St. Joe Bay 10/09/06 - JT51 & Chalk's First Date

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St. Joe Bay 10/09/06 - JT51 & Chalk's First Date

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After hearing tale of some breeders being up on Cape San Blas, I had been scheming and dreaming of catching them all last week...Decided I probably owed Jumptrout51 a trip on the pond, even though I'm innocent :lol: I asked JT if he was interested in chasing a redfish, his response was when and where :lol:

Met up with JT51 at Bluewater Outfitters this morning...We loaded his gear and headed to the Park...Greeted by a nice park ranger, we named whisker biscuit, she was nice though :lol: ..As we round the bend the waves and wind looked to be normal for me, blowing a gale and stacked up in the basin...we launch my boat into the water, it made it off the trailer in one piece :lol:

Based off the wind and waves a trip to the cape was not going to happen this morning, so we head south....Fishing here and there, over there and over yonder....Caught 5,000 little blues, a few persistent lizard fish, pinfish...Only saw two skip jacks all day....ohhh yeah, trout we caught 5 to 17 :roll: ...JT51 had a nice one on, keyword had :lol: ...Basically gave JT51 the grand tour of the bay trying to find a trout, not much in that department...Let's try redfish, found them...I missed a few, JT51 missed a few....We finally connect at the same time :-D

I have seen a better looking head on a beer :lol: , JT51's 25" Redfish
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Mine is too big :smt010 28 1/4" :smt007
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We could of caught some more reds, but I was on a mission to find a trout, still looking :lol: ...So off we go, prospecting, several good spots, but not much happening....So, I say, "Where do you wanna go?" JT51 says, "Let's go up past eagle harbor."

So, off we go, headed towards the south side of Blacks's to cross the bay....Clipping along at about 36 mph, getting ready to make my turn north and all of a sudden the boat makes a hard right turn...along with a loud whack sound...Luckily I managed to pull the throttle back...It could of been worse, now that I think about it...Seems one of the 2x4's from the construction on Black's Island had found a home between my transom and motor...Other than soiled shorts and one dead transducer and speed wheel, nothing was broken or damaged, like my new prop

The culprit, my prize...The pool deck is 3 foot across, so almost 4 foot of boat damaging wood :thumbdown:
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Had a great time JT51, glad you tagged along, maybe we will get them next time :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Wish I coulda been there. Did you blindfold JT? :lol:
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birddog wrote:Wish I coulda been there. Did you blindfold JT? :lol:
Nope...I just keep doing S turns and circles :lol:
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:lol: :thumbup: Keep him turned around. :lol:
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:thumbup: Sounds like he who finds the 19" trout will be in the money Sat....

Chalk, you sure JT didn't plant that 2x4?
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Reel Slow wrote::thumbup: Sounds like he who finds the 19" trout will be in the money Sat....

Chalk, you sure JT didn't plant that 2x4?
Yep....those who catch 5 trout will be in the money..I know where 5 are :lol:
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Chalk wrote:
Reel Slow wrote::thumbup: Sounds like he who finds the 19" trout will be in the money Sat....

Chalk, you sure JT didn't plant that 2x4?
Yep....those who catch 5 trout will be in the money..I know where 5 are :lol:
Your 5 ahead of us, and 4 ahead of JT..... :thumbup:
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...along with a loud whack sound...
Are you sure that wasn't JT mopping your deck? You know how he likes to unexpectedly land in the bottom of the boat like that? :D
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:thumbup: :thumbup: glad your boat is ok.
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I do appreciate you using Jumptrout as a guinea pig to test the boat after the plumbing job. :thumbup: :-D
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:thumbup: :thumbup: Don't feel bad Chalk. I blew a powerhead this weekend. :smt010 New motor time. :smt010 :smt010
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noleflyfisher wrote::thumbup: :thumbup: Don't feel bad Chalk. I blew a powerhead this weekend. :smt010 New motor time. :smt010 :smt010
Sorry to hear that Nole...
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noleflyfisher wrote::thumbup: :thumbup: Don't feel bad Chalk. I blew a powerhead this weekend. :smt010 New motor time. :smt010 :smt010
Yes, I know....Seems like it's something everytime I go here lately...Birddog said JT51 is bad luck :lol:

Sorry about the motor, seems to be a trend with that going on here lately :-?
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Post by Jumptrout51 »

Chalk thought I kept getting water out of my pack. Actually I kept marking spots on my GPS in secret. Fortunatley he never asked me to show him my secret spots. You know, the ones where I have caught 14-15 pounds of big fat trout.
I did feel bad about him hitting that board I left in the bay until I read the derogatory remarks he made in this post. I no longer feel bad.
Maybe I shouldn't have revealed all this. He might offer to take me again.
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If you were marking spots, they must of been spots not to fish :lol:
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