A Teal Kind of Day

I headed back to the bay with Tom. High tide was at 10:17 a.m. Rain and 10-12 mph winds steady all day. We managed to scratch out our limits. Shot a bunch of Teal. Mallards were scarce and wily. The Widgeon were there but we had shot our limits by the time they really started to move. Saw the birds move around during the tide change. Will keep that in mind.

Maggie Retrieves:
2 pintail
6 mallards
4 ringnecks
14 GWT
37 widgeon
2 bufflehead
2 gadwalls
5 bluebills

Total Retrieves = 73

I finally got a break. Decided to hunt the bay side this time and it paid off. Missed some mallards but I limited out on Widgeon and Teal. Maggie made good retrieves with a few long swims.

Maggie Retrieves:
2 pintail
5 mallards
4 ringnecks
11 GWT
34 widgeon
2 bufflehead
2 gadwalls
5 bluebills

Total Retrieves = 65

What the heck?

Got out to the beach spot only to miss the only flock that decoyed. Then at Willapa, I finally had birds decoying and I missed most of them. Maggie got a few more retrieves.

Maggie Retrieves:
2 pintail
5 mallards
3 ringnecks
9 GWT
29 widgeon
2 bufflehead
2 gadwalls
5 bluebills

Total Retrieves =  57

Singles

Been putting in a lot of effort with minimal results. Added a few more retrieves for Maggie.

Maggie Retrieves:
1 pintail
5 mallards
3 ringnecks
9 GWT
25 widgeon
2 bufflehead
2 gadwalls
5 bluebills

Total Retrieves =  52

Limits by 8 a.m. at the Willapa

Tom and I headed for the Willapa and was pleasantly surprised by good bird movement. We shot our limits in no time.

Maggie Retrieves:
1 pintail
3 mallards
3 ringnecks
8 GWT
22 widgeon
1 bufflehead
2 gadwalls
5 bluebills

Total Retrieves =  45

On the X

Limits for Tom and I at the beach spot. Almost all Widgeon.

Maggie Retrieves:
1 pintail
3 mallards
3 ringnecks
7 GWT
14 widgeon
1 bufflehead
2 gadwalls

Total Retrieves =  31