S. Stinson - South GA Outdoors Fishin Report 12/6/09

[Steve Stinson]

I stopped in to see Heath and the gang up at S. GA. Outdoors last Friday evening. As I was checking out, they said that we don't post any fishing reports any more. So this one is dedicated to them....

You know your a dedicated fisherman if you wake up at 5:30 am, see that it is 30 degrees outside and think "Damn, I should be fishin!" This was a spur of the moment plan, that I had not run by Mrs. Stinson yet, so as I was pouring her coffee when she finally got up at 8:30 am, I casually mentioned "You know, as cold as it is those trout and reds have to be stacked up in the creeks right now..." She hesitated a moment, then said I should go on down there if I wanted to.

Before the screen door slammed, I had a kayak on the Jeep and was headed for the Econfina. Turns out I was half right about the trout and reds. I holed up in a creek in a sunny spot next to the upwind bank and caught 15 reds and two trout. So the reds were stacked in my creek, but not the trout.

The tide was very low, so I climbed out of the kayak on a mud bar and walked back and forth casting at the deeper holes. One of my first casts netted me a really fat trout about 22 inches. As I was removing the hook from its mouth a Cajun Thunder came swimming up the creek. Knowing that Cajun Thunders don't normally swim upstream, I quickly pitched my trout up on the mud bar and cast ahead of the passing cork. A few seconds later, I snagged the leader under the cork with my jig and reeled in my second trout (a retread). This trout was rather small and obviously having a bad day, so I released him and kept the Cajun Thunder.

A couple casts later, I landed a red about 18 inches and figured out where they were sitting. During the time it took me to smoke a cigar, I landed nine more out of the same hole. Once the action slowed a little, I sat down on my kayak to re-tie my leader and have some vienna sausages. A racoon came strolling out of the sawgrass wanting to know what I was doing on his mud bar. I shared a cracker with him, then he asked for for a cigar, but I lied and told him I didn't have any more. He shuffled off in search of some oysters to go with his cracker, and I went back to fishing.

I landed several more reds, then paddled back to the Jeep to head home in time for the 5:00 pm service at church thankful for a peaceful day of fishing and enjoying the outdoors.
Good Fishin - Steve Stinson

[Redbelly]

Sounds fun except for the paddling part.

[Reel Cowboy]

A racoon came strolling out of the sawgrass wanting to know what I was doing on his mud bar. I shared a cracker with him, then he asked for for a cigar, but I lied and told him I didn't have any more. He shuffled off in search of some oysters to go with his cracker, and I went back to fishing.

You gotta watch out for those Coons. I should know.


Glad to know somebody was brave enough to get out there and take on that cold.

[bman]

Glad you got into them Steve! Great post!!

[redbelly7]

Great post Steve, I'm new to fishing the Econfina and I'm looking forward to catching some trout and reds there this winter. Also, I've heard that you can put out some hog feed and have fun catching some mullet there as well. Is that the case? I'll b sure to take some extra crackers for your coon.

[Jumptrout51]

Tell Heath that since he and all the other Georgia "coon food" boys quit fishing there is no reason to report. The fish quit biting when they quit fishing.

[Redbelly]

Jt51 that ain't true, I have found some of your secret holes that are still holding big numbers of fish, and I am catching as many as I can out of them.....Ecofina Gold

[SHOWBOAT]

Nice report Steve, and very reflective of my experience yesterday. Glad you made it it out.

I fished similar territory and managed a couple limits of trout and one over-slot red. Wish I was paddeling, as the winter tide cost me a PowerTech and skeg....

[Redbelly]

Sorry to see that Showboat, ain't you got a tunnel?

[Barhopr]

No salt as of late. Been hitting the Bass ponds though.

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[carramar]

Thank you for a great report! they are kind of hard to come by this week.

[CairoTrout]

Thanks Steve! That was a great report.

[TallyFish]

Love your Cajun Thunder method of catching fish with the classy release and the guest racoon for lunch is always a hit!

[Sir reel]

Great job of reporting Steve. I didn't know you had such literary skills... keep up the good work

[Reel Cowboy]

Wish I was paddeling, as the winter tide cost me a PowerTech and skeg....

That sucks. I hope you weren't running too fast or you might have more than a prop and skeg to worry about.
Look on the bright side, you're doing your part for the ecnomy.