I've caught more, and a lot bigger, but never as many real nice fish in one day. Anglers say that early summer wadefishing on Breton Island produces some of the best saltwater catches in the state. Specks, redfish and flounder school near the island's shores. Jack crevalle explode through the shallows, eating what they snatch from the hundreds of mullet that boil near the surface. Bring a pair of shorts and wading shoes, anglers say.
Nature provides the rest.
In recent years, nature nearly has destroyed Breton Island. Storms including hurricanes Opal, Danny and Georges pummeled the southernmost of the Chandeleur chain, reducing the surface land mass to a tiny spit of sand held together by a few patches of marsh grass. In places, water rushes through deep cuts in the land. But regulars such as Edgecombe and Cooper say the damage didn't affect the fishing. They proved it last week.