner.

-1 spanish mackerel all year. This is unacceptable. I need to catch a lot this year to make up for the abysmal 2019.

-Only 2 largemouth bass this year, from the creek (brackish). I didn’t do any freshwater fishing in 2019 whatsoever, so this year I’ll be going out on the boat with my dad in the spring to try and catch some big bass. Probably down in the lake orange area.

-Only 6 sheepshead but again, never truly targeted them. They are even more tricky than flounder but it’s another species I plan to learn more about this year in where and how to get them. They are great eating.

-0 Tarpon. The mullet run in 2019 was super short in north florida due to the weather. I’m hooking a damn giant tarpon this year if it kills me. That’s goal #1a, with 1b being catching way more pomps.

TLDR I caught a lot of fish but I need to catch more.
 
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Haven’t been to either since college and even then that was kind of a meme. I did plot on stealing that bell by the front door that said “ring if you had good service” or something. Would have looked pretty nice by my bedroom door.
 
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Well done Mercy, you can’t tell if a hobby is fun until you can quantify the data.

We caught several of those hard head catfish surf fishing, they are little assholes.
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
Well done Mercy, you can’t tell if a hobby is fun until you can quantify the data.

We caught several of those hard head catfish surf fishing, they are little assholes.
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Got stabbed once right in the palm from a pectoral spine years ago and to this day, sometimes I feel it ache. They can all go to hell.
 
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Just did my first prostate exam. Apparently there are people who teach people how to do a prostate exam and let them practice on you for a living.
 
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