Econfina 12-8
Posted: December 9th, 2007, 4:47 pm
Launched about 11:00 at Econfina. Water was still very low but eventually got out of the river and headed to some rocky areas in 20' to see if I could find some grouper and check my crab traps. Got a dozen claws with a couple of sure 'nuff jumbos in the mix. No grouper (twice in a row I've struck out on them) but got 10 very nice sized sea bass trolling. The grass was annoying but not nearly as bad as last week.
Went into a creek about an hour after the high tide and fished all the way past the treeline. Had pretty good action. Caught 8 redfish, most between 20" - 23". They were scattered the entire length of the creek. Kept a 22" fish. Also got a couple of trout, 18" and 22". Both got gut hooked or I would have let them go. I'm getting soft in my old age and actually starting to practice catch-and-release once I've got a good mess to eat. My mother in law will be getting some trout filets. All the creek fish caught on gulps.
The only down side to a really fun day was hitting something hard trying to get out of the creek
Skeg got bent. Hope I'll have money left over to buy the kids christmas presents. The tide seemed a lot lower than 2.0 (what my GPS said it was supposed to be). Not sure why since the little bit of wind there was came out of the east-southeast.
Went into a creek about an hour after the high tide and fished all the way past the treeline. Had pretty good action. Caught 8 redfish, most between 20" - 23". They were scattered the entire length of the creek. Kept a 22" fish. Also got a couple of trout, 18" and 22". Both got gut hooked or I would have let them go. I'm getting soft in my old age and actually starting to practice catch-and-release once I've got a good mess to eat. My mother in law will be getting some trout filets. All the creek fish caught on gulps.
The only down side to a really fun day was hitting something hard trying to get out of the creek
Skeg got bent. Hope I'll have money left over to buy the kids christmas presents. The tide seemed a lot lower than 2.0 (what my GPS said it was supposed to be). Not sure why since the little bit of wind there was came out of the east-southeast.
