Oh, Total trout: 16... 4 were keeper. Caught them on Electric Chicken under CT. Sunday put in at the Fort early am. Pretty chili. Ran to the red fish spot. OYSTER BARS! Then began to pull out the Reds one after another. Once the bites slowed we moved to another bar, started pulling out some more! Seemed like each bar we stopped at we caught Reds. Only one keeper but I love catching anything that fights like that! Total reds caught: 29 Tried to break 30 but the rain started and we got cold and miserable quick. We went through a lot of shrimp with pins and bars beating up them up. Bought about 125 to 150 shrimp from Scott and used every last one. For the longest time I was never able to catch a Red fish. Now, it seems like they are every where!!! I realize this is a good time of year to catch them but DANG! I really think the one keeper and slot rule are paying off for the Reds in Florida. Good work FWCC!
Got stopped for the usual safety gear inspection and whatnot . All was good and the man was professional. Sure do appreciate what they do.
Speaking of THE MAN, someone tell me if you know what happened to these guys..... When we got back to the Fort we notice the man was at the rocks where the shore fishers hang, he was holding beer in one hand and a cooler in the other, looking upset. He and the shore fishers headed to the truck. I say to my buddy, they were drinking on state property or something like that.... Well, once we loaded up the boat we saw what the fuss was about. There on the man's tail gate was at least 12 to 15 SHORT REDS!!! I don't know what happened to those guys but I'm sure something did.
Sorry to sound this way but if you are going to participate in a sport/activity you should know the rules and regulations. If not, don't keep'em. Like I said above there are reasons when we have them and they ARE the reason we are able to go out and still catch Reds. I shall get off the soap box now!
Then once you think you have made a "friend", they move in for the potential kill. Not this guy...he just went back to talking to Mike. When we got loaded up, I went over to him and told him what all we caught. I told him about the big red and asked him how much it would have cost me to keep it. He said $200 and he would get to keep it. I just figured that if I wanted to throw away $200 I would have bought a friend's tickets to the ACC Championship game in Jacksonville 
