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Me and the lady got to Presnell's about 9:00 Sat. morning. Loaded up with a couple of dozen shrimp and headed for the SE side of Black's Island. Went back to the same spot I had limited out 3 weeks before. Kept telling the lady it is just a matter of time before they turn on or I find them. Neither never happened . So we packed up and went to the head of the bay and set up a west to east drift with the wind. Through everything thing at them but the kitchen sink. I could tell her patience was wearing a little thin. Finally, got into a couple of shorts with a rootbeer grub under a CT. So I set her up with this and I grabbed a chrome/red Yozuri minnow in about 5 ft. of water. What appeared to be about a 4 or 5 ft. Cobia made one quick move and cut it right off. This was by far the slowest day of fishing at POrt St. Joe I have ever experienced. . Total, 2 trout and one jack with about 6 short throwbacks. Word at the landing is that everyone I talked to struggled also.

Thanks for the report, Scott. You gave it the old college try. Felt a little strange the little lady and I not being on the water over the weekend. First we've missed in months.

I have a son in the Abbeville area, by the way. Near Clopton/Blue Springs. Edwin to be exact.

Shoulda hollared at us, Scott. There were several of us from the forum on the bay Saturday. You could have introduced the little lady to several fine gentlemen......and Chalk.

Thanks for the replies. Hopefully one day I will be able to get around the Big Bend area and hook up with one of you seasoned veterans. One question, we got there just after the peak of high tide and fished a falling tide all day. Do you approach a falling tide different than an incoming tide? If so, what do you look for and what techniques are different.