St Marks 9/30
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finniefish
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St Marks 9/30
Got to the Light House about 7 AM with boats backed up to the road but everybody was doing good and got the boat in quick. Headed west, Big Pass nothing, moved in front of Pattys and caught the red. Than moved out along the stake line and caught the trout and a nice spanish. Got into a bunch of jack, blues and some smaller trout. Red and spansh caught on gulp under ct, trout live shrimp under ct. Back to the hill at 1:00. Windy in the morning than died water was 75. 5 degrees less than a week ago.
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Browning Slayer
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Redfish Jim
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Was a sweet day.... my account:
Headed down to the flats around 6am. Picked up some live shrimp and put in at the St Mark's Lighthouse. Went over to Big Pass to fish for reds near the oyster bars but nothing doing. We did see a boat near by hook into a 4' tarpon which broke the water and immediate came off - bent the hook straight. Chilly in the morning (50deg with a brisk north wind).
We headed further west and fished for awhile with only small hits... I hit into a ladyfish on but came off 1st jump... then Finnie hooked into a big one. He had to let it run 4-5 times to wear 'em out but landed a 24" redfish(red drum).
Then my turn came... I had to let the fish run several times to wear em out but once near the boat, we realized it was a huge jack. I wanted to land em to get a pic but he came off right near the boat. =( Would have been worse had it been a big red. Finnie then lands a very nice sized bluefish. ARGH!
Action slows nearshore so we then set a drift which pushed us south, Finnie saw some action about 150 yards out that looked like Spanish. No action by the time we got there so we keep drifting towards the duck blind. On the way, Finnie picks up a Spanish for a nice fight and lands a 21"er.
Im getting skunked! No fish landed. It's turning into a beautiful day - clear skies with a high of 80.
We head in and drift south again when I hit into a big one. After a decent fight, I land a 20" trout. (YAY!) I catch 4 more trout - too small to keep - when we see action on the water about 50yds away. We haul ass over, cut the engine, throw our lures towards the baitfish and bam, Im on, bam he's on - a double hook up. We both land nice sized jack and lament how cool (and easy) it was to do.
Fished alittle more and noticed the wind died down. I hit into another jack but the action was pretty much was over. Headed in and tried another spot but the day was done. We stopped by Jerry's to weigh the red - 4.5lbs. My trout weighed 2.75. We didnt bother weighing the spanish. Even though we weren't loaded up with fish, we caught some nice ones and had a variety of species that gave good fights. The weather was incredibly beautiful. It was defintely a 4 star trip.
We totaled 6 trout, 3 jack, 2 blues, 1 spanish, 1 red
Headed down to the flats around 6am. Picked up some live shrimp and put in at the St Mark's Lighthouse. Went over to Big Pass to fish for reds near the oyster bars but nothing doing. We did see a boat near by hook into a 4' tarpon which broke the water and immediate came off - bent the hook straight. Chilly in the morning (50deg with a brisk north wind).
We headed further west and fished for awhile with only small hits... I hit into a ladyfish on but came off 1st jump... then Finnie hooked into a big one. He had to let it run 4-5 times to wear 'em out but landed a 24" redfish(red drum).
Then my turn came... I had to let the fish run several times to wear em out but once near the boat, we realized it was a huge jack. I wanted to land em to get a pic but he came off right near the boat. =( Would have been worse had it been a big red. Finnie then lands a very nice sized bluefish. ARGH!
Action slows nearshore so we then set a drift which pushed us south, Finnie saw some action about 150 yards out that looked like Spanish. No action by the time we got there so we keep drifting towards the duck blind. On the way, Finnie picks up a Spanish for a nice fight and lands a 21"er.
Im getting skunked! No fish landed. It's turning into a beautiful day - clear skies with a high of 80.
We head in and drift south again when I hit into a big one. After a decent fight, I land a 20" trout. (YAY!) I catch 4 more trout - too small to keep - when we see action on the water about 50yds away. We haul ass over, cut the engine, throw our lures towards the baitfish and bam, Im on, bam he's on - a double hook up. We both land nice sized jack and lament how cool (and easy) it was to do.
Fished alittle more and noticed the wind died down. I hit into another jack but the action was pretty much was over. Headed in and tried another spot but the day was done. We stopped by Jerry's to weigh the red - 4.5lbs. My trout weighed 2.75. We didnt bother weighing the spanish. Even though we weren't loaded up with fish, we caught some nice ones and had a variety of species that gave good fights. The weather was incredibly beautiful. It was defintely a 4 star trip.
We totaled 6 trout, 3 jack, 2 blues, 1 spanish, 1 red