St. Joe Bay 10/09/06 - JT51 & Chalk's First Date
Posted: October 9th, 2006, 8:32 pm
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 
I asked JT if he was interested in chasing a redfish, his response was when and where
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 ..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
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
...JT51 had a nice one on, keyword had ...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 
I have seen a better looking head on a beer , JT51's 25" Redfish
Mine is too big
28 1/4" 
We could of caught some more reds, but I was on a mission to find a trout, still looking ...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
Had a great time JT51, glad you tagged along, maybe we will get them next time
I asked JT if he was interested in chasing a redfish, his response was when and where 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
..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 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
...JT51 had a nice one on, keyword had ...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 I have seen a better looking head on a beer
, JT51's 25" RedfishMine is too big
28 1/4" We could of caught some more reds, but I was on a mission to find a trout, still looking
...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
Had a great time JT51, glad you tagged along, maybe we will get them next time
