Flats East of St. Marks 11.23.2013
Posted: November 25th, 2013, 7:01 am
Saturday morning started with a light fog at the lighthouse ramp. I was on the water and headed to my first spot by 06:30. The falling tide and 65° water temp looked very promising. I started in 3' of water near the Rock Garden. No luck. I moved in to one of my favorite spots and picked up a short Red on top water. The water was getting shallow pretty fast, so I moved to spot number 3. I need to remember this as a go to Red spot. There were many crabs, but unfortunately no fish that day. I think with all those blue crab, that should attract some reds.
Spot number 4 was 4' of water just west of Grey Mare Rock. I was rewarded with a 14" top water trout. I switched to a Paul Brown Original that produced a 16" trout that went into the box.
The action was pretty slow, so I moved to a rock pile about 3 miles south to pick up some sea bass. I kept 6 from 10" to 14". Included in the catch was a 12" grouper which was released to fight another day.
I started to head in and stopped about 1/2 mile outside of Stoney Bayou and tried a jig/cork ( first time of the day). An 18" trout went into the box.
All in all it was a great day on the water. I put some food in the cooler. The water temps rose from and early 65° to an afternoon high of 69°. The air temp was 65°when I started and finished up at 75°. The westerly winds were almost nonexistent until around noon, when they picked up to around 8 mph. The water was smooth to a slight ripple until 3 o'clock.
I hope it is not another month before I get to do it again.
Spot number 4 was 4' of water just west of Grey Mare Rock. I was rewarded with a 14" top water trout. I switched to a Paul Brown Original that produced a 16" trout that went into the box.
The action was pretty slow, so I moved to a rock pile about 3 miles south to pick up some sea bass. I kept 6 from 10" to 14". Included in the catch was a 12" grouper which was released to fight another day.
I started to head in and stopped about 1/2 mile outside of Stoney Bayou and tried a jig/cork ( first time of the day). An 18" trout went into the box.
All in all it was a great day on the water. I put some food in the cooler. The water temps rose from and early 65° to an afternoon high of 69°. The air temp was 65°when I started and finished up at 75°. The westerly winds were almost nonexistent until around noon, when they picked up to around 8 mph. The water was smooth to a slight ripple until 3 o'clock.
I hope it is not another month before I get to do it again.
