St. Marks 1/2

[BKTomblin Jr]

Even w/ all the poor reports I had herd, I thought "I wont know unless I go"....so, I went. I put in around 7:30 (the water was so fresh you couldnt even smell any salt) I headed out East

To make along story short, I caught a total I "one" sea bass all day no braggin rights, but atleast I didnt get scunked !

[qoutrage]

Thanks for the neg report, Mako.
We gave the CR a try Friday w/no luck 'cept for a couple of 12-14" reds.
I guess, it's a good time to spend some time preparing and repairing tackle and the rig.
Maybe it'll pickup here in a week or so.

[mjsigns]

Did your motor start and run any differently? Did the new Stator & Rectifier you just had installed make any difference in the way your motor started ? Or is it just the same old motor?

Too bad about the fishes, sometimes they just don't want to cooperate.

[Aucilla]

Even w/ all the poor reports I had herd, I thought "I wont know unless I go"....so, I went. I put in around 7:30 (the water was so fresh you couldnt even smell any salt) I headed out East

To make along story short, I caught a total I "one" sea bass all day no braggin rights, but atleast I didnt get scunked !

I wonder what you woulda caught if you headed west?

[drayno]

I tried to do some of my normal (poor mans no boat) fishing this last weekend. Even on BAD days I've had better luck. I went lean on the bait since I didn't anticipate and feeding frenzies, but aparently not lean enough. I got a dozen shrimp and a box of LY's. Went out to St George Island Pier on the 2nd. I cut one LY and dropped each half in the water on my big poles, never once had a need to change the bait. Not even the blasted sail cats were nibbling. The only reason my wife and I changed out shrimp is because they were dead. 4 hours and a dozen shrimp later we were totally skunked.
On the 3rd, I went out with a friend. We hit a pier at Aligator Point and started at Ockachobee Bay on the beach. The beach proved nothing. Roughly 2 hours and we had nothing. The Aligator point fishing was a little better. 4 polls in the water, all shrimp, 2 were sinking 2 were floating. My floating rig got A bite. Not a hook, but something was kind enough to let me know it was alive by biting the tail off my shrimp and ignoring the hook, it didn't even jiggle the line. Hopefully this weekend will be better, I just hope that I'm not beating a hibernating fish.

Jeff

[Aucilla]

drayno! As an at-core wade-fisherman, I have to say that yours is the best report in ages! Thanks! Somehow it struck me as REALLY funny! Can I go sometime?

[drayno]

I can always use company when exercising futility. I might be going out and attempting to drown more shrimp this weekend. I havn't decided yet. It all depends on my and my wifes schedule. I'm allowed one futile attempt at catching fish with her per month, I used that up last week. She's not really happy about fishing unless she can catch at least 2 insanely undersized game fish per trip. Last time she caught something it was a 4" red and a 6" sand trout. She was so proud of herself and the fish were so "cute. " I told her to throw them back so I could catch them when they were big ugly and tasty . I then proceeded to catch 9 sail cats, 2 rays, and a rig that I lost the prior week . We went home, I felt horrid, but she was so proud of her two snackfish. It was enough to keep her happy and allow me yet another $200 in gear that allows for the proper murder of shrimp . My best catches happened the day I dropped a pack of cigarettes over the pier. Amazingly the fish were really active that day. I didn't know they needed a cig fix, I might have to try that again. Anyway, if you feel up to being limited to a 100 foot casting distance, and hauling enough gear to fill a boat give me a buzz fishing buddies are hard to find, they all keep making plans with thier wives. I don't know why a man in his right mind would do that, I much prefer fishing to antique shopping , but that's just me.

Later,

Drayno