North Carolina: Day Three

    We drove up to Jacksonville, North Carolina, towards Ian's parents house.  On the way was a boat access near Surf City.  We slipped the canoe into the water to give it another go.  Our tactic for three days has been to paddle out to the northern end of a bay and have the wind push us back down the shoreline.  Fisherman in the front, hunting, and an oarsman in the back, pushing and controlling the canoe.  
     I fished first for about 40 minutes or so.  Not seeing any tails, so continued stripping through fishy looking water with no success.  
    Then Ian took over.  He wasn't fishing for ten minutes and a red took us by surprise. Thrashing and rolling in the water.  It wasn't the biggest red in the ocean but put up a hard fight. It was exactly what we needed to keep the fire alive in our heads. We fished all day with no other bites but it didn't matter one bit.
   That night we enjoyed a massive shrimp feed with great company at the Privette household.
   
  The next day luck was on our side again, for Ian.  He hooked on to two reds and landed one. This one fought harder and longer than the fish the day before.  Three red strikes in three days.  Thats really good fishing out of a canoe.