St. Marks 2008.04.30
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 11:57 pm
Ok so I been lazy...think this is my 8th fishing trip since my last report, so here goes...
Me and mojo headed out from the lighthouse after school again today. Got in the water about 6:15pm. Decided to try and hit up a creek and hunt reds since it was shortly after low tide when we got there. Drove WOT to a creek mouth, got a little stuck in the sand bar at the mouth for a bit, finally got in the creek around 7:30-ish. Only had about an hour in the creek before we had to head back. Mojo hooked up with a monster red on a softbait outside the mouth while I was trying to trolling-motor us off a sand bar, but lost it after a respectable fight. Had catfish, flounder, pink dookies, and reds all hittin 100 feet up the creek. I left my redfish magics and SWAs in the truck, so only softies I had was some gulp jerky. I caught a big fat nothin and one short trout. Just about to turn and burn and head for home, wanted to throw up a tributary just out of casting distance from me with the Gulp, so I swapped poles and chucked a super spook as far as I possibly could up the nook and or cranny. cast number 1 resulted in a fight that lasted almost 5 minutes. Thought it was a gator trout from a distance. Turned out to be this guy, and after making several runs under the boat (couldn't dig him out with the light rod I was using) and playing a back and forth game of tug-of-war with my drag, finally got em in the boat. Got back to the lighthouse in pitch darkness (thank you Garmin) and met up with a very well hidden FWC officer who checked the fish, licenses and some safety equipment and wished us a good evening. No harrassing of any sort, and courteous
Didn't bother with the sonar, didn't check the temp. It was warm. Water was about 9-12 inches where mojo hooked up, and somewhere between 6 and 9 where I got my red. fished about 7:30 to 8:30pm, which was about ~ 2 hours or so in to the rising tide where we fished.
Me and mojo headed out from the lighthouse after school again today. Got in the water about 6:15pm. Decided to try and hit up a creek and hunt reds since it was shortly after low tide when we got there. Drove WOT to a creek mouth, got a little stuck in the sand bar at the mouth for a bit, finally got in the creek around 7:30-ish. Only had about an hour in the creek before we had to head back. Mojo hooked up with a monster red on a softbait outside the mouth while I was trying to trolling-motor us off a sand bar, but lost it after a respectable fight. Had catfish, flounder, pink dookies, and reds all hittin 100 feet up the creek. I left my redfish magics and SWAs in the truck, so only softies I had was some gulp jerky. I caught a big fat nothin and one short trout. Just about to turn and burn and head for home, wanted to throw up a tributary just out of casting distance from me with the Gulp, so I swapped poles and chucked a super spook as far as I possibly could up the nook and or cranny. cast number 1 resulted in a fight that lasted almost 5 minutes. Thought it was a gator trout from a distance. Turned out to be this guy, and after making several runs under the boat (couldn't dig him out with the light rod I was using) and playing a back and forth game of tug-of-war with my drag, finally got em in the boat. Got back to the lighthouse in pitch darkness (thank you Garmin) and met up with a very well hidden FWC officer who checked the fish, licenses and some safety equipment and wished us a good evening. No harrassing of any sort, and courteous
Didn't bother with the sonar, didn't check the temp. It was warm. Water was about 9-12 inches where mojo hooked up, and somewhere between 6 and 9 where I got my red. fished about 7:30 to 8:30pm, which was about ~ 2 hours or so in to the rising tide where we fished.
