St. Joe Bay
Posted: April 2nd, 2007, 8:40 pm
I went to Mexico beach with the family this weekend. Arrived friday evening at the palace to meet BD and his fam. Awoke bright and early to meet a friend at pressnell's. Yes we were followed by BD and Chalk. We decided to idle out so we did'nt spook the fish; only to have this boat fly by us. So we jumped up on plane to give them a piece of our mind. When we caught them I was astounded to see that it was our beloved friends. By the way Chalk thanks for the line in I was'nt sure if i had enough water to run that way 
. Anyways we shut down and started a drift. We picked up several trout right away. 19's & 20's. as the water rose we moved inshore a little and picked a few more bigger trout 23" and a couple of 22's. We picked up a double on a sand patch a little later a 25" red & 22" trout. We had a hard time filling a limit the fish were too BIG 
. That's a tough problem to have I know 
.We finished with 6 trout & the red.
The next morning Birddog and I decided to take the fish on again, much to the shigrin of our spouses. they pretty good women folk though We set to the same area but with redfish in mind. BD hooked first we a good red around 18 we just knew it was on. We finished that drift and set up again with mullet in the distance we proceeded to hook up a doubl. First my fish then BD hooked up almost simultaneously. It was like a chinese fire drill> Bd scrambled for the cam and fought his fish at the same time. He was shooting my fish and i was gonna shoot his we are not sure how that will work. I did' nt get his on cam. After them exictement was over we measured to keepers at the top of the slot. Yes birddogs was bigger but not by much. It was a great short trip we finished up with 8 reds & a good trout 21". Thanks to birddog and the family we had a great time BD's working on the pict's and maybe a video. thanks to chalk for not running over me in the channel 
Good fishing and God bless our beautiful waters. We tend to take them for granted sometimes 
. Anyways we shut down and started a drift. We picked up several trout right away. 19's & 20's. as the water rose we moved inshore a little and picked a few more bigger trout 23" and a couple of 22's. We picked up a double on a sand patch a little later a 25" red & 22" trout. We had a hard time filling a limit the fish were too BIG . That's a tough problem to have I know .We finished with 6 trout & the red. The next morning Birddog and I decided to take the fish on again, much to the shigrin of our spouses. they pretty good women folk though
We set to the same area but with redfish in mind. BD hooked first we a good red around 18 we just knew it was on. We finished that drift and set up again with mullet in the distance we proceeded to hook up a doubl. First my fish then BD hooked up almost simultaneously. It was like a chinese fire drill> Bd scrambled for the cam and fought his fish at the same time. He was shooting my fish and i was gonna shoot his we are not sure how that will work. I did' nt get his on cam. After them exictement was over we measured to keepers at the top of the slot. Yes birddogs was bigger but not by much. It was a great short trip we finished up with 8 reds & a good trout 21". Thanks to birddog and the family we had a great time BD's working on the pict's and maybe a video. thanks to chalk for not running over me in the channel Good fishing and God bless our beautiful waters. We tend to take them for granted sometimes 
Great job guy's.