St. Marks/Aucilla 3/9
Posted: March 10th, 2008, 9:45 am
Morning folks. I put in at the light house around 9am yesterday to try for some Grouper. Made it a couple of miles offshore and then decided that two mile of arse whooping was all that I could take. I turned around and headed to some bars at the mouth of the St. Marks. The water was extremely stained. I bounced a jig and pulled one short trout before I decided to head east.
I eased up to Palmetto Island to find numerous tailing reds, all spooky fish. I waited, and waited and waited for the tide to turn and when it did I moved to the mouth of a creek. Caught four reds all about 22" on a Bomber and then the wind died. I scooted out to about 20' of water and trolled for about an hour, nothing. By this point the tide was moving so I decided to head to the flats outside of the Aucilla.
I pulled up to the spot and caught and released a 24", 21" and 18" trout before I decided to call it a day. I did, however, see multiple fish that I would guess went over the 24", 25" mark. Good to finally see some nice fish on the flats. I anticipate seeing many more this weekend given the forecasted higher temps this week. All in all it was a pretty slow day, but it was sure good to get back out there.
I eased up to Palmetto Island to find numerous tailing reds, all spooky fish. I waited, and waited and waited for the tide to turn and when it did I moved to the mouth of a creek. Caught four reds all about 22" on a Bomber and then the wind died. I scooted out to about 20' of water and trolled for about an hour, nothing. By this point the tide was moving so I decided to head to the flats outside of the Aucilla.
I pulled up to the spot and caught and released a 24", 21" and 18" trout before I decided to call it a day. I did, however, see multiple fish that I would guess went over the 24", 25" mark. Good to finally see some nice fish on the flats. I anticipate seeing many more this weekend given the forecasted higher temps this week. All in all it was a pretty slow day, but it was sure good to get back out there.
Can't blame him though, you always have to baby her for the first couple of months. Then you just plan on going through a lower unit once a year, or I do anyway. 