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My last trip was the first week of August. Water was terrible out of St Marks all the way to barge 24. Even though the weather was decent, fishing was terrible too. Even my pinfish trap had all dead fish after it was left overnight in the flats. Can anyone provide some words of encouragement, or a guess as to how long it will take to clear and make it worth the trip. FFF

There are still some fish being caught but not that many. The amount of fresh water in the rivers and bay have pushed a lot of fish further out. When the water quality is reduced the fish seem to go into a winter type mode and not eat nor be as active as we would like to see.

This past week some folks were going way offshore to catch hard tails for the Mexico Beach tournament and when they were brought back and placed in holding pens some of them died. This is usually a hardy bait and can handle being caught and kept. So I would believe the water salinity has a lot to do with that.

Just remember the trip out on the pond is the reward and the fish you catch are a bonus.
Just saying.

Just remember the trip out on the pond is the reward and the fish you catch are a bonus.
Just saying.[/quote]

Now that is some real WORDS OF WISDOM! I know you would like to catch some fish and you probably will but....just to be on the water is enough! Plan your trip and go! You'll be glad you did.

SS-342 wrote:Just remember the trip out on the pond is the reward and the fish you catch are a bonus.
Just saying.

Now that is some real WORDS OF WISDOM! I know you would like to catch some fish and you probably will but....just to be on the water is enough! Plan your trip and go! You'll be glad you did.[/quote]

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Fishforfun, the water vis is still terrible. Too much freshwater.
I went out Wednesday and yesterday. Ran out to st marks reef yesterday and pulled in 1 decent Cobia. That was it. The bite seems ti be pretty slow right now.

Scrappy largemouth bass are still hitting in St Marks Refuge tidal creeks that normally hold reds and trout.

That's good news and bad news at the same time.

I fished from the kayak for two hours on Friday afternoon and only had three bites. Water visibility was a little better, but still a foot or less. Also there was some grass which is frustrating. That is the bad news. The good news is I caught a small jack crevalle, an almost 20" trout, and a 25" beautiful trout. It sure beat working.

I am going to hit a few of my redfish spots tomorrow morning. I will let you know how it goes.

Now this would make the best bumper sticker:

"Just remember the trip out on the pond is the reward and the fish you catch are a bonus."

Thanks for the feed back. I can only fish once every 4-6 weeks, so I will probably let it rest a few more weeks. I will keep the words of wisdom in mind....fishinfool....what'd you see? FFF

fishforfun wrote:...fishinfool....what'd you see? FFF

Wanting to know myself. Fishinfool will catch fish when no one else can!

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