looking good..

a nice morning with temps at 69* but the wind was still.. not a breeze... I tried 'wetting a line' in the surf.. the only thing biting were the 'bugs' until the light NE breeze picked up to 5 mph...gotta have that wind...  didn't have my favorite camera the Canon 60d with me along with the 15-85 lens.. they were sent  off to Canon for cleaning so I had to go to 'Plan B' and use my old Canon S5... just not the same.. have to put up with a backup for the next week... tomorrow I'll give my even older Canon Xsi backup DSLR a try with the 18-200 lens

nice morning at the beach

..and I even caught a couple of decent  Bluefish in the surf..actually 'in the suds'... better sizes than they had been..  nice to feel something stronger pulling at the other end of the line.. thank you NE winds

made me smile.. all catch and release

a few 'dog walkers'

waving Hi in the dunes

a 'regular' on the dunes

all lined up in a row

Woodstorks on the Tee Box

Woodstork right above me

Great White Egret dunkin' for a fish

made her smile

a few pics

went down to the surf at Sunset Beach.. saw that the low clouds would be blocking out the Sunrise and the wind was blowing a bit too strong out of the West so passed on any surf-fishing this morning.. just grabbed the camera for a few snaps..saw the 'regulars'--three deer on the burm ... on the drive back home stopped by Ocean Harbor Drive and saw one gal feeding along the road..with high heels on  :)

Sunrise surf panorama  Galaxy S4 phone

Sea Turtle nest

Pampas Grass on the dunes

two Deer on the burm

a female Deer out for a walk in High Heels

a gray hazy early morning

down to the surf to 'wet a line'... hazy conditions with winds turned around this morning out of the SW... no catches today..not as much bait in the water as had been the previous three mornings..

the crowds have almost gone for the season

as school started in both NC and SC this past week... one more crowded holiday weekend for Labor Day and it should be quiet until next June..  caught some more small Bluefish in the surf.. on crippled herring plugs.. all catch and release of course..

Catchin' the rays..

Casting to the moon

small Bluefish in the surf on crippled herring plugs

doesn't take much to make me smile.. catch and release of course

Crocs in the surf

waving Hi

a resident Anhinga at oyster bay Lake

Dining Needles love my Truck's antenna