St Marks - 2 March 2014

[Terrier]

Fished the refuge from 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM. Chilly to start but the water was warm enough for all day wading. Tried the wash bar at the boat ramp canal for an hour or so but did nothing, then took advantage of the extreme low tide and fished beyond the west end of the long bar but got nothing. I moved back to the end of long bar and fished the flats there and finally got on the board - a 23" trout that came on a tan/chart./olive clouser. That was it for the day - fished sand cove, the wash bar again but got nothing. There wasn't much bait in the water but there were a few small schools of minnows around, as well as lots of fiddler crabs.

[redcodefsu]

Nice trout. I fished all day and didn't get a bite. Beautiful day though!

[bigphishy]

I was fortunate enough to make it out on the water as well. I launched out of aucilla and fished back toward st marks.
Spot number one was a large pile of rock and oysters in about 3 feet of water. After about 3 cast I quickly picked up a few hitchhikers. Not one but 2 boats move in within casting distance from me.
I decided to keep my cool and move off and head into a nearby creek. Within 30 min I had a limit of decent trout. Spot number 2 was on fire for me. At one time I caught a keeper trout on 6 consecutive casts. With a total of close to 2 dozen trout on that area I decided to go explore some new areas.
I cruised around staying close to the shoreline and saw several reds but did not have any takers. The water warmed up to 67 at the warmest point. And after cruising around watching groups of mullet and the occasional red get spooked off I was ready for some more action. So we push into another creek and quickly began to see some quality fish . My first cast in spot number 3 lands me a 20" trout. A few fish later my girlfriend persuaded me to call it a day. With the great weather and my fishing fix fulfilled I couldn't complain. Even with a late start we where back at the house before sundown.
All my fish were caught on Mirolure suspending baits. Water visibility was 3-5 feet and water temps were around 65 where the fish were caught.

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[tallykenj]

Nice!


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[Harmsway]

All right!

[kikstand454]

Both great reports! Thanks!

Great trout OP! Way to stick with it!

~~Dave

[Gulf Coast]

Destroyed a brand new 9' tapered tippet

[milto]

After about 3 cast I quickly picked up a few hitchhikers. Not one but 2 boats move in within casting distance from me.
I decided to keep my cool and move off and head into a nearby creek.

Sounds like it was their lucky day...