St. Joe Bay 07/01/06

Post by **Chalk** » July 1st, 2006, 6:12 pm

Me and Birddog hit the bay bright and early this morning, not much water moving, moon was off, but the tide was okay and we were off wherk, no better time to go than the present

Hard day of fishing, but we managed somewhere between 20 and 30 trout, 3 over 21", biggest was 23"...We got a two man limit...Most of the fish were in the slot, a few dinks mixed in as well....Redfish were on vacation, only managed to catch 2, only one being a keeper.

Jerk baits and jigs were the preferred meal of the phishies today. I had an incounter with a jerk bait, birddog was highly anticipating a hook extraction

, but I managed to remove the hook myself, the barb barely went in

Hazy cloud cover kept the temperature down to a bearable level.

We did real well on the inconsiderate boaters

, we only had three run through our drift...which was really good, since I counted over 50 boats at 10:00....I believe it was double that after lunch

All in all I think we did real well for the lack of water movement and boat traffic. Appreciate the invite Birddog, can't wait til next time.

Only took one picture, me with a 22" trout

Post by **Reel Slow** » July 1st, 2006, 7:09 pm

Hate when the reds take a vacation. WTG on the trouties

Post by **Jumptrout51** » July 1st, 2006, 7:13 pm

Post by **DixieReb** » July 1st, 2006, 11:05 pm

That's not bad A-Tall.

Glad ya found some. They were hard to come by Wed. over at Aucilla, 2 of us only got 5 keepers, 2 shorts. Too bad about the reds, you'll get 'em.

Post by **devans850** » July 2nd, 2006, 1:09 am

Post by **tin can** » July 2nd, 2006, 7:02 am

Why weren't you wearing your new visor?

Post by **Chalk** » July 2nd, 2006, 7:11 am

tin can wrote:Why weren't you wearing your new visor?

To hot for a visor, needed some shade on my nogg'n

Mark K · Post by **Mark K** » July 6th, 2006, 6:45 pm

We were there as well. We (my 9yr old and I) only caught 2 keepers but caught the heck outa the shorts. We also got in the blues and ladyfish and he had a blast. I quit fishing and sat near the front deck with hook remover and pliars for about 30 straight minutes while he hauled in fish after fish. In fact the next day the wife and 7yr. old went and we did the same thing. I had to keep one hand on the rod and one on the shoulder of my youngest to keep him in the boat. We may not have put alot in the cooler but I've got fishing partners for life now and the memories to go with it.

Post by **tin can** » July 7th, 2006, 2:23 pm

Mark K wrote:We were there as well. We (my 9yr old and I) only caught 2 keepers but caught the heck outa the shorts. We also got in the blues and ladyfish and he had a blast. I quit fishing and sat near the front deck with hook remover and pliars for about 30 straight minutes while he hauled in fish after fish. In fact the next day the wife and 7yr. old went and we did the same thing. I had to keep one hand on the rod and one on the shoulder of my youngest to keep him in the boat. We may not have put alot in the cooler but I've got fishing partners for life now and the memories to go with it.

Sounds like you have your priorities right. Time well spent, and worth way more than meat in the cooler.

Post by **jsuber** » July 7th, 2006, 3:27 pm

I fished out of Cape San Blas Park June 28 in the evening an we caught a lot of big Blues, which were a blast on topwater and in a kayak. We also attracted a lot of sharks and had some fun trying to hook those up on topwater too. We only managed to atrtract one small trout. I did much better with topwater for Reds the next morning just outside the park around some docks.

Post by **birddog** » July 8th, 2006, 4:20 pm

Enjoyed it, Partner. I'm ready to go again.