Steinhatchee 10/25 - Bust
Posted: October 25th, 2014, 9:52 pm
The admiral and I hit the water at the bottom of the tide this morning, lots of trailers in the parking lot. Started out south of the river on a fabulous morning... water was beautiful about 65 degrees with light winds spent an hour or so drifting the flats = 1 lizard fish (but a pretty good size one 
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Last trip south wasn't too good either so headed up north, breeze picking up from the north just a nice chop.
Fished till the top of the high tide right at 4ish, caught two short trout in about 4' of water... fished from 2.5' - 8' just nothing happening. Don't think the water ever got above 68 winds still out of the north and a little more choppy but no big deal. Within about a half mile of the #1 channel marker noticed some birds crashing bait, spun around and tossed the only thing I had handy, a gulp on a light jig, two serious hits but no hookups. I caught a glimpse of one looked like a nice Spanish, bait moved on and so did I.
I fished soft plastic jerk baits, live shrimp, gulp shrimp (jigs only and with a popping cork) and even a spinner bait just for something different. The two short trout came on a live shrimp/cork, lizardfish on a soft plastic. Drug a shrimp on a flat line all day just a few pinfish pecks. Still a good bit of floating grass, not as bad as a couple of weeks ago but a little much for top water. Water was real clear, lots of nice green grass. Never saw a mullet jump or much bait fish action other than as we left in 10' - 15' off the channel marker. Talked to a couple of guys at the ramp they didn't do anything either, never saw anyone near me catch a fish.
Seahag had plenty of shrimp and pinfish in the bait tanks... Maddies non-E gas was $3.52/gallon if I remember correctly... boat ran fine... me and the mrs. enjoyed a PB&J and shared a diet coke sitting on the cooler enjoying the nice weather
I guess that's why it is called fishing... not catching. It can only get better.
)Last trip south wasn't too good either so headed up north, breeze picking up from the north just a nice chop.
Fished till the top of the high tide right at 4ish, caught two short trout in about 4' of water... fished from 2.5' - 8' just nothing happening. Don't think the water ever got above 68 winds still out of the north and a little more choppy but no big deal. Within about a half mile of the #1 channel marker noticed some birds crashing bait, spun around and tossed the only thing I had handy, a gulp on a light jig, two serious hits but no hookups. I caught a glimpse of one looked like a nice Spanish, bait moved on and so did I.
I fished soft plastic jerk baits, live shrimp, gulp shrimp (jigs only and with a popping cork) and even a spinner bait just for something different. The two short trout came on a live shrimp/cork, lizardfish on a soft plastic. Drug a shrimp on a flat line all day just a few pinfish pecks. Still a good bit of floating grass, not as bad as a couple of weeks ago but a little much for top water. Water was real clear, lots of nice green grass. Never saw a mullet jump or much bait fish action other than as we left in 10' - 15' off the channel marker. Talked to a couple of guys at the ramp they didn't do anything either, never saw anyone near me catch a fish.
Seahag had plenty of shrimp and pinfish in the bait tanks... Maddies non-E gas was $3.52/gallon if I remember correctly... boat ran fine... me and the mrs. enjoyed a PB&J and shared a diet coke sitting on the cooler enjoying the nice weather
I guess that's why it is called fishing... not catching. It can only get better.