Blind hog at St Joe 6-9
Posted: June 9th, 2007, 10:16 pm
Had a good friend come in from Atlanta to fish today.
I was going to put him on my trout pattern at Panacea but with the TFC going on I thought it would be better to look elsewhere.
We decided to go to St Joe- My first trip over there this year.
Stopped in Presnell's to launch and pick up some bait.
Nice folks... You can tell Jonathan and his dad were excited!
We ran out - The dads in the Yoders boat and Jonathan and I in the Bevis Boat.
There was a light chop and it was high tide so we went looking for a red in close.
I hooked up on top water but right at the boat the beast ran under the boat and the line caught on a bolt holding a rod holder on...
I talked to my self for a while...
A little later Jonathan put the first fish in the boat- I use Fish lightly...
So the dads were catching short trout and lady fish. The sons were caching ladys and short trout.
Jonathan and I set up a drift near Blacks Island and a few moments later a boat runs up into our drift. I'm a little upset but think-
I'm not movin...
Just then I think - that grass bed looks red. Wait that Grass bed is moving.
The guy in the other boat shouts Reds about the same time my brain thinks it.
I cast in a school of 50 -100 and bam...
Just under the legal limit...
We regroup and circle back- Jonathan with a nice one on...
Look at the smile on his face- You can't do this in Atlanta.
Why do people live there???
We had several other break offs.
After a few reds I got Mr Yoder in the boat and tried to locate the school again- they were gone.
Here is one of several story times at the boat. We had a lot of fun with each other.
Here is the day's haul- one keeper trout, Mr Yoders
Three keeper Reds- One is Jonathan's the other...
We caught fish on Gulps and Topwater.
I have never seen a big school of reds like that. It could get to be a new obsession!
I felt a little bad for the other couple of boats trying to work the school.
I had no idea what I was doing on a big school like that- the other boats had done it before and I tried to take cues from them.
Everyone was catching fish. I'll do better next time guys.
By the way, this is what defeat looks like..
I was going to put him on my trout pattern at Panacea but with the TFC going on I thought it would be better to look elsewhere.
We decided to go to St Joe- My first trip over there this year.
Stopped in Presnell's to launch and pick up some bait.
Nice folks... You can tell Jonathan and his dad were excited!
We ran out - The dads in the Yoders boat and Jonathan and I in the Bevis Boat.
There was a light chop and it was high tide so we went looking for a red in close.
I hooked up on top water but right at the boat the beast ran under the boat and the line caught on a bolt holding a rod holder on...
I talked to my self for a while...
A little later Jonathan put the first fish in the boat- I use Fish lightly...
So the dads were catching short trout and lady fish. The sons were caching ladys and short trout.
Jonathan and I set up a drift near Blacks Island and a few moments later a boat runs up into our drift. I'm a little upset but think-
I'm not movin...
Just then I think - that grass bed looks red. Wait that Grass bed is moving.
The guy in the other boat shouts Reds about the same time my brain thinks it.
I cast in a school of 50 -100 and bam...
Just under the legal limit...
We regroup and circle back- Jonathan with a nice one on...
Look at the smile on his face- You can't do this in Atlanta.
Why do people live there???
We had several other break offs.
After a few reds I got Mr Yoder in the boat and tried to locate the school again- they were gone.
Here is one of several story times at the boat. We had a lot of fun with each other.
Here is the day's haul- one keeper trout, Mr Yoders
Three keeper Reds- One is Jonathan's the other...
We caught fish on Gulps and Topwater.
I have never seen a big school of reds like that. It could get to be a new obsession!
I felt a little bad for the other couple of boats trying to work the school.
I had no idea what I was doing on a big school like that- the other boats had done it before and I tried to take cues from them.
Everyone was catching fish. I'll do better next time guys.
By the way, this is what defeat looks like..
