Econfina 5-13

Post by **Welby** » May 14th, 2006, 8:54 am

Could not get to the water till about 1:30PM. Went to 1st favorite spot and started a drift. Conditions seemed perfect. Fished for a while with no bites. Finally, my girlfriend gets a 18" trout. Just as it has been for me lately, the bite is very slow. I heard on the radio that the bite had been better earlier in the day. I'm starting to worry that she might have the only fish of the day and I will hear about that for weeks. Finally I get a fish in the box almost as big as hers. Not good, I will still have to listen to the "I caught the biggest fish" stuff forever. Then she gets a 23 incher( her personal best). That's gonna be tough to beat. I hang in there and it pays off, a 24" trout (my personal best). We end up with one more 17" trout and a 29" Redfish (another personal best) to finish the day. Off the water about 6PM. A great day on the water. Those quality fish make the slow bite easier to live with. I'll be back soon.

Post by **DixieReb** » May 14th, 2006, 9:04 am

Dang, son, those were some quality fish!

Those are worth more than a box full of small fish.WTG on not lett'in the girlfriend show ya up.

Post by **birddog** » May 14th, 2006, 9:23 am

Very nice red. What'd you catch'em on?

Post by **Eerman** » May 14th, 2006, 9:37 am

Very nice!

Post by **Welby** » May 14th, 2006, 2:08 pm

all were caught on Gulps under Cajun Thunder. I did try other lures and also with and without CT's. Girlfriend also had what I think was a Cobia hooked although I never say the fish it pulled like a Cobia taking plenty of drag and a turtle appeared during the fight. I hear the Cobia will follow the turtles and stingray around. Is this true ? If so, does anyone know why ?

Post by **birddog** » May 14th, 2006, 2:12 pm

Its true. Particularly sting rays. The sting ray stirs up the bottom as is swims along and the cobia is following along to gobble up anything that looks tasty.

Post by **mjsigns** » May 14th, 2006, 6:16 pm

Nice Report Welby

Post by **Welby** » May 14th, 2006, 8:12 pm

And finally, pictures of the trout. This is on my 48 quart Ice Chest. if you look closely you can see that the smallest of these three is just over 18".

2true · Post by **2true** » May 14th, 2006, 8:20 pm

Makes the long drive worth it!

Post by **Perch Jerker** » May 14th, 2006, 9:12 pm

Dang, some good ol big-uns and some big old good-uns.

dstockwell · Post by **dstockwell** » May 15th, 2006, 7:00 am

Nice catch

Post by **wevans** » May 15th, 2006, 7:09 am

SWEETTTT

catchin1 · Post by **catchin1** » May 15th, 2006, 8:17 am

WTG

Post by **Sir reel** » May 15th, 2006, 8:40 am

Good job Welby!

I won't ask you where your favorite spots are....however.... I will ask ya three questions.

1. Did you find the fish to the West or East?

2. What depths did you find them?

3. What color Gulp's worked the best for you?

Thanks.

Post by **mattfsu7** » May 15th, 2006, 12:44 pm

Welby - I agree with Sir Reel and am not looking for your "hot spots," but am very curious how deep you were when you caught the redfish and what the tide was? I have had great luck out of Econfina catching trout, flounder, bluefish, spanish and even an occassional cobia, but never caught a redfish, especially, if I understood your original post, under a CT.