econfina 4/27

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beerfish
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econfina 4/27

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day started out good. hit the water at about 9:30am and the water was completely calm, within the first hour we had a monster red on, but he straightened the hook on the jighead. 5 minutes later we landed a 24in. ,6lb. red... my biggest ever. i was pretty pumped and ready for a good day of fishing, but that was it. seas were flat til noon, but then picked up, water was not clear at all. we fishing a few more hours from shore to as far out as the bird rack. tried chumming and threw everything in the tackle box, but nothing worked. first time in my life i have been flats fishing and not even seen a trout. all day we only managed one red, 1 pinfish, 1 remora,1 2in. rock bass. that was it! and i even tried to catch pinfish when i got bored. that red sure was nice though!
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Sounds like this past w/e was a bust on the fish. :-?
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Post by Sir reel »

Other than the old stand by... "Thats why they call it fishing..." :o Does any one have any theories as to why the "bite" seemed to be so weak this past weekend?
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Water temp dropped from 74° to 65° from Monday to Saturday. Water stained up again from the rain. Cold front pushed through and high pressure built in.

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Post by beerfish »

thanks, that makes me feel a little bit better that there is a reason other than i s*ck at fishing. i was considering taking up bowling or golf after yesterday's performance. by the way, did anyone see that boat sunk out at rock island?
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Post by pops »

We had a good day fishing on sunday, caught 9 keeper trout and a 20" pompano, fished west toward the aucilla, 6 to 4 feet. c/t grubs tipped with fish bites. 8)
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Post by beerfish »

we only fished east toward rock island :(
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Post by nitrofish »

Went Sat. loaded for everything bait was plentiful but around the rocks in 11 -12 ft small rockers no cob's etc. further out slow slow slow :sleep:
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