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TROUT CATCHIN ECONFINA
Posted: November 1st, 2006, 10:41 pm
by FUTCHCAIRO
THIS MORNIN , 11-1-06, THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA AND ROY LAUNCHED THE STARCRAFT AT ABOUT 7 A.M. AT ECONFINA. WE WENT OUT TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER AND A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT AND STARTED CASTING TOP WATER PLUGS. AFTER SEVERAL BLOW-UPS ROY CAUGHT THE FIRST TROUT. WE FISHED THE AREA AROUND THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER TILL 12:30 AND THEN HEADED IN. WE HAD OUR LIMIT OF NICE TROUT BY 11:30, WE ONLY CAUGHT 11 TROUT AND ALL BUT ONE WERE KEEPERS. WE USED DOA GLOW SHRIMP ON JIGS, GULP SHRIMP ON JIGS. AND SEVERAL OTHER GRUBS UNDER CORKS, FISHED TOP WITH DEVIL HORSE, BOMBER, MIRRO-LURE , AND SEVERAL OTHER BRANDS. THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT UNTILL THE WIND STOPPED, THEN IT GOT HOT. IT IS AMAZING HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE ONE WEEK CAN MAKE. LAST WED. WE WERE SO COLD THAT WE WERE SHAKING AND COULD NOT GET WARM, TODAY HAD TO STRIP DOWN TO OUR SHORTS TRYING TO KEEP COOL. HAD A GREAT DAY ON THE POND AND CAUGHT SOME NICE TROUT. IT LOOKS LIKE TOMORROW WILL BE STILL ANOTHER CHANGE WITH HIGH WINDS ALL DAY LONG AND THEN COOLER. GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA AND ROY

Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 12:18 am
by Welby
Great catch PA .

Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 7:23 am
by birddog
Good job, Pa.

Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 7:42 am
by Redbelly
ghoot day on ze pond!

Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 8:16 am
by tin can
Good catch, Pa.
Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 8:21 am
by wevans
Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 9:47 am
by pops
good deal

Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 9:55 am
by Sir reel
Sounds good to me! Hard to do better than that by 11:30

Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 7:38 pm
by Redfish Jim
Very nice

Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 8:52 pm
by DixieReb
DIXIE REB
Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 9:15 pm
by FUTCHCAIRO
Posted: November 3rd, 2006, 10:41 am
by DixieReb
No, that wasn't us. We saw that boat but didn't stop at JR'S. Most of our fish came from clumps of grass some people call nutgrass, big bushy stuff. I gotta have a big fishfry this weekend because I sure want to get back down there.

DIXIE
Posted: November 3rd, 2006, 5:17 pm
by FUTCHCAIRO
I BELIEVE THE CLUMPS OF GRASS YOU DISCRIBED WOULD BE TURTLE GRASS, IF IT HAS SMALL BALLS OR NODULES ON THE END THIS IS WHAT IT IS.
PA THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA

Posted: November 3rd, 2006, 6:19 pm
by birddog
That big bushy stuff is rockgrass.
Posted: November 3rd, 2006, 8:14 pm
by Redbelly
I calls it to be rockgrass also.