Steinhatchee: Cinco De Mayo

jsaunders · Post by **jsaunders** » May 5th, 2018, 11:30 pm

Myself and two buddies left the dock at 6:30am. The bite was slow for the first two hours. Struggled to find fish. Zig zagged back and forth from 3 ft to 6 ft for at least 2 miles until we found a couple groups of quality trout. We drifted those spots for the next few hours and caught a couple quality fish every drift. Most were 17-20 inches and FAT. We ended the day with a 3 man limit of trout and 3 nice flatties. We caught a few redfish, several Spanish, ladyfish, sharks, etc that we threw back. Great day on the water. Fish were caught in 4-6ft of water on 1/4oz jigheads with Down South Lures paddletails, Rapala skitterwalks, and live pinfish under popping corks.

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FUTCHCAIRO · Post by **FUTCHCAIRO** » May 6th, 2018, 4:59 am

HEY JSAUNDERS, LOOKS LIKE YA KNOW HOW TO GETTER DONE, NICE MESS OF FISH,, CONGRATULATIONSL
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SEMPER FI

flatsbroke22 · Post by **flatsbroke22** » May 6th, 2018, 1:25 pm

Glad y'all found them. We never could. Only managed four keeper trout but those were good ones two at 19" and two at 22". One of the two was my girlfriends largest she's ever caught. The two largest weighed in at 2.90 & 2.95. We never tried out deep. We stayed in close trying for a red and/or big trout cause we were in the Optimas tournament. Some good fish were caught. Winner trout was 5.65 lbs which edged out second by .05. Largest red was a lady angler with a 7.50 lb. All in all we had a great time and it was a beautiful day.

jsaunders · Post by **jsaunders** » May 6th, 2018, 1:36 pm

Yea, I figured the big trout were probably in shallow with the reds. We weren't in the tourney so were fine with the schoolies. Glad y'all caught a few.

flatsbroke22 wrote:Glad y'all found them. We never could. Only managed four keeper trout but those were good ones two at 19" and two at 22". One of the two was my girlfriends largest she's ever caught. The two largest weighed in at 2.90 & 2.95. We never tried out deep. We stayed in close trying for a red and/or big trout cause we were in the Optimas tournament. Some good fish were caught. Winner trout was 5.65 lbs which edged out second by .05. Largest red was a lady angler with a 7.50 lb. All in all we had a great time and it was a beautiful day.

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jsaunders · Post by **jsaunders** » May 6th, 2018, 1:36 pm

Thank you sir

FUTCHCAIRO wrote:HEY JSAUNDERS, LOOKS LIKE YA KNOW HOW TO GETTER DONE, NICE MESS OF FISH,, CONGRATULATIONSL
PA
SEMPER FI

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mpa_72001 · Post by **mpa_72001** » May 6th, 2018, 3:50 pm

Largest trout yesterday ended up being 7.15 and reds were one just over 8 and 2nd at 7.9

flatsbroke22 · Post by **flatsbroke22** » May 6th, 2018, 4:24 pm

mpa_72001 wrote:Largest trout yesterday ended up being 7.15 and reds were one just over 8 and 2nd at 7.9

The other two weigh in spots must have been late reporting cause I was sitting there well after 4 and they said it was final.... That’s a big trout!

mpa_72001 · Post by **mpa_72001** » May 6th, 2018, 6:13 pm

It was weighed in at just before 4 at keaton.the 2nd place trout was weighed in at econfina and the cobia winner.my daughter had the biggest shiner my day wasn't so good.

Hit-n-Miss · Post by **Hit-n-Miss** » May 6th, 2018, 7:17 pm

Great trip and report. Thanks for posting.

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kenfly · Post by **kenfly** » May 7th, 2018, 10:16 am

flatsbroke22 wrote:Glad y'all found them. We never could. Only managed four keeper trout but those were good ones two at 19" and two at 22". One of the two was my girlfriends largest she's ever caught. The two largest weighed in at 2.90 & 2.95. We never tried out deep. We stayed in close trying for a red and/or big trout cause we were in the Optimas tournament. Some good fish were caught. Winner trout was 5.65 lbs which edged out second by .05. Largest red was a lady angler with a 7.50 lb. All in all we had a great time and it was a beautiful day.

Yeah I’m pretty sure you and your girlfriend were right next to me in the no wake zone on the way out, glad your girl got some nice ones

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kenfly · Post by **kenfly** » May 7th, 2018, 10:21 am

Josh it was great taking to you, and thanks again for the info, maybe next time we will get up, still owe ya the beer. We fished pretty hard sat south at Pepper Fish key, ended the day with 8 trout and one flatty. Sunday headed out north for a couple of hours and found 2 more trout and 3 flttys. We missed several reds and kid some nice trout. Was a great first time down there and want be the last. We loved it and loved our shack at sea hag and were very nice people.

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Hunt Nasty · Post by **Hunt Nasty** » May 7th, 2018, 10:59 am

glad y'all fellas caught some fish and had a good time.

flatsbroke22 · Post by **flatsbroke22** » May 7th, 2018, 5:41 pm

kenfly wrote:
flatsbroke22 wrote:Glad y'all found them. We never could. Only managed four keeper trout but those were good ones two at 19" and two at 22". One of the two was my girlfriends largest she's ever caught. The two largest weighed in at 2.90 & 2.95. We never tried out deep. We stayed in close trying for a red and/or big trout cause we were in the Optimas tournament. Some good fish were caught. Winner trout was 5.65 lbs which edged out second by .05. Largest red was a lady angler with a 7.50 lb. All in all we had a great time and it was a beautiful day.
Yeah I’m pretty sure you and your girlfriend were right next to me in the no wake zone on the way out, glad your girl got some nice ones

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Probably was, what boat were you in?

kenfly · Post by **kenfly** » May 8th, 2018, 8:02 am

flatsbroke22 wrote:
kenfly wrote:
flatsbroke22 wrote:Glad y'all found them. We never could. Only managed four keeper trout but those were good ones two at 19" and two at 22". One of the two was my girlfriends largest she's ever caught. The two largest weighed in at 2.90 & 2.95. We never tried out deep. We stayed in close trying for a red and/or big trout cause we were in the Optimas tournament. Some good fish were caught. Winner trout was 5.65 lbs which edged out second by .05. Largest red was a lady angler with a 7.50 lb. All in all we had a great time and it was a beautiful day.
Yeah I’m pretty sure you and your girlfriend were right next to me in the no wake zone on the way out, glad your girl got some nice ones

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Probably was, what boat were you in?

Gray 18” Seaark with a 50 merc , I called myself yelling over to you but over those 2 stokes can’t really hear much

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flatsbroke22 · Post by **flatsbroke22** » May 8th, 2018, 9:42 am

Yes! I do remember you. Lol I did hear something but like you said it hard to tell with those two smokers.

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