Econfina 10-5-03

Post by **dolphinatic** » October 10th, 2003, 12:15 am

Left the ramp at 8:00 in the am. We headed out the mouth of the river and went east towards the bird racks. Over the next 4 hours, we drifted and never started the boat. During this time, we boated 9 keeper trout and a huge sailcat. We lost a few nice keepers right at the boat because dad took off without the net! About 1:30 or so, we lost all breeze and the flats were smooth as glass. We continued fishing with SWA's under an Equalizer. The trout were still hitting, but not like they were when there was a nice breeze and a little chop on the water. We decided to move in closer and during a 45 minute drift, we finished catching our limit of trout. During this time I was also "spooled" by something huge. The "fish" ran and never stopped....even after my reel was emptied of all the line! About 10 minutes later, my dad got "broke off" by something else huge. My only rational guess was a cobia. We ended the day with our limit of trout (15....and there was 3 of us...haha), 1 huge sailcat, and a couple of small rock bass. Most of the trout were caught off SWA's (electric chicken, space guppy and a glow worm) fished under CT's and an Equalizer. We also caught a few off shrimp on a jig head. The fish hit all day long and we caught 35-40 trout and lost about 10 more. Can't wait till this weekend!!!!!
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Post by **Chalk** » October 10th, 2003, 6:06 am

WTG

dstockwell · Post by **dstockwell** » October 10th, 2003, 6:51 am

nice, wtg..

Post by **Sir reel** » October 10th, 2003, 11:18 am

Greetings dolphinatic,

well done report. I have one question. I don't recall what the weather was like on the 5th. What direction was the wind (ie your drift) when you started. I know it is out of the East a lot and then just as you indicated it lays mid day and then shifts to the West. However, with Fall approaching/Here... the direction can be different. Just curious how your drift was and where you ended up with out starting the engine. Thanks again for the report

Post by **Tom Keels** » October 10th, 2003, 1:03 pm

You gonna fish the tournament tomorrow Bud?

Post by **dolphinatic** » October 10th, 2003, 7:17 pm

The wind was blowing out of the east and we drifted to the west almost horizontal with the land. When we started our last drift about 1:30, the wind was blowing almost north east causing us to drift towards land. I seem to have the best action when I am drifting towards land as opposed to horizontally. The trout have really been hitting well close in around the 4-5 ft. depth, so that is where I have concentrated most of my time and it has really paid off.

And no Tom....I am not fishing the tourney tomorrow. Unfortunately, I have prior obligations that are going to keep me "inshore" this weekend. Maybe next time......and you?