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From the flats to St. Marks reef (almost)
Posted: May 18th, 2015, 1:54 pm
by randymullaly
Wife and I ran out this morning at first light with plans of fishing the St. Marks reef. Made a quick stop in front of the lighthouse to catch some pin fish and picked up a keeper trout on live shrimp and a good size lady fish (good for cut bait if nothing else). Ran out to the reef (almost). Dive boat sitting right on my numbers and I don't like getting too close when theres a flag up. Anchored a ways off and started free lining pin fish and fishing cut bait on the bottom. My wife caught a shark (not sure what variety but had spots on it) that went about 4'. Wore her out on medium/light tackle. Caught some nice AJ's and Spanish. Im thinking till I start seeing some more favorable reports, thats gonna be my plan going forward!
Re: From the flats to St. Marks reef (almost)
Posted: May 18th, 2015, 4:51 pm
by Bluewave
How far out is the reef at St. Marks don't think I have been there?
Re: From the flats to St. Marks reef (almost)
Posted: May 18th, 2015, 5:36 pm
by Salty Gator
randymullaly wrote:Wife and I ran out this morning at first light with plans of fishing the St. Marks reef. Made a quick stop in front of the lighthouse to catch some pin fish and picked up a keeper trout on live shrimp and a good size lady fish (good for cut bait if nothing else). Ran out to the reef (almost). Dive boat sitting right on my numbers and I don't like getting too close when theres a flag up. Anchored a ways off and started free lining pin fish and fishing cut bait on the bottom. My wife caught a shark (not sure what variety but had spots on it) that went about 4'. Wore her out on medium/light tackle. Caught some nice AJ's and Spanish. Im thinking till I start seeing some more favorable reports, thats gonna be my plan going forward!
Wow, I can't believe st marks reef was holding AJ's, I figured it would be way too shallow for them now. Learn something new every day. Congrats, thanks for posting.
Re: From the flats to St. Marks reef (almost)
Posted: May 18th, 2015, 9:33 pm
by FishWithChris
Sure it was AJ'S and not big blue fish? Lol jk!
Nice work.
Re: From the flats to St. Marks reef (almost)
Posted: May 19th, 2015, 5:22 am
by randymullaly
Bluewave, It's not but a few miles past the last channel marker. It's on the Top Spot map for the area. Artificial reef. Concrete culverts and tires I think.
Re: From the flats to St. Marks reef (almost)
Posted: May 19th, 2015, 8:43 am
by redcodefsu
I caught a fishing rod the last time I was out at the reef...
Re: From the flats to St. Marks reef (almost)
Posted: May 19th, 2015, 11:15 am
by Bluewave
Thanks I will try to check it out next time we are down!
