18 miles Off Ochlocknee Bay (Is that the name of a Song?)
Posted: April 7th, 2003, 7:49 pm
With NOAA weather you have three possible outcomes (in no particular order or probability):
1. They're wrong and you end up starring on another episode of "Amazing Rescues at Sea"
2. They are right
3. They're wrong and it's a beautiful day on the water with very little competition for good fishing spots.
Yesterday was Door Number 3! One-half foot seas, 5 kph wind and six boats sighted on the water all day. The tide was moving quickly and the fog was only dense near shore.
Roland and I trolled aroung Number 24 for several hours with only one short to show for it. Bottom fishing was also a Zero, even over great structure. I did get a wonderful dentation pattern of some creature that can cleanly bite right through Saltwater Fishbites. Heck, I have a hard time cutting the stuff with a filet knife
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We then moved to some numbers about 6 miles SE of 24. Water clarity was OK (about 3.5 out of 5), water temperature was a steady 68 degrees, and water depth was 37 to 45 feet. Got an immediate, thunderous hit on a Stretch 35. Turned out to be a foul-hooked short. Darn.
Continued to troll and at 1700 the bite started. We caught a total of 9 gags and kept 4. The largest was 31 inches. The only colors working were white with a red head and fluorescent holographic green. Nothing else worked.
I also witnessed a grouped hitting my lure on the surface. Talk about spectacular! It surprised me so much that I almost dropped my rod. He, however, went into the box.
At 1900 the bite stopped like a switch was turned off. Limped on home with my port engine acting like it had a hangover. Altogether a satisfactory way to start grouper season.
Sorry, no pictures yet. My camera uses film and I have a few shots left before it gets developed.
1. They're wrong and you end up starring on another episode of "Amazing Rescues at Sea"
2. They are right
3. They're wrong and it's a beautiful day on the water with very little competition for good fishing spots.
Yesterday was Door Number 3! One-half foot seas, 5 kph wind and six boats sighted on the water all day. The tide was moving quickly and the fog was only dense near shore.
Roland and I trolled aroung Number 24 for several hours with only one short to show for it. Bottom fishing was also a Zero, even over great structure. I did get a wonderful dentation pattern of some creature that can cleanly bite right through Saltwater Fishbites. Heck, I have a hard time cutting the stuff with a filet knife
.We then moved to some numbers about 6 miles SE of 24. Water clarity was OK (about 3.5 out of 5), water temperature was a steady 68 degrees, and water depth was 37 to 45 feet. Got an immediate, thunderous hit on a Stretch 35. Turned out to be a foul-hooked short. Darn.
Continued to troll and at 1700 the bite started. We caught a total of 9 gags and kept 4. The largest was 31 inches. The only colors working were white with a red head and fluorescent holographic green. Nothing else worked.
I also witnessed a grouped hitting my lure on the surface. Talk about spectacular! It surprised me so much that I almost dropped my rod. He, however, went into the box.
At 1900 the bite stopped like a switch was turned off. Limped on home with my port engine acting like it had a hangover. Altogether a satisfactory way to start grouper season.
Sorry, no pictures yet. My camera uses film and I have a few shots left before it gets developed.