Wakulla Beach East Goose Creek 5-1-07
Posted: May 1st, 2007, 7:24 am
Went out to East Goose Creek with Josh yesterday with the outgoing tides. It was real windy and water was moving pretty good. Starting to look like a wasted trip and then Josh commented he had never seen a Redfish tail before. He does a lot of fishing on the Wakulla River. We pulled back up into an area with less than a foot of water and there was a tail waving at me. I whistled for Josh to come see it and tossed a Capt Mikes spoon and it was "Fish on". The line was singing as that braided line tightened up, and as fast as it happened it was over. I called for Josh to come over and pull his kayak along side mine so that we could block the fishing from leaving the creek. A few Reds left but at least one stayed. I put on a Glow 4" Gulp minnow I just bought at Kevins and told Josh I was gonna deadstick it and cast on the flat area. The Gulp hit the water and I stuck it in the rod holder and tossed the spoon. The spoon got about half way back when the line on that 8' medium rod starting losing the droop. I reeled in on the spoon and picked up the Gulp rod. That Red starting run straight away from us and that 3/4 lb Power pro was singing a song on that Cabo 20PTS It was beautiful as it starting running through that 6" water and pushing like a submarine. It kept pulling away for what seemed like a few minutes. It then made its run towards Josh and me and Josh lowered his rods as the Red went past his boat then darted towards mine. I had that 8' rod doubled over as it went under my yak then back out and kept making runs. But it finally submitted. It was a fat wide shouldered redfish that would have been perfect for any weigh tournament. I got it in the boat and it measured 24". What a great way to live. Get off work, and drive 6 miles to the boat ramp, and paddle off into the water and come back with some fish just at dark. We picked up some rat reds, and Josh caught one 18" trout. By the way, the water behind me in that redfish photo, is less than 6" deep. And the water past Josh in that sunset picture. Thats not water. Its the bottom.
