St. Marks Inshore 12-15-13

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Jhults11
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St. Marks Inshore 12-15-13

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A buddy and I decided to brave the weather Sunday morning and see what was biting. Herb and I put in at the fort at 730 and were the first in the parking lot :thumbup: It was drizzling lightly and it was overcast, must've scared everyone else off. Only saw 6 other boats all day. Made a little run to a favorite spot of mine and proceeded to wear their a$$es out :-D ! After we set anchor, herb set up on an upper slot red on his first cast. I followed with a big (for st marks) black drum about 20". For the next 40 mins it was a bite every cast with live shrimp on a 1/8 jig head. After we finished our redfish limit and had 8 big black drum we decided to go look for trout. We had to leave at noon so we had to be efficient in our search for the old yella mouths. We looked for about 40 mins and found where they were hiding. Put 7 keepers and about 30 shorts in the boat in about 30 minutes...best trout bite iv been on in a while! Could have finished our limit but we were running out of time and didn't want to be too greedy :-D ! All reds/drum were caught on live shrimp and all trout were caught on curly tail grubs bumped slowly on the bottom. Water temp was 65F. Had a blast! Unfortunately I won't be fishing for the next 2 weeks, ill be in Canada with the wifey for Christmas. Merry Christmas to all and get out there...they are practically jumpin in the boat.
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Herb with our big fish on the day...
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Our catch on the day
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Good day...will make for good eats this week!
Last edited by Jhults11 on December 17th, 2013, 10:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Outstanding. Have fun in Canada we'll save you some fish for your next trip.
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Good going! Nice report, Il have to pick up a few shrimp tomorrow. Going to Mashy sands. Thanks for the info!
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A very good detailed report. Thanks and pray a safe, enjoyable trip to Canada.
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Re: St. Marks Inshore 12-15-13

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SS-342 wrote:A very good detailed report. Thanks and pray a safe, enjoyable trip to Canada.
Thanks SS342...it will be cold where we are headed lol. Highs and lows are 30s and 20s. Time to trade out the fleece for a a skii jacket :o
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Re: St. Marks Inshore 12-15-13

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Awesome reds! The bite has been on, hope you and family have a safe holiday trip


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