I put in at Shields around 8:00 to try out my "new" buckshot aluminum that I pickeed up from Ron W. My thinking was that the Fort would be stacked up five deep. I was wrong, oh well I needed "supplies" anyway. Headed out to east of the light house and my son immediately picked up some dink trout using white gulps. I had out a line with live shrimp under a CJ. We moved around a bit but stayed mostly on the East Flats and caught a little of something everywhere we fished. The most productive was drift fishing from 6 to 3 feet on the incoming tide. Final tally: 2 keeper specs (16 in each), 1 keeper spanish (15 in from the fork), lots of dinks, a stingray on a gulp (obviously fished a little slow) a catfish, a small hammerhead (2 feet), and a small bluefish (10 in).
Sorry no pics.
I showed 72.5 degrees on the flats by mid afternoon, but I suspect my temperature gauge is off by 2-3 degrees. Does anyone recall what the temps were out there yesterday around 2:00-3:00 PM?
When we arrived back at the marina, the line to get in was longer than at the fort - lesson learned.
Ron - the boats runs strong and I am quite happy with it - Thanks for a square deal.
St Marks 3/24
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St Marks 3/24
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Re: St Marks 3/24
We fished Lanark area and thats the same temp we got when we left at about 4:30pm, it started at about 66 degrees around 10:30Derfish wrote:
I showed 72.5 degrees on the flats by mid afternoon, but I suspect my temperature gauge is off by 2-3 degrees. Does anyone recall what the temps were out there yesterday around 2:00-3:00 PM?
