Dog Island Reef 8-5-06
Posted: August 6th, 2006, 4:11 pm
BSA Troop 115 had a 3 day excursion to St, Teresa Beach Fri- Sunday. The home owner had a 21' CC pro-line anchored behind the house. We had a window of opportunity to get out early Saturday before everyone else and fish DI reef.
Left the beach house at seven with th home owner and his son. Ran a bee line (6 miles) to Dog Island Reef. Water was smooth, winds were less than 5mph and the western skies were red. Set a slow drift in 6-8' of water over the grass. The bite was non-stop. Lost 4-5 alongside the boat, and had several cut-off's. If we would have had a landing net we could have come home 30 minutes earlier. Used strait jigs and "Gulp" shrimp-grubs. Picked up three man limit of trout in less than 2 hours. Biggest trout was a little over 18". Anchored the boat back at the house at 9:00 for breakfast. We fried the fish for dinner that night and fed 18 scouts and 8 adults. If I would have Had the camera, I would have posted a few pictures....
We took another group out between 11 - 1 pm and picked off 8 more keepers for the evening feast. 2' - 3' Sharks were chasing the fish to the boat as we were pulling them in. You had to ski the fish to the boat and get-em over the gunwale quickly. We moved the boat a few times to loose the sharks, but they soon gathered under the boat after each move. It was a great trip for both the scouts and the adults.
Felt good to be out on the water again.
Left the beach house at seven with th home owner and his son. Ran a bee line (6 miles) to Dog Island Reef. Water was smooth, winds were less than 5mph and the western skies were red. Set a slow drift in 6-8' of water over the grass. The bite was non-stop. Lost 4-5 alongside the boat, and had several cut-off's. If we would have had a landing net we could have come home 30 minutes earlier. Used strait jigs and "Gulp" shrimp-grubs. Picked up three man limit of trout in less than 2 hours. Biggest trout was a little over 18". Anchored the boat back at the house at 9:00 for breakfast. We fried the fish for dinner that night and fed 18 scouts and 8 adults. If I would have Had the camera, I would have posted a few pictures....
We took another group out between 11 - 1 pm and picked off 8 more keepers for the evening feast. 2' - 3' Sharks were chasing the fish to the boat as we were pulling them in. You had to ski the fish to the boat and get-em over the gunwale quickly. We moved the boat a few times to loose the sharks, but they soon gathered under the boat after each move. It was a great trip for both the scouts and the adults.
Felt good to be out on the water again.
