St. Marks 2008.03.27 - up, up the river

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St. Marks 2008.03.27 - up, up the river

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After my scouting experience last night, I determined that I needed to go fishing after work Friday. This evening I pre-fished for that. I haven't been up the river more than a mile or so since the ramp at the fort closed down, and I have a lot of sweet spots up there once the spring and summer patterns start kicking in, so I put in at Shields with a game plan of checking on a few of them to see what they were up to.

Rolled by the fort - see what looks like the beginning of a pretty hardcore foundation for a 2-lane ramp next to the old one. Meant to take some pictures but when I rolled by realized the camera was in the bottom of the dry box that was stowed, so skipped ahead. I ended up covering about 2 miles of grassline in about an hour and a half before dark, thanks again to a blustery day.

Like yesterday, I threw out a Gulp on a CT and let it float behind me, and chucked Redfish Magic Zulu and Zara Super Spook on two other poles. Only change I made was I swapped out the jig-head on the CT with a circle hook :wink:

Long story short, no bites on the gulp, half a little piece of bite on the Zulu but no fights. Super Spook produced a few really good topwater blowups of the sloshy, moves-a-lot-of-water variety, but all'a dem missed the dang hooks. Got a lesser blowup of the airy-smacky-splashy type and actually hooked up. I knew by the sound it was a pink dookie fish...it was. Still always fun to catch dang near anything on topwater that doesn't slice up your line and off with your lure. So I didn't find the redfish and occasional trout bite I was lookin for where I was lookin, but I did get a fairly large ladyfish, which is further indication of emerging summer patterns, so :thumbup: for that.
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Re: St. Marks 2008.03.27 - up, up the river

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Thanks for the report Mook, it's good to hear the cold snap aint shut em down :thumbup:
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pink dookie fish :o :smt005 :smt005
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He said DOOKIE :lol: :beer:
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Jumptrout51 wrote:pink dookie fish :o :smt005 :smt005

:smt005 :smt005 ...some dookie is better than no phishy at all :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Mook, I always enjoy reading your reports. That said, I want a copy of your book, when you write it. :thumbup:
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Please post a pic of a pink dookie fish ..I would like to make sure I never eat one..I mean I am liable to try and eat any kind of fish I catch but there has to be a reason for someone to call it a dookie fish and Id rather not take the chance of finding out while I am eating it.
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LOL Joey - it's a ladyfish. They poop hot pink all over your deck if or when you haul them in - I try to get them off the hook when possible without letting them ever cross the gunnel.
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That was what I thought... The first one I caught crapped all over me and my boat.Now I am a little more careful when I catch em.. I wish I had been warned..Sure was fun to catch. If it had not crapped all over me I would be telling ya'll how they taste....
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