Gandy mixed bag,July 2, 2022

[carlf]

Got to the ramp at 6:00, promptly broke the starter cord on my 25Merc. Trailered back home, got out the tools and fixed it, got back to the ramp around 8:00. Tide was outgoing slowly. First shrimp to hit the bottom was nailed by a keeper mangrove. Caught a few shorts then had a cutoff and saw a nice Mac swipe at my egg sinker as I reeled it in. Tied on a 50# leader and a cork and tossed out a shrimp. Bam. Keeper Mac. And a school of small jacks chasing it. Caught a pile of jacks and another very nice Mac. 
Tide went slack and things got slow. Then the  tide turned, coming in again so I went back to fishing down current side of one of the pilings. Caught a couple of lanes, a pile of short snaps, a grunt and then one more keeper snap. Ran out of shrimp and that was that, left the biting.

[carlf]

Went back out today and the bite was much slower, plus windier and tide was dropping all morning. Ended up with 2 keeper snapper, 2 big pigfish and a baby jack. Threw back small snaps and at least 2 small lanes. Lost a Big Mac. Storms started building right when tied started to come in.

[jlat444]

Hopefully it picks up, I’ll be down next week.