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Went out from the Fort Tuesday the 21st and before that March 30th. Both days very similar weather pattern; pretty stiff 10+ knot north wind at dawn until about 10:30, then gradually calming to flat calm for about an hour or so, then slowly going from a light south-southwestern breeze and increasing...

BEAUTIFUL calm clear sunny day. Got to the Fort ramp at about 8:00 AM, just a little fog there & on the upper river, but clear about a half mile south. Was jacket cold early on but warmed up to 70 by afternoon. As it was so calm & clear we decided to head out to St. Marks reefs first. Neithe...

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Headed out from the Fort ramp at first light in the "Tin Can," my trusty 15' all-purpose does-everything jonboat. The tide was still very high even though it had been going out for a couple of hours. Saw a gigantic gator swimming along in the middle of the river about halfway to the lighth...

Fascinating! Man they really work for their food. And it played with it just like a cat with a mouse! I like how the other fish moved right in to try to get a scrap when the target fish was doomed/being played with. Jack crevalle it looked like. They are strong swimmers & hard fighters. Tough nu...

+1 on the "don't shop at Dick's" thing. There are other places to shop that DON'T decide to shaft gun owners because they think they're scoring some kind of brownie points with commies.

Same with YETI. I will never ever buy a YETI product.

The young man who died lived about two miles from me. My wife's client who she sees 5 days a week told her he was the younger brother of her friend's best friend. I was fishing in the St. Marks the day before and put in at the Fort. My point: This was, as they say, kinda "close to home." I...

Four of us went together in two small boats. Buddy had live shrimp, I did not, thinking it didn't really matter. We fished in pretty much the same places and all day he was killing the trout with live shrimp under a cork. I used my usual tackle setup--casting a free (no float) 1/4 oz. red headed jig...

Here's how it would go if I decided to spend the money on a drone and take it fishing to be able to see fish like that: The first 100 times I would try to go out to use it it would be a windy day, somewhere between ruffles on the water (which would effectively obscure everything you tried to see und...

Even without the forecasted north wind it looks like it will be a low, low, low tide Monday morning. About as low as it gets, ever, save for hurricanes that blow from the north. One of those days that when you're heading down the St. Marks River on a calm morning up ahead in the distance it looks li...

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Just don't get et by a Slough Island gator.

Went out of St. Marks to the flats a few weeks ago with my son. Went to one of my usual rocky spots and the BSB's were insane. Every cast we'd catch one, sometimes two on the same jig! We caught 36 one after the other before I said "enough!" The cooler was getting full, and it just seemed ...

Yes, thanks! Took long enough for it to get open.

On Tuesday, December 4, 2018, the City of St. Marks awarded a contract to a contractor to repair the ramps at the fort that were damaged by hurricane Michael. Under the terms of the contract, the contractor has 45 days to complete the work. 45 days from December 4 is January 18. Hopefully the work w...

Just read this whole thread, gotta laugh, it's got a little of everything. We've all been there (someone getting too close). And most of us probably offended someone else who thought we were too close and we had no idea. What's interesting is finding out what that exact "OK" distance is, a...