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Not fishing related, but I highly recommend taking the Yankee Freedom ferry to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park. We went last spring and this was by far the highlight of the trip. There are also several companies that charter sea planes out to the Fort if cost is not a concern, but t...

I got out both Saturday and Sunday and never found the decent trout on the flats. Tried from the lighthouse to the edge of rock garden from 2 feet up to 6 feet with little to show for it and lots of lures and shrimp lost to bait thieves. Finally found a couple of black drum and quite a few reds on s...

Thanks Guys. I have tried multiple power sources and took it apart as far as i'm comfortable with and could not find anything obvious. I'll be dropping it off at TM Repair in Tallahassee this afternoon. Fingers crossed it isn't anything serious!

Setup is a Minn Kota RT 55/ST/i-pilot-54'' model#1363704 on an older 18ft Hydrasport. The trolling motor has worked flawlessly, but on yesterday's sunset cruise It would not turn on once deployed. I guessed the plug at the front of the boat was the issue, but it would not do anything when I plugged ...

I was fishing the bridge in Bald Point State Park about a month ago and saw at least 6 boats in the creek going to and from that coastal lake at the end.
The water was very clear and I watched a school of mullet swim into the the lake. Never saw any Trout or Reds.