Wakulla Beach 12/17
Posted: December 18th, 2006, 6:12 am
Put in at Wakulla Beach about 1 o'clock. Lots of cars, trucks and boat trailers in the parking area, but what did I expect on a warm, sunny, Sunday afternoon? The fog that covered everything all morning was gone.
Paddled east over to Middle Creek. Lots of shore birds and waterfowl around to watch. There was a boat in East Goose Creek, on one of the bars right about in the middle of the creek. Too far away to see his rod, I could see the sun flashing off it when he had it at the correct angle. Looked like he was into fish.
Catching the beginning of the falling tide, I started at the mouth of Graves Creek and fished my way along until I got to a particular hole I like in Middle Creek. Missed a few around an oyster bar that I'm pretty sure were trout. Hooked up with a nice red, a little before three, that probably should have got off because of mistakes I made during the fight. But I got it up to the boat and......no landing net.
You can lip a 26" red.
It's a lot easier to land a fish with a landing net. It's a lot easier to unhook a red if you don't forget the pliers.
Fished on getting a hit once in a while, but not hooking anything. I went on over to East Goose Creek and fished around some of the bars and holes over there. The other boat was gone. About five I started catching trout. The first one was as long as the red, the second was 19". Then a small 15 1/2". Broke off my fourth trout beside the boat and lost my lure.
Fishing a Yo-Zuri Mag Darter knock-off, all these fish hit the same lure, the trout never were very aggressive. The trick is when you feel a bump, stop. Let the lure float to the surface. Then work it as a topwater....pull, sploosh, dive....stop and let it float, pause....pull, etc. They won't hit it, but they'll come up and slap at it and, like some people, they'll play with it until they get hurt.
Put two reds in the boat. The one I kept, and later a little rat red. Only got three trout, but two were in the slot and one well over, at a respectable 26".
No other cars at the beach when I got back. Well after sunset, but not yet completely dark.
Paddled east over to Middle Creek. Lots of shore birds and waterfowl around to watch. There was a boat in East Goose Creek, on one of the bars right about in the middle of the creek. Too far away to see his rod, I could see the sun flashing off it when he had it at the correct angle. Looked like he was into fish.
Catching the beginning of the falling tide, I started at the mouth of Graves Creek and fished my way along until I got to a particular hole I like in Middle Creek. Missed a few around an oyster bar that I'm pretty sure were trout. Hooked up with a nice red, a little before three, that probably should have got off because of mistakes I made during the fight. But I got it up to the boat and......no landing net.
You can lip a 26" red.It's a lot easier to land a fish with a landing net. It's a lot easier to unhook a red if you don't forget the pliers.
Fished on getting a hit once in a while, but not hooking anything. I went on over to East Goose Creek and fished around some of the bars and holes over there. The other boat was gone. About five I started catching trout. The first one was as long as the red, the second was 19". Then a small 15 1/2". Broke off my fourth trout beside the boat and lost my lure.
Fishing a Yo-Zuri Mag Darter knock-off, all these fish hit the same lure, the trout never were very aggressive. The trick is when you feel a bump, stop. Let the lure float to the surface. Then work it as a topwater....pull, sploosh, dive....stop and let it float, pause....pull, etc. They won't hit it, but they'll come up and slap at it and, like some people, they'll play with it until they get hurt.
Put two reds in the boat. The one I kept, and later a little rat red. Only got three trout, but two were in the slot and one well over, at a respectable 26".
No other cars at the beach when I got back. Well after sunset, but not yet completely dark.
