Drums, Snakes, and Eagles!

[SouthJerseyJim]

Well Its been an interesting week with barely any detecting. The red drum are from my yearly trip to the OBX ocracoke island to catch up some red drum! Had to wait for the very last day to get em but they were gotten Next are pics from my outing today with my buddy Artyfacts and my mom doing a little bushwacking in the pines. Mom got what I thought was an amazing coin from all the yelling and screaming but turns out she nearly stepped on this little beauty of a Pinesnake. Been wanting to catch one of these for years. Very friendly snake didn't try and bite me once. A Good 5-6 footer! Ended the day with my first flying eagle penny in somewhat good shape. 1858. Funny thing is earlier in the day Arty pulled one out too. Hit a bunch of cellar holes but it was evident that we were'nt the first ones on the scene. Nothing but Iron left. All in all a good week. Those soy beans should be down soon

35"er

40"er

6 footer

Shovel Nose for diggin neat plugs...

Fleagle

 

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[sneaky6]

Nice Red!! Great time of year to fish down in OBX!! What did you catch it on? I wish detecting was allowed down there. I'll be casting my line down that way very soon but not soon enough.

Thanks for the post!!
Sneaky6

 

[HuntNdig]

Thanks for sharing, great post!

 

[SouthJerseyJim]

Thanks Sneaky. 8/0 Circle hook with a short leader. Fishfinder slide and a 6 Oz Frog tongue wait. Low tide on cut finger mullet. Just the mid section. Cut the head and tail off and double hook it burying the hook. Cant go wrong

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

nice pics and a sweet FE too!

 

[CoilFisher]

Yeah, I often wondered about how many snakes you find in those old cellar holes, as I dont hunt them.

 

[SouthJerseyJim]

Hey Coilfisher lots of critters out in the woods around here. Nothing to worry about except the timber rattlers but they are a rare find. Even if it was a rattler Id still have a nice pic of me holding it up...But more gingerly...

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Great post Jim. That's a beautiful Redfish you caught there too!

 

[jerseyben]

Curious to know what that FE rang up as? Similar to a fatty IH? Looks like a great day!

 

[artyfacts]

Had a great day hunting with you and your Mom. The pickens were slim but two eagles, mine a 1857, and Moms snake yell were well worth it. We will getem next time...

 

[poppy in pa.]

That's an awesome Pine Snake. They sure can throw a HiSSSy fit when you try to catch them can't they. Poppy

 

[{Sentinel}]

HOLY HELL THOSE ARE SOME NICE RED FISH I LOVE Reds, one of my favorite things to fish for, that's a damn fine day out right there

man!!! Beautiful KEEPERS What did you catch them on? Squid, shrimp, clams? Yeah that's a big'un for a Pine Snake. Tell your mom "Nice

Flying Eagle" too, next time your down in the area shoot me an email or PM and I'll take you out around here.

 

[romeo-1]

Great pictures...love the wildlife!

 

[SouthJerseyJim]

Thanks guys. Hey Sentinel she didn't find the Flying Eagle only the snake under her feet lol On my way back from NC I was drooling over the beautiful fields in SE Virginia...On the eastern shore there are TONS of historical houses and fields. I even saw one field with the chimney stack smack in the of a well groomed field falling apart. If give a kidney to hunt them all.

 

[MaineRelic]

Nice post Jim ! Nice wildlife shots and congrats on the Eagles ! M.R.

 

[DIGGING1971GUY]

Beautiful bulls ,I caught a 49lb bull down in the Indian river a bit from new Smyrna beach Florida
Caught it on a whole live blue crab off the bank ,something I will never forget

About 100yrds down from the mouth of where mosquito lagoon is ,that spot has monsters in it
and huge black bass .

 

[{Sentinel}]

Thanks guys. Hey Sentinel she didn't find the Flying Eagle only the snake under her feet lol On my way back from NC I was drooling over the beautiful fields in SE Virginia...On the eastern shore there are TONS of historical houses and fields. I even saw one field with the chimney stack smack in the of a well groomed field falling apart. If give a kidney to hunt them all.

Come on down sometime and we'll go to a few. There's a property over there I've been meaning to go and detect with two big fields and a house dating from the 1840s

 

[uglymailman]

You should be careful. That could have been a Rattleheadedcoppermoccican.