St Marks-redfish tourney

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St Marks-redfish tourney

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Short and sweet...saw 200-300 reds. Caught 200-300 less than we saw. :-? Threw everything in the box. Tried fast...tried not moving at all...tried everything in between. Most of the reds ran for the hills when the lure hit the water. I went home and blamed it on my old, noisy trolling motor...my wife isn't buying it. :-D
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Eerman wrote:I went home and blamed it on my old, noisy trolling motor...my wife isn't buying it. :-D
That's why you buy it and say Surprise Honey look what I got for you.
Good seeing you again.
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Reel Cowboy wrote:
That's why you buy it and say Surprise Honey look what I got for you.
Good seeing you again.
Valentine's Day is coming up :-)
"Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh man....I could be eating a slow learner."
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E - I would get one and tell her you won it :-D Too bad on the fish...bright nights = late bites :thumbup: :thumbup:
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It was tough day for a lot of people.
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Eerman wrote:
Reel Cowboy wrote:
That's why you buy it and say Surprise Honey look what I got for you.


Good seeing you again.
Valentine's Day is coming up :-)
Just don't blame the trolling motor purchase on me. :wink:
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We had the same sort of day. It's hard when you find fish, see fish, but can't catch fish.
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Next time, E-Man. :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Follow us next time.
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Chalk wrote:E - I would get one and tell her you won it :-D
You wife wouldn't have a hard time believing that Chalk! Mine on the other hand wouldn't buy it, although I might try it one day! :lol:
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Take yer 8wt E!

Dats a bunch of reds!
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k8show wrote: It's hard when you find fish, see fish, but can't catch fish.
I'm just glad nothing got thrown outta my boat.
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I feel you on the noisy trolling motor. Mine sounds like an Apache helicopter on speeds 3-5 and yelps like a dog with it's tail stepped on whenever you try to turn it.
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Sounds like my day :smt009
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Hard to figure. I get that the noise may have kept them shut down but I've skinnied up to a school in my kayak and couldn't get them to budge. There are also times when they will only eat a live shrimp. That may be because of the trigger shrimp will pull and they can't stand it. I remember one day when I fished everything else beside people doubling up and I couldn't hook even one. I used 6 species of live baits (live and cut), gulps, flies, spoons... and zip nada nothing. I went back the next day at the same time and slammed them with shrimp. ??
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