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Hit the fort late on account of Captal Circle construction(nice goin' guys at rush hour). In at 8:20.

Fished just south of the lighthouse til about 10:15. Got large ladyfish and what I think were blue runners, very large. All caught on live shrimp under a CT.

Headed East, got into a spot 3.4' -4.1' deep. Had a sabiki out with FB's, Shrimp under a CT, and the wind had died so I threw top water cuz a chartruese/ E. Chicken/candy corn/whitenred grub was not working.

At 11:10 it lit up. 27 trout in the next 50 minutes. 7 or 8 more got away at the boat. They were knocking the snot out of a mirrolure, knocking it out of the water. All trout were 17.5"-18". Loved every minute of it. Top water ROCKS! Only got one hit on the live shrimp under the CT and it spooled me clean in about 12 seconds - snap! Would like to know what that was - it never stopped.

Water temp was around 74. Winds were out of the N to begin with then calm then shifted to out of the S. Water very clear to 6' east of the lighthouse.Not too many folks out there. Beautiful day.

tally-
27 trout, kept 2
5 ladyfish
4 blue runners?
One heck of a spool!!!

Great report DB!! I'll bet the next time you ask for company you'll be covered up with folks want'n ta ride with ya

Good Job DB...

Glad to hear someone finally got a topwater bite. Good deal!

Did you run into ALMAR and Carl out there? Sounds like you had a blast on the topwater. That's exciting fishing when they splode up on the topwater plugs.
od

OD, I may have been pretty close to them. I trolled quietly close to another Key West, thought it might have been Tin Can. Three folks in the boat. I never like gettin' to close to people out there. Would like to meet ALMAR sometime.

We saw you trolling by us , about 100 yrds, further out, Carl and I were in the 16' McKee , Orange top, tan sides, we caught our fish in the area you were trolling, ended up with 26 trout, 2 blues, 2 spanish, threw all back except 4 for supper. We caught our fish on the Yozuri, Bomber, DOA, Salt Water Assasin, and curly tail jigs. We also had a time with a bunch of skip jacks out over the bar at about low tide around 10:00. Was a perfect day weather wise.
Pa & Carl

Man! throw in a couple of puppy reds and that could have been my report. We caught'em on every thing but topwater(I never tried one ). It was a beautiful day and sounds like the fish were biting everywhere .
Fish Masterson

Well ALMAR, I recall seeing you. Next time I will troll slowly and quietly your way and introduce myself. (never like to get too close to folks out there)

DB, you can't miss Pa (ALMAR) when he's out there. He's the one yelling ."COME ON TROUT, BITE MY PLUG".

Pa and Carl are great folks. I hope you do get the chance to meet them

Good job DB. Sounds like you could have ran into a Cobia, they will eat scrimps.

When I saw you I thought you were TinCan, your boat looked similar to his but I could not tell if it was Key West or not. I was busy with a blame lady fish that was about 4# when you went by.
Pa

I usually wear a green pea pickin hat when I am out there. Maybe I could borrow a wig from chalk and fly it like a dive flag. You gentlemen give me a shout when you are out there sometime.