You know those clear days on the east and west flats that you can see straight down into the turtle grass, those very rare days? It was like that everywhere. I haven't fished those waters in years, and it was amazing to be back.
Air temp was around 48* and unsure of the water temp. We started off for some top-water action with trout and had no love, so we moved a little out, threw cut bait, mid-pups, catch2000s, jigs, twitch baits, cajuns, etc... nothing. He seemed confident in his "holes" but I was beginning to wonder if it was JT in disguise, pretending to show me the "real" holes.
I got into "St Marks West Flats" mode and got at the helm and motored around for a bit looking at the fish finder and scanning bottom, then popped up front and ran the trolling motor up to about 16"-12" of water, spotty bottom of sand and grass; water clear as glass. Boy do those Costas 580 green mirror lenses help out.
We saw no mullet running; even asked a guide out there if he had any luck; nothing.
Then it happened. I saw water being pushed around about 50 yards ahead. I powered the trolling motor to full speed for a few seconds and then cut it to push a forward casting drift. I sliced my catch off and tossed on an ADL weedless chartreuse spoon, no time for leader, straight to 20lb powerpro (oh noes). He said, "We don't really use a lot of spoons up here, good luck."
This is what it looked like I was casting to, but a bit further out:
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They get about, yes, they, as in, A SCHOOL OVER OVER 50 REDS, and I chunked the spoon out and immediately hook up. 4 seconds and comes unbuttoned, a second later, BOOM! I have'm hooked and i just let her sit with drag low, turned the drag up and she took off. AHH! I"M HOOKED! My cheeks started to hurt as I couldn't stop grinning. She makes two laps around the boat and tries to get wrapped around the motor. I yell at my partner to just drop is *(&%&^$ rod and get the net. Get her up and boom! 27"s on the board...
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We fished another hour or two and pulled in several more upper and over slot reds. Great few hours on my home-town waters. We headed in a bit after 11 because the wind decided to pick up and made for a choppy ride back.
A lot of text to read, but I got excited typing her up!!!! Hoping to get out this afternoon and then back to Tally!