If you're looking for trout/clear water

[procraftwes]

Tip to the forum.

When the water isn't clear or the fish aren't on the flats try hitting the Ochlocknee shoal.

I took this yesterday.

[Salty Gator]

Shhhh

[GaryDroze]

For reasons I can't even pretend to explain, the St Marks refuge tidal creeks recently shazzamed from super muddy to crystal clear in two days. I wasted three precious hours of life down there on Tuesday catching nothing in coffee-colored currents, then went back Thursday to the very same creek and enjoyed a redfish/trout/sheepie explosion in aquarium water. Mother Nature constantly amazes!

[rockyg]

Shhhhhh........hhhhhhh....hhhhhhhhh !!!!!

[Salty Gator]

For reasons I can't even pretend to explain, the St Marks refuge tidal creeks recently shazzamed from super muddy to crystal clear in two days. I wasted three precious hours of life down there on Tuesday catching nothing in coffee-colored currents, then went back Thursday to the very same creek and enjoyed a redfish/trout/sheepie explosion in aquarium water. Mother Nature constantly amazes!

Interesting, looked like tea today

[Apalachee Inshore]

For reasons I can't even pretend to explain, the St Marks refuge tidal creeks recently shazzamed from super muddy to crystal clear in two days. I wasted three precious hours of life down there on Tuesday catching nothing in coffee-colored currents, then went back Thursday to the very same creek and enjoyed a redfish/trout/sheepie explosion in aquarium water. Mother Nature constantly amazes!

Interesting, looked like tea today

Ya I was there this morning as well definitely stained. Gary I'm going to need some coordinates on where you were so I can verify water quality.

[silverking]

Ya I was there this morning as well definitely stained. Gary I'm going to need some coordinates on where you were so I can verify water quality.

He was two clicks southeast from a fat water moccasin and a rod length from Bubba, his pet 10-foot bull gator.

Water was even slightly stained in Big Lagoon State Park at Perdido Key, but that didn't stop a 4-pound trout from inhaling my Bagley finger mullet topwater lure this morning. Unfortunately forgot my STAR measuring tape but I wanted to get her back in the water quickly anyway. Great start to the day!

[Apalachee Inshore]

Ya I was there this morning as well definitely stained. Gary I'm going to need some coordinates on where you were so I can verify water quality.

He was two clicks southeast from a fat water moccasin and a rod length from Bubba, his pet 10-foot bull gator.

Water was even slightly stained in Big Lagoon State Park at Perdido Key, but that didn't stop a 4-pound trout from inhaling my Bagley finger mullet topwater lure this morning. Unfortunately forgot my STAR measuring tape but I wanted to get her back in the water quickly anyway. Great start to the day!

Worth a try right. And that's a nice trout, would have been proud of one half that size today. As for the STAR measurements I always, always forget to enter my catch.

[GaryDroze]

I was out again Saturday at the Refuge, jonesing for a STAR tagged red. Not as clear as Thursday, but still not bad. Reds/trout lively on the incoming. For the tidal creeks I mostly fish (all east of the lighthouse), the ones that have little or no connection to the levees are always the least muddy/stained after rains. Those levee spillways dump rain overflow into the smaller creeks.

Another lesson learned: if the creeks are crawling with spotted gar, I might as well put away the rod & go home. Gar seem to sprout like mushrooms after a hard rain down there.

[procraftwes]

I was out there in my big trawler on Saturday swimming around for scallops. Didn't move around or wander far from the boat but didn't see much.

Saw a guy get a nice bull red from my flybridge under the Ochlocknee bay bridge. Looked to be in a very large G3 or similar boat with modern power. Hell of a show.

The shoals were crystal clear.

[rockyg]

From what I saw yesterday morning the aquarium needs to be cleaned.

[Apalachee Inshore]

Gary I found you aquarium creek but didn't get into any redfish/trout/sheepie explosion. A couple of trout on topwater and an over slot redfish I did a hands free release on about 15 feet from the boat. This was before the monsoon set in.

[GaryDroze]

I'm trying again today. Will see if it's clear or not so much!

[GaryDroze]

St Marks Refuge creeks verdict (7/18/2017): not so much!

[reelbad]

St Marks Refuge creeks verdict (7/18/2017): not so much!

Was over @ Mashes Sands yesterday and with the heavy rain storms we are having every day it will be a while before it clears up. By the way, no red with a tag.