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Well, our 2014 season is officially started!! Our first tournament went off without a hitch!
Congrats to all of the winners! Special thanks again to Captain Mike and Coastal Angler Magazine
for our weigh-in site and great food afterwards!
Total Stringer 1st Place
James Padgett & Douglas Tran (9.35lbs)
Total Stringer 2nd Place
Gary Droze (9.24lbs)
Total Stringer 3rd Place
Brian Showman & Matt Kramer (8.98lbs)
I also forgot to mention that no one caught the mystery fish (sand trout) or a flounder. Each of those side pots will roll over to next months tournament in Keaton Beach. The mystery fish will be picked by our mystery fish Sponsor (Bevis Realty) and will be a $100 catch. We are actually going to reward the top 2 flounder in weight with a Kevin's $50 gift card.
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My wife Nina and I launched at the Aucilla and fished West. Hit up some creeks and got 2 reds that were just shy of 26"s. We had also caught 1 trout that was 17"s. Knowing we needed to upgrade the trout we moved into a "creek of choice" and hooked up on a good un'. Fished hit a Mirro Lure (suspending). Lost the fish at the boat with the net in the water . Guessing the fish was 23 to 24"s. All in all we caught 3 fish and lost a fourth. Very slow fishing. Man, we just need a temp spike for a couple of days and the fish will be out lurking. Tic toc, tic toc...
chose 3 creeks over about a 5 mile range and fished each. water was 55.2 everywhere, but the farther in creeks you went the more you caught. Not much in mouths and nothing doing on the flats. Caught probably 30 trout and six reds. floating and suspending plugs, jigs with plastics and spoons.
In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. And we will understand only what we are taught.
I blanked early on Stoney Bayou. Barely even any baitfish in there (too cold?). Then headed along the levee & decided to stay with the first creek that held schools of mudminnows. That was Deep Creek. Only maybe a degree or two warmer than Stoney, but it gave up a few trout, lots of puppy drum, and just one good red. If this were a slot tourney I'd have been out of luck.
. Guessing the fish was 23 to 24"s. All in all we caught 3 fish and lost a fourth. Very slow fishing. Man, we just need a temp spike for a couple of days and the fish will be out lurking. Tic toc, tic toc...