Good day out of St Marks: SAT 08SEP07

Squall Line · Post by **Squall Line** » September 9th, 2007, 12:32 pm

My buddy Dave and I had the boat in the water at sunrise. Ran down from the Fort towards the flats/creeks. The first area we fished was really slow with the occasional bite, so we headed farther down the coast in search of new territory. Along the way we managed to catch a sheepshead, flounder and then we got into the trout. We had around 11 in the boat at the end of the day. Mostly shorts with a few keepers. The most enjoyable part was finding a pack of reds as we were wrapping up the day. We had 5 in the boat in the span of 45 minutes or so ( one double hook up as well, a good sign). The average size was 20-21" with one small one at 17" and the largest at 23". We were off the water at around 4:00 with some fish in the cooler (let all of the reds go) and a good day behind us. I am still new to fishing the St Marks area, and this is the first time I have managed to get into a good quantity of fish. The area definitely holds some potential... Before I had been fishing west of Panacea, mainly Alligator Harbor, Turkey Point, O. Bay etc.

Eric

Post by **birddog** » September 9th, 2007, 1:29 pm

Good report Squall Line.

oyster1 · Post by **oyster1** » September 9th, 2007, 1:44 pm

Here are a few pictures from the day.

The first two reds we caught. We caught more but it's kind of hard to stop and take pictures when the bite is on. Note the scallop flotilla in the background.

Little shark that ate the pinfish I was trying to catch a nice red or trout with. The funny thing is we caught 1 pinfish with Redfish Magic spinner and another with a Catch2000.

Keep of the day. We released all of the reds that were caught. I fried the sheepshead last night and it is probably one of the best tasting fish I have eaten.

Another fun day on the water

Post by **birddog** » September 9th, 2007, 1:46 pm

Nice job on releasing the reds...They ain't worth eatin' anyway.

Post by **tin can** » September 9th, 2007, 1:46 pm

Well done.

Post by **DixieReb** » September 9th, 2007, 2:03 pm

Not bad a-tall. We had had sheepshead the other night, they are good. It looked like yall fished close to the river.

Post by **Eerman** » September 9th, 2007, 7:38 pm

Good bunch of fish

Good Times · Post by **Good Times** » September 12th, 2007, 11:10 pm

good trip

Post by **bman** » September 12th, 2007, 11:23 pm

good trip- nice bunch of fish!

Squall Line · Post by **Squall Line** » September 12th, 2007, 11:42 pm

I definitely enjoyed it; I am planning on going back out Saturday and Sunday and making a push farther west towards Stony Bayou/ RG. I'm planning to take it slow until I can get the lay of the land out there-- from all accounts it sounds like some caution is in order

. Thanks for all the comments

Post by **Barhopr** » September 13th, 2007, 7:06 am

sounds like fun