A unique website dedicated to fishing information from Florida's Northern Big Bend. This includes the area from the Econfina River west to the Apalachicola River
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Called late Saturday evening to Ecky and got a room when I saw that I would be able to head down with my buddy for a couple of days. I had been talking with Creech for a few weeks to put together a trip and he rode down for a 1/2 day trip Sunday. Put in around 6:30 and went for the reds. After a small schooling by Creech in the red department, we head out around 9:00 am or so. To deep water, action kind of slow to start , wound up the morning with my buddy Joey catching his biigest trout to date, 23". Creechman had to get home early so around 12:00 we ran in and dropped him and the fish off. Had a great time fishing with you Creech and look forward to hitting the water again soon. Creech knows how to handle himself on a boat and could have seriously worn the Captain's arse out if he hadnt of had to gone in early! Joey and I hit the river wide open and dont pull out of it until we hit 14 ft of water. Fishing was a little slow and wound up the day with a total of 50 or so trout , 17 could have kept. Caught some fat blues , piles of rockbass, joltheads, and a world record lizard fish. Headed in around 7:30 to find a negative tide had come early. I would have taken pictures but I was too busy holding thne throttle and jack plate switch !!! I never knew BB would run WOT jacked all the way up but she did! Got to the ramp and who was there?? Two big guys in green suit holding a big measure stick!! After a quick check of our fish, we were shown how much a trout can shrink. We had one right at 15. The ranger were cool and said they knew how they can shrink. What really sucked was that we threw a 19" fish back when we recounted before we came in. My buddy had just caught it and we recounted to make sure we had limit. On to day two, on the water by 7:00 and it was time for the BB school of redfishing. Taught class for a short while and headed out with a 22" red in the box. No wind and really hot so we head out. Dont let up until 10 feet. Bam, 22 " trout. Bam 20" trout, Bam 21" trout. Fished until around 12:00 when it got slow and my buddy started talking about he had never really caught a shark.(Only his third flats trip) Tied on a big pinfish though it out under a Ct and headed towards the sand. Two four footers and a three foot spinner later, he was ready for some more trout. Would up the day limited again, many more rockies, more blues, more stinking lizards. 50-60 trout total , several 15 1/4 but not taking any chances! Shortest fish day two was 16.5. All in all great days and awesome fishing. Wound up with a crazy box of fish and good times with good folks. Appreciate the fun Creech and Joey!! I enjoyed it!
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The morning catch Check out that fat trout on the end!!
Joeys 22" trout
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Fat Blues (Not the guy in the shirt)
Day 1 creel
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22" red
22" trout
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Shark time!!
The 20 plus club Note the hatch lid is 26" wide
The final creel minus on trout and minus the fish Creech kept
A wise person pays attention to correction that will improve his life...... Proverbs 15:31 ICB <")))))>*<
I see how deep but what you catching them on(jigs? what weight). Looks like I need to head back to Ekcy. How much water you need to get out? The Kenner has not been to Ekcy yet.
Hit-n-Miss wrote: I see how deep but what you catching them on(jigs? what weight). Looks like I need to head back to Ekcy. How much water you need to get out? The Kenner has not been to Ekcy yet.
Many were on saltwater chugbugs. water was super clear and really calm for most of the day . Some on jigs and SWA's. Pearl, pink tip
A wise person pays attention to correction that will improve his life...... Proverbs 15:31 ICB <")))))>*<
Thanks for the invite BB. Them fish ate good.
And for those of you that don't know me I'm the one in the first picture pretending to have caught that nice trout.
Last edited by creech on July 31st, 2007, 1:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Great day(s) fellas...I thought I saw you out there west of the Ecky mouth on Monday around 9:30 a.m., but I wasn't sure...tried calling, but didn't have any service.
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I see how deep but what you catching them on(jigs? what weight). 
