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St. Marks Area 4/9

Posted: April 10th, 2005, 11:30 am
by BBridgeJohn
Tried our luck around Peter's Rock Area in the early AM with little result. We caught only one small Spanish off of a thunderspin and one nice Speck off of CT and Tipped Jig however there were a few misses. After a little tide line moved through around 9:45-10, the fishing slowed to a halt. We tried trolling with some home-made rigs but could'nt make it work. We ran over to the Oyster Bars around Shell Point/ Oyster Bay around 11 to meet a friend who had caught a nice Red early but after an hour or so with no luck, we decided to try it again around Stony Bayou. So, we ran back across the bay and set up in 5-7 ft of water drifting with the SW wind. Around 3:00 the fish started to bite and we just repeated our drift through the target depth of water. Our luck came mostly from closer to the bottom using straight jigs bumped off the grass or CT's and live shrimp with longer leaders. We could'nt make ourselves quit and didn't trailer the boat till 7:30pm :smt004 Here is our results.

Speck's (keepers) - 9
Speck's (short) - ~40
Spanish - 3
Bluefish - 1
Misses/cutoffs - a ga-zillion
Pinfish/Needlefish - too many

First Timer Randy with two keeper specks
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Paul with the lone bluefish
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Me with a nice Spanish
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For the first time I saw a couple more Scout boats on the water like mine. One looked exactly like mine down to the trolling motor and polling platform. If any of you are reading this....you have great taste and look good on the water! :D

Posted: April 10th, 2005, 11:42 am
by mjsigns
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WTG BBJ

Posted: April 10th, 2005, 12:24 pm
by Chalk
WTG.... :thumbup: :thumbup:

Posted: April 10th, 2005, 12:32 pm
by wevans
Nice lookin catch :thumbup: Seems I saw ya'll on the water :smt017 did ya'll notice a G3 with SOPCHOPPY REDNECK on the side :-D Catchin was a chore yesterday, but a chore I love ta do :thumbup: :thumbup: :beer:

Posted: April 10th, 2005, 9:09 pm
by BBridgeJohn
Wevans - was that you on the oyster bar off shell point? You must have seen me break my trolling motor bracket - I was fighting with it and the current when I drifted too close!:smt120

Posted: April 11th, 2005, 7:06 am
by dstockwell
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