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Made the first trip of the year to St George Island - fished from 9:00AM to 4:30PM. Cloudy all day but no rain except for a few drops crossing the bridge. Tried the gulf first to see if I could find a pompano but no dice - I did get a small whiting. Next went over to the Youth Camp Boat Ramp. Many of the good wading spots are off limits due to bird nesting, so I went over to Rattlesnake cove but with a low tide and dirty water couldn't get anything. Picked up ladyfish at the ramp on a gartside gurgler but the water was off color and silty. Walked north toward Goose Island and found clear water around an oyster bar and sand beach. Picked up a 24" redfish on a gartside gurgler. The hit came while I was walking toward the bar just trailing the fly line behind me - my back was to the fish and I never saw the strike. Next I got a stout 23" trout - this fish fought harder than any trout I've ever caught; it was all shoulders and belly. Soon after, I picked up a 23" redfish on an olive/charteuse barred orange cowen's coyote. A 14" trout on a clouser closed the action at this spot. I picked up a large ladyfish back at Rattlesnake cove, but nothing else. There was some bait in the water, especially lots of rain minnows.

A few pics:

24" redfish


23" trout:


23" redfish


I released everything today

Nice catch! I love SGI.

Thats a really nice fat trout

Nice

Great report! You know you're good when you can hook them behind your back.

Classic

Wow, fat trout. Looks like he's been hitting 5 guys every other day :p

Nambleman wrote:Wow, fat trout. Looks like he's been hitting 5 guys every other day :p

I think Golds Gym - that thing fought so well I thought is was a redfish - then when I saw it was a trout, I thought it had to be well above 25". I couldn't believe it was just 23'