Adventures of the Flats_ghost

It was a beautiful morning in early August as I pushed my skiff off from the dock. The 60hp Mercury slowly idled my Waterman away from the dock towards the rising sun. Joining me on this eventful day was my buddy David. The winds were light and hopes were high as our last outing had provided valuable insight on where a school of rather large redfish were holding. We started the morning catching a few smaller fish because we needed the sun to be just right to pursue our goal. Around 11am we decided to adventure over to the flat where we had last spotted them the day prior The flat we had our eyes on was located near deeper water, but in the middle of the flat was a large patch of grass. The zone to target these big redfish was the stretch of water where the deeper water meets the grass. The bigger fish feel safer there as they feed off mullet and crabs on the edges of the grass. We get within distance of the grass and I can see our target was already waiting for us. The sun was almost a...