St. Andrews Bay 06/24/06

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St. Andrews Bay 06/24/06

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Tides and moon were ripe for fish'n...I gave Tincan a call a few days ago and asked if he was interested in chasing a redfish...He agreed to meet this morning at 5:00 for a rendezvous with a redfish.

Got a little later start than I hoped too :roll: But we made it to the ramp around 6ish to find the parking lot full.

We arrive at my top secret redfish hole to find five boats in it :evil: Oh well we slide in between them and started phish'n...Tincan hooks up with a redfish on topwater....It came unglued....He hooks up with another and it came unglued as well.

The wind is blowing wrong for the bank, so I make the decision to move across the bay...A rather rough ride, but we make it fairly dry.

Start fishing the bank and grass points...I finally get a redfish to eat my spoon....While I am battling the beast, Tincan fires his spoon with cheap hooks down the bank and hooks into another red....I land mine, 23.5" in the box it goes.....About this time Tincan's fish is wrapped in the weeds, I dip net the fish...25 incher goes into the box.

We fish on around the little bay and pick up a few more short reds and trout....I got hammered by a big red that peeled 50 yards of line off in a hurry....Took me into the grass, leader cut/broke one inch from the swivel :evil: .

It's getting hot by now...We decide to make some breeze and move back across the bay. We ended up getting a few more redfish...A thunderhead rolled up from the north and Tincan was in need of some rest before his tournament tomorrow, so we pack it in.

Total for the day:
Hooked redfish - 8
Landed redfish - 4
A handful of short trout
One Skitterwalk, Mirrolure and a pocket knife donated to the fish gods

Great day on the water with my long lost tournament partner...Nothing broke, boat ran great, can't wait to do it again.
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T/C CATCHIN REDS

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I THOUGHT THAT T-C WAS A SUPER TROUT FISHERMAN, NOW YA DONE GONE AND TAUGHT HIM HOW TO CATCH REDS, ARE YA TRYING TO CONFUSE THE POOR BOY. HA HA HA :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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P.S. YA'LL SEND US PO FOLK UP HERE IN GEORGY SOME RAIN, WE BOUT DRIED UP .
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As usual, partner, it was a blast. Thanks for the ride.

Pa, I started chasin reda about a year ago. Don't trout fish very much any more. :-D
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Sounds like a good trip boys. :thumbup:

TC you drove to PC and are already back? :o
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You boys are coming along nicely. No reports of fist fights in nearly a year :thumbup:

Good trip!
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Reel Slow wrote:You boys are coming along nicely. No reports of fist fights in nearly a year :thumbup:

Good trip!
:smt005

I think they've been going to therapy. :lol:

Good job as usual fellas. :thumbup:
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Post by Eerman »

Reel Slow wrote:
You boys are coming along nicely. No reports of fist fights in nearly a year
Reading that, I was thinking the same thing...where are the fights, the cussing, etc. Glad you guys had a good day. Must just be the calm before the storm. :wink:
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Post by DixieReb »

:thumbup: :thumbup: Nice phish'in trip, guys. Glad yall didn't break anything or get into a fight or noth'in. The reds are biting good right now, we boated 6 yesterday over toward Aucilla and kept one 26''. The rest were 17.5, 17.75 and went back. :(
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Great report. I felt like I was there! :thumbup:
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Post by rocket »

Hey Chalk, I see you're liking that spoon a little more these days. :wink:
Birddog must have finally made a believer out of you. :-D
Nice job on those reds boys! :thumbup: :thumbup:
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rocket wrote:Hey Chalk, I see you're liking that spoon a little more these days. :wink:
Birddog must have finally made a believer out of you. :-D
We ain't hearing much about his favorite jigs :smt005
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Reel Slow wrote:We ain't hearing much about his favorite jigs :smt005
It all depends on the mood I'm in...ya know like clothes, some days it's pumps, some days it's high heels :o :lol:

My jigs sure don't twist my line as bad as that flat piece of metal :x
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Chalk wrote: My jigs sure don't twist my line as bad as that flat piece of metal :x
:thumbup: I'll give you that !
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Chalk wrote:
Reel Slow wrote:We ain't hearing much about his favorite jigs :smt005


My jigs sure don't twist my line as bad as that flat piece of metal :x
You are using a swivel with a leader aren't you?
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2 swivels
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