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St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 10:17 am
by Eerman
Short and sweet...saw 200-300 reds. Caught 200-300 less than we saw.
Threw everything in the box. Tried fast...tried not moving at all...tried everything in between. Most of the reds ran for the hills when the lure hit the water. I went home and blamed it on my old, noisy trolling motor...my wife isn't buying it.
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 10:20 am
by Reel Cowboy
Eerman wrote:I went home and blamed it on my old, noisy trolling motor...my wife isn't buying it.
That's why you buy it and say Surprise Honey look what I got for you.
Good seeing you again.
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 3:48 pm
by Eerman
Reel Cowboy wrote:
That's why you buy it and say Surprise Honey look what I got for you.
Good seeing you again.
Valentine's Day is coming up
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 3:53 pm
by Chalk
E - I would get one and tell her you won it
Too bad on the fish...bright nights = late bites
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 5:08 pm
by jsuber
It was tough day for a lot of people.
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 5:24 pm
by tin can
Eerman wrote:Reel Cowboy wrote:
That's why you buy it and say Surprise Honey look what I got for you.
Good seeing you again.
Valentine's Day is coming up
Just don't blame the trolling motor purchase on me.
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 6:41 pm
by k8show
We had the same sort of day. It's hard when you find fish, see fish, but can't catch fish.
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 7:15 pm
by birddog
Next time, E-Man.
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 7:52 pm
by Jumptrout51
Follow us next time.
We can not catch together.
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 8th, 2009, 8:32 pm
by Flint River Pirate
Chalk wrote:E - I would get one and tell her you won it
You wife wouldn't have a hard time believing that Chalk! Mine on the other hand wouldn't buy it, although I might try it one day!
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 9th, 2009, 6:40 am
by Reel Slow
Take yer 8wt E!
Dats a bunch of reds!
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 9th, 2009, 7:48 am
by Reel Cowboy
k8show wrote: It's hard when you find fish, see fish, but can't catch fish.
I'm just glad nothing got thrown outta my boat.
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 9th, 2009, 9:09 am
by caseycook
I feel you on the noisy trolling motor. Mine sounds like an Apache helicopter on speeds 3-5 and yelps like a dog with it's tail stepped on whenever you try to turn it.
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 9th, 2009, 10:24 am
by Bow'd Up
Sounds like my day
Re: St Marks-redfish tourney
Posted: February 9th, 2009, 11:04 am
by Littoral
Hard to figure. I get that the noise may have kept them shut down but I've skinnied up to a school in my kayak and couldn't get them to budge. There are also times when they will only eat a live shrimp. That may be because of the trigger shrimp will pull and they can't stand it. I remember one day when I fished everything else beside people doubling up and I couldn't hook even one. I used 6 species of live baits (live and cut), gulps, flies, spoons... and zip nada nothing. I went back the next day at the same time and slammed them with shrimp. ??