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Fished Saturday and Sunday setting casting distance records.

The fish seemed so scattered to the East of the lighthouse. Ended up with one 23” red in the box over both days.

Anyone else have the same experience with scattered fish?

1. Electric Chicken Jerkbait on a jig head
2. Super Spook Jr plug
3. Pop n Cork

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Absolutely true Chris, the east flats can get real skinny quickly on those days.

The right wind and tide combo will reveal so many rocks, many seemingly random, East of the lighthouse in areas that you thought were just flats. Will make you think twice of haulin ass through some areas.

Highly ...

Thank you Red Beard, Old Dog, Juan, Chris, Doomtrpr_z71, bbb, Silverking, Steve, SRBenda, DropALine, and STMU! Very much appreciated!

I'm looking to upgrade the trolling motor for salt water and wanted to ping everyone for their opinion on brands and options. Especially models with blue-tooth remote controls and i-pilots - are they worth the green for the bells and whistles?

Thanks and feel free to leave some of your favorite ...

Steve,

Try throwing bluefish fillets into red wine vinegar. Will take all the oily mess out of them.

Steve Stinson wrote:I have tried to cook or make fish dip out of bluefish about 5 different times and will not put any more effort into it. Too many other good fish to eat.

Fine, $100 per kayak for you Gary. $150 for the public including numbers of their locations. Must sign contract agreeing not to post those numbers in this forum or in public.


Gary, I added my own industrial chains and locks to your kayaks. Please send $200 per kayak to receive each key to unlock ...

Thanks for the recommendation. That's a healthy size bull. Last summer had a shark that size, looked like a bull, swim underneath the boat about 2.5 mi off shore drifting along a floating grass line. Those experiences are worth the trip.

I thought I saw you over in <REDACTED LOCATION> a couple ...

It's been a minute because of work & life but wanted to share some observations from my last few trips over the last couple weeks.

It's been the best trout bite streak of my life. Over the last 3 trips I've landed at least 17 fat trout from 20" - 25" and lost one that was easily over 25". Some of ...

Gary, I added my own industrial chains and locks to your kayaks. Please send $200 per kayak to receive each key to unlock for use.

GaryDroze wrote:It won't be in that spot tomorrow. I owe you some vienny sausage for the heads-up.

Standard: Redfish, blackening seasoning, butter in a blazing hot cast iron skillet.

Also I'll take sea salt & peppered Spanish with garlic & thyme sauteed in butter.

Also anything deep fried, because, the South!

Got into a bunch of 12-14, with smalls mixed in off a bar on the edge of the channel down the St. Mark's yesterday
on copper penny paddle tails. Aggressive bites. Largest was a shade under 16" and unfortunately had to
keep it because it swallowed the hook damn good.

Also saw some dolphins working ...

With the strong tidal coefficient we went out of the Fort instead of St. Marks refuge.

Fished one of the bars in the mouth of St. Marks. Saw one monster bull red and some sheepshead, but didn't catch anything.

Headed west away from the armada of fishermen in the river and found reds in and ...

Tons of unique water to explore. If the boat is built and equipped for it skinny water is a load of fun to fish and explore.

Keep changing things up when things get slow. You'll learn a lot. Catch 'em!

Good report, thanks!
I was one of those farther out on the flats not catching trout, so you've ...

Back from the hiatus of dealing with that R word, responsibilities, and got time to fish
this weekend. Beautiful conditions each day with the water eventually turning to glass.

Fished east of the lighthouse up along the banks and through the creeks both days
with a few drifts in open water. Water ...