Another Epic day at St Marks
Posted: December 4th, 2016, 10:52 am
Put in at the fort around 10 and headed down the river. Water temp in the river was 64.5.
Started the morning off near East river in 61.5 degree water. Let the kids mess with rock bass for a couple hours til the tide started coming in.
Tide was coming in so we Attempted to run to the spot we hammered them at last week but the crab traps were still out of the water so we had to turn around. Got back into the channel in front of the lighthouse and immediately caught a couple trout. About my 3rd cast, this guy decided to come on board for photos. Nice 20 minute fight and my biggest red ever at 40".
https://vimeo.com/194232914
Got the fish revived and noticed the tide had come in another foot so we headed back to the honey hole. We were able to get in this time, around 2pm, and the trout were still there. Water temp was 63.5. Started off at 13" but quickly started boating 16" fish. Before we knew it we had to do a quick count of the cooler and found ourselves with 13 trout. We then moved in a little further and boated 4 reds with one being 23.5" and the others 17". My son was able to catch his 1st keeper red. He put him in the livewell though because he wasnt sure if he wanted to keep him. He said it was a great fight and wanted to think about it before he put him in the box.
Moved back out to the trout hole and put 2 more trout in the box for 15. Done at 4pm and headed back to the ramp. Met Kenner at the ramp and they had a interesting day catching largemouth bass, trout, reds, sheephead, rock bass and ladyfish all in the same area.
Started the morning off near East river in 61.5 degree water. Let the kids mess with rock bass for a couple hours til the tide started coming in.
Tide was coming in so we Attempted to run to the spot we hammered them at last week but the crab traps were still out of the water so we had to turn around. Got back into the channel in front of the lighthouse and immediately caught a couple trout. About my 3rd cast, this guy decided to come on board for photos. Nice 20 minute fight and my biggest red ever at 40".
https://vimeo.com/194232914
Got the fish revived and noticed the tide had come in another foot so we headed back to the honey hole. We were able to get in this time, around 2pm, and the trout were still there. Water temp was 63.5. Started off at 13" but quickly started boating 16" fish. Before we knew it we had to do a quick count of the cooler and found ourselves with 13 trout. We then moved in a little further and boated 4 reds with one being 23.5" and the others 17". My son was able to catch his 1st keeper red. He put him in the livewell though because he wasnt sure if he wanted to keep him. He said it was a great fight and wanted to think about it before he put him in the box.
Moved back out to the trout hole and put 2 more trout in the box for 15. Done at 4pm and headed back to the ramp. Met Kenner at the ramp and they had a interesting day catching largemouth bass, trout, reds, sheephead, rock bass and ladyfish all in the same area.
I'm still trying to perfect my boat-flipping skills.