St. Marks 8/18; Wakulla Beach 8/20

Yardyacht · Post by **Yardyacht** » August 22nd, 2006, 5:33 pm

Forum newbie report:

Slid canoe down west bank of road to St. Marks lighthouse on Friday to fish in upper East River. Fished falling tide, starting at high tide late morning, working way down past confluence of two forks of East River to the first oyster bars. Mostly fished chartreuse Redfish Magic spinnerbait; wife fished a Terminator with a red/gold Victimizer body. Naturally, she got the only red, a nice 26.5 incher. Worked her and her new Shimano over pretty well. Kept getting hits on the Magic, and finally landed a nice flounder. Both ate well. Not a stunning day, numbers-wise, but better than work no matter what.

Sunday, put canoe in at Wakulla Beach (still looking for a real boat so I can get to at least one known honeyhole). Strong wind from south kept tide up in the bay, so never got to really fish falling tide before bailing out for a storm at 3 pm. Released four puppies on live shrimp and gold spoon and a couple catfish and one jack crevalle. Missed one big strike on the gold spoon. Fun, but no dinner.

Post by **birddog** » August 22nd, 2006, 5:57 pm

Good 1st report.

Both of those locations are ideal for canoeing. I have caught some great reds way up the East River. And Wakulla Beach has always been a favorite of mine. Keep chunkin that gold spoon and you'll find them.

Post by **tin can** » August 23rd, 2006, 8:01 pm

YardYacht, is the Grady gone, or are you looking for something smaller?

As Birddog said, both the areas you fished are good red country.

Post by **Chalk** » August 23rd, 2006, 8:05 pm

Nice feesh....

Post by **Jumptrout51** » August 23rd, 2006, 8:39 pm

Please post a picture of your wife with that 26.5 incher.

Post by **Redfish Jim** » August 23rd, 2006, 8:58 pm

What JT 51 said

Nice report

Welcome.

Post by **Eerman** » August 23rd, 2006, 9:33 pm

Jumptrout51 wrote:Please post a picture of your wife with that 26.5 incher.

BKTomblin Jr · Post by **BKTomblin Jr** » August 23rd, 2006, 10:24 pm

Congrats to both of you !

but "Jumptrout51" Now it's not me speakin, but I've herd "size don't matter"

Yardyacht · Post by **Yardyacht** » August 24th, 2006, 4:33 pm

tin can wrote:YardYacht, is the Grady gone, or are you looking for something smaller?

Hi, TC- We still have the Grady, but we find ourselves wanting to spend more time inshore these days, what with gas prices, high seas, and our grouper holes no longer producing like they used to. Let's just say we want to be multi-dimensional and take our pick, so we need two boats! Thanks for asking.

Post by **tin can** » August 24th, 2006, 6:42 pm

Yardyacht wrote:
tin can wrote:YardYacht, is the Grady gone, or are you looking for something smaller?
Hi, TC- We still have the Grady, but we find ourselves wanting to spend more time inshore these days, what with gas prices, high seas, and our grouper holes no longer producing like they used to. Let's just say we want to be multi-dimensional and take our pick, so we need two boats! Thanks for asking.

Good luck with your search. If you need help looking, I'm the best around at spending other folks' money.