Aucilla 2/2/08

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Aucilla 2/2/08

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Had the privilege of taking my Dad fishing yesterday. Got out to the Aucilla around 10:10 a.m. and ran into Welby at the ramp. Eased out the mouth of the river and made our way over to Showman Creek. Fished up in the creek and I missed two decent reds off a bar back up in the creek. Our trolling motor battery basically was dead by the time we got out of the first creek...I guess that's what happens to four year old batteries.

Moved out of SC and made our way down a little further to a creek I'd been hearing good things about. By this time, we had no trolling motor to speak of and had to rely on the wind the blow us up into it. The creek had a series of bars surrounded by dark mud and we were able to Power Pole down as we passed each bar and cast in and around it. In the second creek, Pops and I caught 6 reds to 19" and saw a bunch more. Only a few looked over 22". We called it a day after basically two hours of fishing (which sucked on such a pretty day), but it was tough fishing without a TM. Ran into JT51 back at the ramp and had a good talk with him. :thumbup:

Pops and I both used light jigs with colored grubs that were slowly bounced back to the boat. The water temp on the flats was around 55 and in the creeks the highest we saw it was 57. Would've like to fish longer, but some days are like that.

A nice double
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It was a good day with a good friend
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Re: Aucilla 2/2/08

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Glad you caught a few. :thumbup:

Between this and all the other reports, y'all just about have me talked into going down to Econfina for the high tide.
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Good Day out on the water. :thumbup:
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Re: Aucilla 2/2/08

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Nice time with your dad :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Thanks for the report, CC. Getting out with family is always good. :thumbup:
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Nice job CC. What about the Power Pole?
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:thumbup: :thumbup:
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Re: Aucilla 2/2/08

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Good day man. Sounded a lot better than Jumptrout. Nice Tux.
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Great day. I wish I could get my Pop out on the water like that :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Tough luck with the TM, still way to make a day out of it ! :thumbup: :beer:
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That'a boy Casey. Sounds like fun.
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Re: Aucilla 2/2/08

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A fine trip Casey . . . especially without a trolling motor. :thumbup:
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Re: Aucilla 2/2/08

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Yea, the Power Pole was so awesome it made my pants fit funny. It was freaking amazing! All of the fish were caught while the power pole was down.
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Sweet day on the water with your dad. :thumbup:
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Re: Aucilla 2/2/08

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trolling motor :thumbdown: power pole :thumbup:
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