St Marks River 11/3/13
Posted: November 4th, 2013, 11:38 am
We arrived at about 1:30pm after having lunch. The high tide was 2:47 and appeared to be mildly delayed by the wind. The water was turbid from the previous days rains, and I had a feeling the tidal run would not be huge today because of this. I couldnt find the keys to the big boat so we fished off the back with 8 rods spread off the stern. My slip is near the bend in the St Marks, just past Shields. We didnt catch much on the rise, as our baits were getting cleaned off without us knowing. I suspected we had a herd of sheepshead nearby responsible, so I switched over from montitoring visually, to lift checking every 30 seconds. Sure enough, on one of my lifts, i felt resistence, and I immediately set it. We were only able to nab a few from the school before a miss caused them to move on. Our best was a baby 18" sheepshead. We caught severaly mangrove snappers, most were short though. All in all the tidal run was not as good as it was last week when the water was more clear. Last week we were catching reds as well when the water was clearer. We fished everything on the bottom because of current, forgoing sea trout in an effort to have an easier fishing experience. We peppered several spots on the ledge, and had several baits on the bottom of the channel. We caught everything on freelined frozen shrimp with a split shot and slider weight. Another good day on the big boat.
