Fishing Blind on 4/20/05
Posted: April 21st, 2005, 7:41 pm
Left the LH at 10:30 a.m. After 4 months of boat inactivity I couldn't find my GPS, my depthfinder would not work and my tolling motor wasn't working either. Decided to go east but not too far since I was extremely paranoid of hitting rocks since the last time out I had $1,100 of lower unit damage courtesy of the Rock Garden.
First cast my friend, fishing a shrimp under an equalizer, hooks up with a 27 inch cobia. What a rush! Can't imagine a keeper size in the flats. He continues to catch undersized trout while I go through an assortment of Salt Water Assassins. Although I caught trout on every color I had other than electric chicken, it was nothing like the action he was getting on shrimp.
After getting tired of catching undersized trout and the shrimp bite slowing down, I went west of the LH at 1:00 p.m. I was was roughly 1/2 mile west of the pole in the water. Immediately, my buddy hooked into spanish mackerel. I having gone through my assortment of SWA again decided to join the fun and fish with shrimp under my Cajun Thunder. I got into the mackerel too. I finally caught a legal trout and more spanish.
Even caught 2 more legal on just a jighead and grub while packing up to leave. Back at the ramp at 3 p.m.
Final Tally:
1 Cobia
1 Sand Trout
1 Sailor's Choice
20 Undersized Trout
3 Keeper Trout - All Female (Interesting)
6 Spanish Mackerel
My best boating trip in the Apalachee Bay on the flats. Being skunked many times and having had limited success but spent plenty of money in the pursuit, boy it was fun. I can't imagine catching 50+ that others have recently posted.
First cast my friend, fishing a shrimp under an equalizer, hooks up with a 27 inch cobia. What a rush! Can't imagine a keeper size in the flats. He continues to catch undersized trout while I go through an assortment of Salt Water Assassins. Although I caught trout on every color I had other than electric chicken, it was nothing like the action he was getting on shrimp.
After getting tired of catching undersized trout and the shrimp bite slowing down, I went west of the LH at 1:00 p.m. I was was roughly 1/2 mile west of the pole in the water. Immediately, my buddy hooked into spanish mackerel. I having gone through my assortment of SWA again decided to join the fun and fish with shrimp under my Cajun Thunder. I got into the mackerel too. I finally caught a legal trout and more spanish.
Even caught 2 more legal on just a jighead and grub while packing up to leave. Back at the ramp at 3 p.m.
Final Tally:
1 Cobia
1 Sand Trout
1 Sailor's Choice
20 Undersized Trout
3 Keeper Trout - All Female (Interesting)
6 Spanish Mackerel
My best boating trip in the Apalachee Bay on the flats. Being skunked many times and having had limited success but spent plenty of money in the pursuit, boy it was fun. I can't imagine catching 50+ that others have recently posted.
