St. Andrews 06/09/06
Posted: June 9th, 2006, 6:05 pm
Finally got back home and fishing was the priority today. Got a late start left the house around 6:30, was sliding across the bay by 7:00. My wife had a request for grilled redfish, so the pressure was on, plus I was wearing a visor Birddog had given me. I'm sometimes superstitious about wearing new hats fishing, but I was confident I could break the hat in or throw it in the bay 
I wanted to stop and get five gallons of fuel, but the fuel gauge says 1/2 a tank, I'm late...I should have 15 gallons = 60 miles of fishing... I opt to go without stopping for fuel...more on this later
Arrive at my honey hole...first couple of casts and I get bit by a redfish on topwater, came off after a short battle, dam hat ....Sun is up, lets try a spoon.....red on, red off 
.....I keep chunk'n...Bam!...Water comes alive with a trout that appeared to be as long as a fence post 
...You guessed it, dam hat...Fish off 
Find three 16" reds holed up in a creek, three cast and three fish, the hat gets a reprieve from going into the drink
I wanted to go find some new water, but I also had an order for redfish to fill....I cruise down the bay to check out some prospective spots...no grass equals no fish so I motored back to my honey hole.
Nice point with a grass island and a 15 foot gap between the island and point...Skitterwalk goes sailing down the grass line...to be mangled by a 30" plus red, first he missed it...then he comes back and makes contact....fish on
....DAM HAT 
..Fish gone.....But the red had a partner...I pick up the spoon and fired it back into the zone...Bam..meat on the table, momma's order is filled
Ease on down the bank pick up a few more reds and a 21" trout. Time to go find some new water.
I ride across the bay, find spotty bottom, bank looks good....I ease in, water is too shallow, so I ease to the edge of the grass line..good relief, water went from 2' to 5' in about 15 foot...grass, bait, stingrays...There has to be a trout here.....I fish a couple hundred yards of this beautiful clear water, only see two or three trout....Hmmmmm...I say to myself where the hell are the trout....Just then I see a 2 foot stingray, that looks funny....Look at the trout (as in plural) ...I counted 7 trout on the back of this stingray all over 15"...Never seen that, pretty cool.
I fish here and there....ease back around to the north....nothing... decide to cross the bay and hit a bayou I wanted to investigate....Fished in there picked up a couple of dink trout and a mangrove snapper on a mirrolure and 12 inch one on a fluke, weird.
Well Lil Chalk wants to fish tomorrow and I need to find some trout...Let me go check my trout hole...off we go to the trout hole, wide open.....Engine start cutting out WTF....I ease off the throttle, clears up...hit it again...starts again, the ramp is between me and the trout hole, so I opt for the ramp....Limp back, hit it again close to the ramp and it is still cutting out...Fuel gauge says 1/4 to 1/2 a tank....I put her on the trailer wondering what the deal is.....25 gallons later I have a full fuel tank ...My tank hold 30 gallons, but is about 4 foot long....I haven't checked it out, talking with Tincan, were pretty sure I almost ran out of gas.
Long drawn out story, but I have been in Tucson Az for a little over a month...Kinda pumped, good to be back on the water.
Hooked 10-12 redfish, landed around 7, biggest 25"
Caught 10 or so trout - biggest 21"
2 mangrove snappers
$70 dollars of fuel
One fishing visor broken in
A day on the gulf, Priceless
I wanted to stop and get five gallons of fuel, but the fuel gauge says 1/2 a tank, I'm late...I should have 15 gallons = 60 miles of fishing... I opt to go without stopping for fuel...more on this later
Arrive at my honey hole...first couple of casts and I get bit by a redfish on topwater, came off after a short battle, dam hat
....Sun is up, lets try a spoon.....red on, red off .....I keep chunk'n...Bam!...Water comes alive with a trout that appeared to be as long as a fence post ...You guessed it, dam hat...Fish off Find three 16" reds holed up in a creek, three cast and three fish, the hat gets a reprieve from going into the drink
I wanted to go find some new water, but I also had an order for redfish to fill....I cruise down the bay to check out some prospective spots...no grass equals no fish so I motored back to my honey hole.
Nice point with a grass island and a 15 foot gap between the island and point...Skitterwalk goes sailing down the grass line...to be mangled by a 30" plus red, first he missed it...then he comes back and makes contact....fish on
....DAM HAT ..Fish gone.....But the red had a partner...I pick up the spoon and fired it back into the zone...Bam..meat on the table, momma's order is filled Ease on down the bank pick up a few more reds and a 21" trout. Time to go find some new water.
I ride across the bay, find spotty bottom, bank looks good....I ease in, water is too shallow, so I ease to the edge of the grass line..good relief, water went from 2' to 5' in about 15 foot...grass, bait, stingrays...There has to be a trout here.....I fish a couple hundred yards of this beautiful clear water, only see two or three trout....Hmmmmm...I say to myself where the hell are the trout....Just then I see a 2 foot stingray, that looks funny....Look at the trout (as in plural)
...I counted 7 trout on the back of this stingray all over 15"...Never seen that, pretty cool.I fish here and there....ease back around to the north....nothing... decide to cross the bay and hit a bayou I wanted to investigate....Fished in there picked up a couple of dink trout and a mangrove snapper on a mirrolure and 12 inch one on a fluke, weird.
Well Lil Chalk wants to fish tomorrow and I need to find some trout...Let me go check my trout hole...off we go to the trout hole, wide open.....Engine start cutting out
WTF....I ease off the throttle, clears up...hit it again...starts again, the ramp is between me and the trout hole, so I opt for the ramp....Limp back, hit it again close to the ramp and it is still cutting out...Fuel gauge says 1/4 to 1/2 a tank....I put her on the trailer wondering what the deal is.....25 gallons later I have a full fuel tank ...My tank hold 30 gallons, but is about 4 foot long....I haven't checked it out, talking with Tincan, were pretty sure I almost ran out of gas.Long drawn out story, but I have been in Tucson Az for a little over a month...Kinda pumped, good to be back on the water.
Hooked 10-12 redfish, landed around 7, biggest 25"
Caught 10 or so trout - biggest 21"
2 mangrove snappers
$70 dollars of fuel
One fishing visor broken in
A day on the gulf, Priceless
.....maybe its cursed in other ways than losing fish.