Steinhatchee 4/24-4/26

[brotherinlaw]

We fished only a couple hrs Thursday so I could get back in time to replace the plumbing under the kitchen sink.Went out of the river a couple miles toward Keaton in some mighty black water. Managed 3 trout and a good spanish.

Friday decided to head south in search of clear water. Finally found clearer a couple miles south of Pepperfish and proceeded to fill a 5 man limit of nice trout 16-23 inches. Maybe 4 shorts and only 1 catfish. After we limited we tried to find some reds but came up with only one short that my wife caught. Headed in around 3:00 to cook up a LCB for the guys.

Sat headed south again to the same area. Managed 10 trout 17-22 in and 1 spanish.Headed in at 1:30 when the wind started picking up. The ladies had enough beating in my skiff the past 2 days and wanted a smoother ride in.

All in all a good trip. Headed back in 2 weeks to fish a little and replace the water heater in the kitchen that blew apart Sun morning around 3:30. Quite a rude awakening.

[LowCountryKeyWest]

I'm going to be down there this weekend. I have fished Steinhatchee a dozen times. This is my first time at St Marks. In your opinion is it worth traveling from St Marks to Aucilla/Ecofina?

I have a Key West 1720 with a 90 Johnson. You can PM me if you would like. Glad you did some damage out there!

[Justharv12]

We made the trip from St Marks to Cobb Rocks (almost to Aucilla) on Saturday. Picked up a slot Red at the rocks, water was pretty dirty though, had much better luck back East. Good luck!

[LowCountryKeyWest]

Thanks for the tip, my 1720 is a rough ride on open water, and no fish is worth the risk if I could just stay up there! I'll check back in on how we do. Hopefully it isn't gonna rain as much as it is predicting.