Today I took out a friend and his friend. My buddy Dave lives here in town and is a bicycle racer. Today he brought his friend Dirk Bockel. Dirk is a professional triathlete . He was in the 2008 Olympics and just finished 4th in this years Ironman. Well the pressure was on. Last month I took the two of them out and Dave was the one with the hot hand. Dave put a few nice upper slot redfish but Dirks redfish were finding a way to spit the hook. So this time we made sure that the fish didn't get loose. It was an extremelly tough bite. There was a major cold front approaching so it was very windy and the pressure was dropping. They started out catching some smaller trout and bluefish. All of the sudden fish on and the drag starts screaming. First up was Dirks big sheephead. This was a monster for the back of the creeks. It was over 6 pounds. A little later his pole was singing again. This time he landed a nice over the slot black drum. It probably weighed in over 8 -10 pounds. After that we moved around and got a few smaller fish before heading in before the storm hit. Here is a link to follow Dirks web page as he starts his training for this season.
http://twitter.com/#!/dirkbockel
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