st marks offshore report

wetjet · Post by **wetjet** » July 27th, 2003, 8:12 pm

went offshore with steve s and allstarangler on saturday july 26

he has a secret spot that everyone has the numbers to except me

we took several drifts and picked up some fish

then we anchored at the spot we were catching all of the fish on the drifts and caught some more fish

most of the grouper were short - both blacks and reds

for the day - we had 3 keeper gags and a cooler full of grunt or as steve so tastefully referred to them as "ruby lipped snappers"

thanks again steve for a great day on the water

regards - wetjet

LiveLine · Post by **LiveLine** » July 28th, 2003, 10:19 am

At least you all made it out

Post by **Reel Country** » July 28th, 2003, 2:20 pm

we tried to find a keeper grouper yesterday. All shorts.

Post by **Tom Keels** » July 28th, 2003, 3:24 pm

We did see a cobia though...

Post by **Tom Keels** » July 28th, 2003, 6:51 pm

We went all the way to 75 feet out of St. Marks (40 miles) and only got
shorts. We got to a wreck that showed fish and as we dropped the first
line a pod of dolphins showed up and we didn't get a bite. Later I
caught 1 bonita, had a king take a topwater bait from me, and had a 35
pound cobia with a huge gaff scar hang around the boat for an hour. He
inhaled Reel Country's pinfish when he first got there and he jerked on
the circle hook and pulled it out of his mouth. We tried everything on
the boat to get him to eat but he just kept swimming under the boat.
When we picked up and left he followed the boat like a
damn dolphin. We hit bottom in 75, 65, 50, 42, 35, and 30 and caught
only shorts. It sucked. We had to eat a hamburger at the riverside
cafÃ©.

Post by **Reel Country** » July 29th, 2003, 8:23 am

with a cold beer to wash it down.

Post by **Reel Country** » July 29th, 2003, 8:33 am

Tom Keels wrote: We tried everything on
the boat to get him to eat but he just kept swimming under the boat.

We did try everything. Check out the MacGyver Gaff. This old boy had been around the boat a few times. Gaff scars all over the top of his back.

LiveLine · Post by **LiveLine** » July 29th, 2003, 10:28 am

You all would have been crazy to gaff a green cobia and put him in the boat

Post by **Tom Keels** » July 29th, 2003, 11:10 am

And your point is.......???

Post by **Reel Country** » July 29th, 2003, 12:04 pm

LiveLine wrote:You all would have been crazy to gaff a green cobia and put him in the boat

The magical Cobia dance would began.......

Post by **Cranfield** » July 29th, 2003, 12:54 pm

It could have been that poofy "aquamarine" shirt, that scared the cobia off.

You boys go fishing in colours, I use to wear to Discos.

Is anyone else here old enough to remember Discos ?

dstockwell · Post by **dstockwell** » July 29th, 2003, 1:00 pm

Cranfield wrote:Discos

That must be a furiner thang.

Post by **RedMann** » July 29th, 2003, 2:09 pm

Nice pic. Would you consider that to be your "best side" Tom?

Post by **Tom Keels** » July 29th, 2003, 2:13 pm

Well, my BEST side is certainly not the one with my face on it!

Post by **RedMann** » July 29th, 2003, 2:19 pm

And you definitely won't be seeing my face gracing the cover of any magazine, that's for sure! Now, somebody purty like that Liveline fella is an entirely different story!