Late Post - St. George Island 8/11 - 8/19

Post by **PerryFisherMan** » August 27th, 2007, 8:50 pm

Hereâ€™s a late post. Vacationed on the bay side of St. George Island 8/11-8/19 and enjoyed every minute of it. We took my 16â€™ skiff and a kayak. It took a while to figure out how to catch the trout/redfish but finally figured it out before the end of the week. Hereâ€™s the formula if someone goes there in the near future:
1. Only fish very early in the morning or very late in the day. Ignore the tides.
2. Fish only over grass or spotty grass. Since the water clarity was not too good, look at low tide to find these spots.
3. Since the water clarity was only 1-1.5 ft, so you have to fish with a Cajun Thunder to attract the fish and a gulp to show them where the hook is.
4. The fish were very, very lethargic. You had to fish the Cajun thunder like you would a plastic worm. We had to let the fish have the bait for ~3 seconds before we set the hook. We figured this out by accident. We thought the baitfish were screwing with our gulps â€“ every time the bobber went down we tried to set the hook. But my son got tired of trying to set the hook with no results so he let the â€œpinfishâ€

What a mess · Post by **What a mess** » August 27th, 2007, 8:54 pm

Way to do it.

fishful_thinkin · Post by **fishful_thinkin** » August 27th, 2007, 9:23 pm

Way to stick with it

One question though.... Is your Oldest son named Chris? If so I went to high school with him. If not your youngest son looks a lot like him!

Post by **PerryFisherMan** » August 27th, 2007, 9:25 pm

Fishful Thinkin - You got it!

fishful_thinkin · Post by **fishful_thinkin** » August 27th, 2007, 9:28 pm

Man ya'll better WATCH OUT this family can fish!! PFM tell him that Chad Hill said hey!

Post by **Redbelly** » August 27th, 2007, 9:38 pm

Man! Looks like fun!! If my wife would only move.....

Post by **PerryFisherMan** » August 27th, 2007, 9:42 pm

Fishful Thinkin - Will do!

Post by **Boat_Full** » August 27th, 2007, 10:57 pm

Nice report and trip.

Good Times · Post by **Good Times** » August 28th, 2007, 9:03 pm

Great job. Way to hang in there and figure it out. Glad it paid off for you.

Post by **birddog** » August 28th, 2007, 9:09 pm

Great report. Thanks for posting

Post by **jsuber** » August 28th, 2007, 10:09 pm

Thanks for the pointers.

Post by **snatch-n-reel** » August 30th, 2007, 7:56 am

Great report. Nice pictures!

Post by **Sir reel** » August 30th, 2007, 10:05 am

Great job there PFM

Perry is a good location to be from. Lots of choices to head from there towards saltwater. Worked several years with a great Lady who lives in Eridu