Econfina 4/1

Tod · Post by **Tod** » April 2nd, 2006, 7:06 pm

Hunting season over, boat maintenance complete (knock on wood), new trailer and good weather. First trip of the year and all in all a good day. Put in at 9:30 and went west as I normally do. Found lots of boat clear water and not a lot of fish but enough for a good day. We picked up a couple of fish during the first two to three hours but both were good size, 19 and 19 1/2. The bite was very slow up until about 2 hours before high tide then it got better, not great but better. All the fish we caught were in the same 200 yard area. I would move around a little and would end of drifting back over the area. It didn't seem to matter what color we fished about the same results. Total for the day was 10 trout with 8 keepers. Good mess of fish that were good on the grill today. Water temp was between 70 and 73 all day and we stayed in water depths of 3 to 4 ft, nothing else seemed to work. Main baits were C/T candy corn and glow white with red tail salt water assassins. Great day on the water and can't wait for next week.

Post by **birddog** » April 2nd, 2006, 8:15 pm

Sounds like a good day to me. Its hard to beat fresh fish.

Post by **Frank Bradfield** » April 2nd, 2006, 9:05 pm

We just rolled in from trout fishing ourselves at Econfina. We fished until 3:00 Sat and for about 3 hrs on Sunday morning. We went this way out of the river <-> actually left. We found some really good drifts and caught tons of fish. I'd say around 125 total and about 30 were keepers. (Didn't keep that many ) only 1 over 20", most were 15-16, and shorter. The bite was on until about 45 minutes until tide changes. Water depth ( shallow ) moved in and out with the tide. Saturdays drift was blowing in and Sundays was from the west which seemed to keep us on the fish a little better. Overall a good trip. Our creek fish have mostly left. I heard some good ones were still in the mouths but I wanted to catch and not fish so we opted for the flats ! frank

Hit-n-Miss · Post by **Hit-n-Miss** » April 3rd, 2006, 3:17 pm

Man I must not have been holding my mouth right.

I fished east west and everywhere in between sunday. Only managed 3 shorts and 1 keeper.

I usually do well and it figures that I was trying to introduce 3 people to flats fishing. I hope it didn't leave a bad taste in their mouth.

I think I passed rhtfish coming in the river.

Post by **RHTFISH** » April 4th, 2006, 1:11 pm

Tough day Sunday! My son and I had great success
on Friday and Saturday with trout and reds. We
decided to run up to Grey Mare area on Sunday and
were just getting into great bite around 1 pm when
a foul hooked trout sunk a treble into my right thumb...
I couldn't push it thru with my left hand so had to
seek care...it was a long ride back in that rough water
for sure. We got to Capital Regional Medical Center
about midafternoon and at dark it took about 2 minutes
to get hook removed. Another hour for dismissal and
back to Econfina near midnight. Tough day but overall
a great weekend with son and friends in camp.

Post by **Sir reel** » April 4th, 2006, 2:19 pm

Sorry bout your hook up there RHTF

Hope it heals up quick.

catchin1 · Post by **catchin1** » April 4th, 2006, 3:00 pm

Hey RHT, hooking yourself maybe a sign of fishing too much, maybe you better lay off awhile.

Post by AJ » April 4th, 2006, 4:53 pm

Trout on the grill, it don't get much better than that

. Good job Tod.

Post by **RHTFISH** » April 4th, 2006, 8:29 pm

Sir reel wrote: Sorry bout your hook up there RHTF Hope it heals up quick.

Quote from my granddaughter Mimi (age 7) upon hearing my tale
of woe with the hook....
SOMETIMES FISHING HURTS!

Post by **Eerman** » April 4th, 2006, 8:31 pm

The quote is great...the hooked thumb not so much. Hope you heal up fast. I've always heard saltwater helps a wound heal fast

Post by **RHTFISH** » April 4th, 2006, 8:33 pm

catchin1 wrote:Hey RHT, hooking yourself maybe a sign of fishing too much, maybe you better lay off awhile.