'wetting a line' at sunrise

another beautiful 67* early morning at Sunrise.. I decided to 'wet a line' in the surf because it was high tide... plenty of Ladyfish jumping out beyond the breakers--actually about 3 waves out just far enuff to be out of my casting reach... had two hookups.. plenty of jumping  but both spit the hook and never landed.. that's okay though.. better than it has been fishing the surf around here with the water  being so warm..still 84* water temps..  later on back at the house while washing my truck in the driveway saw this Red-Spotted Purple Butterfly do some 'touch and go's  on the concrete.. he wouldn't go near a flower.. grabbed my camera and snapped a couple of quik-pics..

added a lil' artistry touch

a cooler morning at sunrise

..only 68* with a North wind at 10.. an abbreviated sunrise with low cloud cover but as always still nice..

a shrimp boat on the ICW heading to the Inlet

a cutey at the Lake front

no sunrise... but I have a solution

found this video I took while in Papeete, Tahiti  on our 56 day cruise there in Jan-Mar 2013.. watch this VIDEO  a whole lotta shakin' going on

a late sunrise

with a lot of clouds around.. it made it though.. on the ICW near the Sunset Beach Bridge

a small boat pulling his Net for Shrimp on the ICW

the tourons are gone for the most part..

this the last day before most of the schools open in NC and SC ..it sure is getting quiet.. NICE  :)  . trying to do a lil' surf-fishing---now only if the fish would cooperate in the dog days of this HOT HOT summer..  it has been the most 90* days we've seen-- 2 months worth-- since being down here the last 25 years..

near the pier on the beach at sunrise

what looked like a blown out sunrise surprised me .. the clouds moved out ...and all was well...

before Sunrise  and reflections

down low as I could go

an Anhinga at the Lake

screen capture on my Note 4 from the Pier webcam

rain moved out last nite ..pretty morning

back to my usual.. headed to the beach before sunrise..had planned to 'wet a line' in the surf.. but dead-low-low tide put a damper on that idea..  have camera at the ready so snapped away.. pretty sun-rays-- Crepuscular rays--thru the clouds made for a nice after-sunrise event

a quiet morning

got to the beach well before sunrise...'red sky in the morning..' wet a line in the surf with no takers..plenty of Dolphin running just off the beach.. a few dogwalkers  ... and the rain came just after I left the beach--rained off/on all day..

before sunrise.. 'red sky in the morning...'

Panorama at Sunrise on the beach

at the surf's edge

once again wet a line in the surf... calmer day on the water--same results.. nada... had one nice crash and boil .. he never came back for the topwater plug