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Looks like she had fun! I'm blaming those sharks for the poor fishing the past several months. Towards the end of last summer I started catching tons of young little sharks, more than ever before, and ever since then the fishing hasn't been what it used to be.

It's not just trout though, the other stuff isn't biting either. The flounder and reds aren't hitting like they used to. Something is awry, but what?

Got there late and headed East from the river. We fished the creek mouths and oyster beds and caught 3 catfish and a 17" trout. Someone pulled up on us and started fishing and wouldn't you know it, that's when I spotted a group of feeding reds between our boats, heading towards his boat. Someone on ...

Thanks, I did. No luck. I think I got what I need on ebay and it's on the way. We'll see. To buy new, it would exceed the value of the motor .

I'm looking for the tiller handle assembly for a johnson or evinrude 9.9 or 15 hp motor. The type I need has the red button you connect the lanyard to on the end of the twist grip. Please let me know if you have one of these and how much! I have a motor I'm trying to get together for my jonboat and ...

Hmm... I've been mostly going to Econfina and have been recently thinking about trying aucilla. Y'all got me thinking I should just stick to Econfina now

I went today out from Panacea. I didn't have much time to fish, so I went somewhere I was familiar with (still want to check out the canals at S. Marks). I trolled along the docks up towards the 98 bridge and saw nothing. No signs of life in the water at all, other than ducks. So, I pulled in ...

I tried on the 18th I think it was. We got skunked... not even a trash fish. If I was going to be out there now, I'd probably work my way up the Ochlocknee river a bit for trout and reds and maybe fish the oyster bed reefs out near the river outlet. I never have much luck in the Panacea area though ...

Thank you! I may have a go at it this weekend if the weather is right. I haven't been out of St. Marks very many times, but I may try those canals if I can locate them. How about the Econfina/Hickory Mound area... does anyone have experience with this in that area? I tried a couple weeks ago around ...

I've been working on broadening my abilities so that when the fish aren't biting, I can still come home with some groceries. I have learned to throw a cast net and I want to catch mullet and maybe shrimp if I can. I hear they should be grouping up in pods this time of year in shallow water. My plan ...

I have only recently begun flounder gigging from a boat and have spent maybe 15-20 hours doing it. From what I can tell so far, I would want a fairly stable boat with a platform up front, and if you will have one person driving while the other gigs, I would want the driver to have a foot controlled ...

Well, we went last night and I saw 14! In the middle of November. Most were borderline keepers, so we didn't gig any, but the lights worked out well!... I wanted a lightweight frame that wouldn't rust, so I used the shafts of some junk weedeaters at the shop, took a pipe bender, and bent a frame. I ...

Okay, you talked me into it. I'm going tomorrow to pick up a couple of sodium lights. I am trying to not have to run a generator, so I will start off with 2 or 3 70 watt lamps and run them off an inverter. I'll try them this week or weekend and see how it goes. The flounder may be thin now, but I'm ...

Thanks! I do know what to look for although maybe my eyes aren't as "trained" to look for them as someone who has been doing it for years. I think lighting may be a major factor though... my lights are not so great... a spotlight that uses a car headlamp and a couple floating lights that also use ...

It was dark that close to the river but not muddy, just tannin stained like the river. Water temp was around 71 degrees.