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Oct 2nd Report St Marks Lighthouse
Posted: October 3rd, 2006, 3:23 pm
by jsuber
I went out in the morning at o dark thirty from the St Marks Lighthouse. A big school of Jacks moved mullet across the flats and I was a able to pick up a few with top water plugs. I also picked up 2 21" trout on the flat before I moved on to the East River. I picked up two more Trout one 21 and one 20 then a puffer fish on a mirrorlure. After that I picked up a small trout and called it a day thinking it was low tide. I felt something rubbing the bottom of my yak and saw five manatees under the boat. I moved off and about ten minutes later the water erupted when something startled them. Pretty cool site.I came back at 17:00 and you could walk two hundred yards from the lighthouse on the bare beach. The water was extremely low. I pulled my yak out to the water and noticed that boats would not be able to get back to the boat ramp with the tide out so low. I didn't catch anything on the low tide.
I'll post pictures tomorrow.
Posted: October 3rd, 2006, 4:26 pm
by wevans
Posted: October 3rd, 2006, 4:42 pm
by Sir reel
Good stuff jsuber
ain't many folks who can say they been "goosed" by a manatee
Posted: October 3rd, 2006, 8:00 pm
by Redfish Jim
Nice trouts
Posted: October 3rd, 2006, 8:01 pm
by noleflyfisher
Posted: October 3rd, 2006, 10:02 pm
by tin can
How do them manatees fight?
Posted: October 3rd, 2006, 10:24 pm
by 1-850-Bay-Fish
tin can wrote:How do them manatees fight?
They are good fighters and pull hard the only problem is getting the blood off your boat it takes a alot of bleach and a good pressuer washer.
Posted: October 3rd, 2006, 11:16 pm
by Browning Slayer
tin can wrote:How do them manatees fight?
About as good as them dolphins..
Mmmmmm... East river....
Sounds like a good day!
Posted: October 4th, 2006, 7:08 am
by jsuber
Here are some startled Manatees. A shark must have come up on them.
One of the many Jacks
One of the Trout.
Puffer fish
Not a bad day.
Posted: October 4th, 2006, 7:31 am
by MudDucker
Awesome pic of the manatees getting out of dodge. Haven't seen manatees moving that fast since I walked up on them breeding in the creek in the Steinhatchee Landing a couple of years back
Posted: October 4th, 2006, 10:24 am
by ak man
that is a great pic of those manatees, those big boys can really push some water when they get motivated.
manatee steaks
Posted: October 4th, 2006, 11:38 am
by FUTCHCAIRO
HEY SUBER, BET YOU WERE GLAD THAT DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE THEY WERE UNDER THE YAK, SOMETIMES I GET THE BIGEEBEES SCARED OUT OF ME WHEN THE DOLPHINS START PLAYING CLOSE TO THE BOAT.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA
Posted: October 4th, 2006, 2:30 pm
by jsuber
There is a fellow on the Wilderness Systems Pro-team that was on top of something like that in a land locked situation. He is scared to death that he will be the only person killed by a manatee.
