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- April 8th, 2021, 8:18 am
- Forum: Inshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: Free Penn Reel w/ Fenwick Rod
- Replies: 6
- Views: 709
Re: Free Penn Reel w/ Fenwick Rod
Been there, sorry. Your drift might have prevented success, but one time I retrieved mine with the fish still on by making multiple casts with a heavy treble hook bait to find the line and then the rod. Your short line with the fish at the net probably would have limited this technique though.
- January 18th, 2021, 9:42 pm
- Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: Any life on Wakulla Big Bend reef?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2042
Re: Any life on Wakulla Big Bend reef?
Today was a pretty day, so I took the boat out exercise the motor and check a few spots. Some small seabass here and there. But to answer the question asked here, the answer is Nothing.... https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ah87/JLB5591/wakulla_1-18-21.jpg pasted the photo link, not sure it will...
- October 14th, 2019, 8:03 pm
- Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: 24 in Gag at Rotary Reef
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2045
24 in Gag at Rotary Reef
Whoda thought it. I rarely expect anything other than pelagics at a public reef. I pounded my way out to Rotary Reef in significantly greater than the 1-2 foot waves predicted Sunday morning to see if any Cobia were still around. South wind, water was 78 degrees with about 7-8 feet visibility. I had...
- September 20th, 2019, 7:38 am
- Forum: Inshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: Navigational App
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1388
Re: Navigational App
Navionics has an app,as long as cell service is good. A hand held GPS such as Garmin will be more reliable
- July 3rd, 2019, 8:53 pm
- Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: NWS weather stations working again
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1514
Re: NWS weather stations working again
In case anybody is wondering, here is the link to the C-Tower. Others can be found from the map on the site.
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page. ... tion=sgof1
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https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page. ... tion=sgof1
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- July 2nd, 2019, 8:09 pm
- Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: NWS weather stations working again
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1514
NWS weather stations working again
They repaired and we now have working NWS weather buoys for the C-tower, Pensacola, and Tampa off shore stations for your planning / monitoring.
- June 7th, 2019, 9:23 pm
- Forum: Inshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: St. Marks Wednesday June 5th
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2654
Re: St. Marks Wednesday June 5th
Great report, I felt like I was there!
- February 11th, 2019, 8:11 am
- Forum: Offshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: Grunts and Seabass available
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2307
Grunts and Seabass available
A window of very calm weather early Friday 2-8-19 prompted me to go check out Rotary Reef for Sheepshead. Was by myself with shrimp, no sheepshead there but released a nice 23 in black drum. Then went about 8 miles further south to some live bottom areas in 28-30 feet and found lots of grunts and se...
- September 17th, 2018, 6:38 pm
- Forum: Inshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: St Marks Water Clarity
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1981
Re: St Marks Water Clarity
Saturday pm west flats to shell point....turbid, brown, less than 12 in visibility, hot 90degree water, only catfish biting.
- April 16th, 2018, 6:24 pm
- Forum: Inshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: St Marks 4/15 and 4/16
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1672
Re: St Marks 4/15 and 4/16
I was out there on the west flats south of Kitchen Cove and Little Pass from 1-4:30pm on Saturday 4-14....murky, less than 2 feet visibility, temp 73, not too rough since the wind let up from the morning 20+mph, but not much biting on my live shrimp either. Caught several shorts and a few sailcats. ...
- January 23rd, 2018, 11:20 pm
- Forum: Inshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: St Marks trout thrashing
- Replies: 87
- Views: 15440
Re: St Marks trout thrashing
I must say that I have enjoyed the response / dialog to my post. I did a little google search and may have answered my question about the survival of released fish. Properly handled, the estimated mortality is 10% average for speckled trout, probably even better in the winter. Interestingly, large h...
- January 20th, 2018, 8:35 pm
- Forum: Inshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: St Marks trout thrashing
- Replies: 87
- Views: 15440
St Marks trout thrashing
Mine was one of 35 to 40 boats fishing within 1 mile of the St. Mark's and Wakulla River confluence today. Almost everybody was catching fish but almost all were small, less than 15 in. I personally boated 30 for the one keeper that I came across. My concern is that this is hard on the resource. I d...
- October 15th, 2017, 9:25 pm
- Forum: Inshore Fishing Reports
- Topic: Apalachicola bay 10/12-14
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2182
Re: Apalachicola bay 10/12-14
Fished with a friend and his two boys Saturday am 9-12, tried the protected, leeward areas of the west flats from Shell Point. Very strong ENE wind, murky water with 12in visibility, temp 82 degrees. Caught a couple of small bonnethead sharks, ladyfish and a few short trout. Used live shrimp and DOA...
- September 5th, 2017, 7:49 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Poppin Corks
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2843
Re: Poppin Corks
Mine is a "strike indicator", not a cork.... 

- June 6th, 2017, 9:05 pm
- Forum: Fishing
- Topic: Rod Repair Tallahassee
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4819
Re: Rod Repair Tallahassee
Rivers Bait and Tackle did a great job revitalizing my old Finwick....850 877 6201