ST. MARKS 3-20-03
Posted: March 21st, 2004, 9:20 pm
I have had to take the last few months "OFF" from fishing due to another future "fisherman" being born in late January. This weekend presented a perfect time for me and the 9 year old to head out, so we took full advantage of it. I wanted to go to Econfina, but due to a very low tide a 2 bent props last year, we decided to try St. Marks.
We put in at the Fort around 8:15 and headed on out. We stopped at a favorite spot out on the east flats just past the Armada that was already there. It was really slow the first 1/2 hour but things steadily began to pick up around 9:15 or so. It started with something BIG grabbing hold of my ultra-lite with 6lb. test. About 15 minutes later, my son netted the culprit......a 33" cobia! This was my son's first glimpse of one in person and he thought it was the coolest thing. We kept on drifting and landed about 4-5 more keeper trout releasing about as many shorts. When things slowed down, we moved back over towards the lighthouse and caught a few more keepers. It was such a nice day out on the water that we decided to stay out regardless of the slower afternoon. During the slow time, my son did catch his first flounder. That was cool to him too! All in all it was a nice day except for the one idiot that kept speeding all over the place like he was the only one on the water, or like the "man" does from time to time.
TOTAL FOR THE DAY: 8 TROUT, 1 FLOUNDER AND A NICE COBIA!
We put in at the Fort around 8:15 and headed on out. We stopped at a favorite spot out on the east flats just past the Armada that was already there. It was really slow the first 1/2 hour but things steadily began to pick up around 9:15 or so. It started with something BIG grabbing hold of my ultra-lite with 6lb. test. About 15 minutes later, my son netted the culprit......a 33" cobia! This was my son's first glimpse of one in person and he thought it was the coolest thing. We kept on drifting and landed about 4-5 more keeper trout releasing about as many shorts. When things slowed down, we moved back over towards the lighthouse and caught a few more keepers. It was such a nice day out on the water that we decided to stay out regardless of the slower afternoon. During the slow time, my son did catch his first flounder. That was cool to him too! All in all it was a nice day except for the one idiot that kept speeding all over the place like he was the only one on the water, or like the "man" does from time to time.
TOTAL FOR THE DAY: 8 TROUT, 1 FLOUNDER AND A NICE COBIA!
