Fun family fishing

Took the girls out for an afternoon beach/fishing trip yesterday. The girls found sand dollars and other shells until the flies about took us away. The surf was flat and the temperature was beautiful but when the wind blows over the dunes the flies are horrible. We decided to do a little fishing in the ocean since the conditions were perfect. The bait is so thick out there right now it has everything eating and following. The mullet run is in full swing as they head south. There are also millions of glass minnows and a lot of menhaden as well. We had spanish macks all around the boat as we came out of the inlet but decided to go a little further offshore to tangle with some real fighters-false albacore. They were so keyed in on little bait that I had to go through about 12 different baits to see what color, size, sink rate, etc. they were in the mood for. I finally found a bait that they were crushing a small suspending twitch bait. The girls and I fought false albacore until sunset and then headed to the dock. The sunset was beautiful and we were content with sore arms and big smiles as we came to the dock.