East of St. Marks, 12-19
Posted: December 19th, 2006, 8:44 pm
I got excused from the house to go Christmas Shopping today....so I put the boat in at the fort around 1:30. 
Since the tide was high at 2 pm, I decided to head east toward Stoney. I fished the same spot I fished last thursday, only with a little more water and sun this time. Mullet were jumping everywhere, and I could see reds feeding as close as 15' from my boat--in about 1.5' of water (I couldn't believe I didn't chase em out of there with all the racket I make). I tossed live shrimp at them, and for about 45 minutes the action never stopped (unfortunately, the biggest being only 16"). Then all of a sudden it got quiet...and I couldn't see anymore fish (except for an occasional mullet jumping). I continued tossing shrimp and losing tackle for about another 20 minutes. I was ready to leave when I noticed the reds were in the same spot again--real close to my boat. I caught two more pups and I was out of shrimp, and my "Christmas shopping" window was running very, very short. Just out of curiosity I tossed a pearl white GULP that I had a bag of in my tackle (they seemed to catch me a lot of trash over the summer)...and I hooked up right away. I reeled him in and threw him back, then headed back to the fort.
It was a beatiful day to be on the water, warm, sunny and very light breeze.
Since the tide was high at 2 pm, I decided to head east toward Stoney. I fished the same spot I fished last thursday, only with a little more water and sun this time. Mullet were jumping everywhere, and I could see reds feeding as close as 15' from my boat--in about 1.5' of water (I couldn't believe I didn't chase em out of there with all the racket I make). I tossed live shrimp at them, and for about 45 minutes the action never stopped (unfortunately, the biggest being only 16"). Then all of a sudden it got quiet...and I couldn't see anymore fish (except for an occasional mullet jumping). I continued tossing shrimp and losing tackle for about another 20 minutes. I was ready to leave when I noticed the reds were in the same spot again--real close to my boat. I caught two more pups and I was out of shrimp, and my "Christmas shopping" window was running very, very short. Just out of curiosity I tossed a pearl white GULP that I had a bag of in my tackle (they seemed to catch me a lot of trash over the summer)...and I hooked up right away. I reeled him in and threw him back, then headed back to the fort.It was a beatiful day to be on the water, warm, sunny and very light breeze.
