St. Marks 9/17/19

[4reels]

Fished for a few hours this am with my oldest son. We had low expectations. Water to the east was clear with temps around 82. Lots of floating grass. Found one nice trout on a white paddle tail - fishing around some deeper cuts to the east in 4-8ft of water. Headed over to Peter’s Rock - water was crystal clear (see pic). My son landed his first triple tail on a bouy on the way back in (5 in chartreuse Gulp swimbait). Bonus manatee & calf at the Shields ramp - like right up to edge of the ramp!! Fun times.




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[silverking]

Nice report. Sounds like an enjoyable day despite the heat. Cooler temps on the horizon.

[DixieReb]

Nice! That's a big 'ol bream he's holding up, lol!

[dropaline]

nice catch!!!!!!!

[Tallyfins]

Awesome! I may head to the lighthouse area on Saturday. Glad to see the water is clearing up. I'm gonna hit Shell Point at Blue Dolphin this afternoon to see what's biting!

[Hit-n-Miss]

Very nice report and pics. Thanks for posting and adding the water temp.

[procraftwes]

Awesome! I may head to the lighthouse area on Saturday. Glad to see the water is clearing up. I'm gonna hit Shell Point at Blue Dolphin this afternoon to see what's biting!

Watch the weather.. Crazy hot and a front coming through could equal some strong storms.

[Tallyfins]

Awesome! I may head to the lighthouse area on Saturday. Glad to see the water is clearing up. I'm gonna hit Shell Point at Blue Dolphin this afternoon to see what's biting!

Watch the weather.. Crazy hot and a front coming through could equal some strong storms.

Yea...dang it. I got on the water about 4 and about 445 those storms started rolling in. Luckily I was still fishing around in the channel and hadn't hit the grass flats yet. I caught a small trout just after I launched, had a few nibbles around the grasses, and then I saw lightning a few miles away, and that was it! I tried to wait it out until about 530 and then gave home. One fish is better than no fish (just no keepers).

My buddy is coming into town this weekend and even though the forecast is pretty windy, we're gonna try and fish around the lighthouse area and see what we can rustle up!