St. Marks 2007.09.16

[Mook!]

Well we headed out at sunrise again. Dang sure can feel the seasons thinkin about changing; the ride out the channel was a little chilly with the sun just coming up and a steady light wind.

The morning bite was weak today compared to yesterday, at least for us, around the river mouth. We headed over to little pass area and ended up getting stuck up there in the freak low tide. We caught several fish over there, but nothing good. It was all catfish, large pinfish, stingrays and other garbage. Of course the boat fishing about 100 feet from us pulled in a couple nice reds and a good jack while we watched. We had to both jump out of the boat and push for quite a ways outside the pass to get in water deep enough for the motor. A couple of guys in a much smaller aluminum boat even had to get out and push too as they followed us out. We wasted over an hour on that, and by the time we got back to deep enough water to fish, it was around noon.

We were about to give up and call it a day but decided after all that effort and sitting around all day we needed to catch some 'real' fish before going home. Stopped at a spot over toward east river that was good for us last year in the hot August / September days and from noon to 3pm, caught reds almost non-stop in 2 waves. I think we caught a total of 7 slot reds and just a couple shorts along with more catfish etc.

Nothing at all worth photographing other than the reds, but we got into 2 schools, had doulbe hookups, and felt like catching more instead of stopping to take pictures, so no pictures today.

Compared to yesterday, the fishing wasn't nearly as consistent, but fortunately the 3 hours of pretty good redfish fishin' salvaged the day, and the weather was beautiful all day. Back to the ramp at 3:15 and I'm just about ready to pass out after staying up till 2am watching the Noles suck it up and then leaving before sunrise for fishing again.

[Reel Slow]

felt like catching more instead of stopping to take pictures, so no pictures today.

I understand

Way to stick it out

[Ron Wilson]

GTG.

[mjsigns]

I remember once about twenty yearas ago a friend and I got stuck over there one winter inght on a negative low tide. The only landmarks we could see were the chanel markers and the lighthouse. We pushed an old john boat over 300 yards across what looked linke a moonscape of small potholes. Froze our arses off that night... between us we finished a bag doritos and 12 pack. When we finally reached water deep enough to float the boat, we skidattled back to the lighthouse pool and headed home around 4am.... That is one night I shall never forget.

I've been stuck over there, but at night and in the winter. Concider yourself lucky.

[birddog]

Take the time for pics, you'll be glad you did 1 day.

[snatch-n-reel]

I agree with BD

[Mook!]

I know I know...I usually do, but I go so often and take so many that I had to organize them by year month and date to know what I was even lookin at, and I already had over 100 on my phone from the last couple weeks...

The woman looks at my pictures and says "Wow...it's you with a fish....again..." We were wading a bit when we got in to the reds and I just didn't wanna go back and spend all the time it would take to get pics. Plus the only camera we had aboard was my uninsured 2-month old $600 PDA/phone dealie.

I threw a disposable camera in the tackle box so that won't happen again

[tin can]

FYI, cell phones don't like saltwater. ask me how I know.