St Marks NWR - 3 Mar 2014
Posted: March 31st, 2014, 8:59 pm
Fished the refuge Sunday - the wind was howling until mid-afternoon. In the morning most of the water was blown out of the coves and shallows by the low tide and string north wind. I gave up fishing and just slogged across the muck. Both Sand Cove and Minnie Cove had no water in them:
Sand Cove:
Minnie Cove:
Boat ramp canal was low:
By 11:00, enough water had come back up to make fishing worthwhile, but the wind was still brutal. It moderated by afternoon and I managed 3 small slot trout off the wash bar. I lost a spanish at my feet and got cut off by another. I saw three other spanish being caught, as well as a trout. The water was tannic from all the rain but things should bust open soon.
Sand Cove:
Minnie Cove:
Boat ramp canal was low:
By 11:00, enough water had come back up to make fishing worthwhile, but the wind was still brutal. It moderated by afternoon and I managed 3 small slot trout off the wash bar. I lost a spanish at my feet and got cut off by another. I saw three other spanish being caught, as well as a trout. The water was tannic from all the rain but things should bust open soon.