St Marks 6/17
Posted: June 17th, 2005, 5:51 pm
Put in around 8:00 at the LH. High tide supposed to be at 10:45am...lots of water everywhere. Had a buddy with me who hadn't fished since he was in grade school and I was hopin' to get him hooked on some good fishin. 
Ran up the East River for a bit. Nothin'. Ran west towards Kitchen cove area and out in some spots that looked grassy. Hard to tell what the bottom looked like over there. Water wasn't very clear, from what I've seen so far. Hooked onto what looked like a +25" trout that threw the hook at the boat. Not much luck over there though. Fished several spots out from Sprague. Not much luck. Decided to try West of the LH, as I've never been that way before. Fished several places out in front of the LH and finally found some really good looking water to the west. Water there was much clearer and about 4' deep with lots of grass. I snagged a good number of shorts in there and my buddy was able to get a couple. Wind and chop picked up for a fun ride back in around 3:00.
Total for the day:
2 catfish
2 ladyfish
0 keeper trout
9 shorts
1 small shark
1 ambitious pinfish that hit a pink suspending lure
It seemed like we couldn't hit the right lure combination today. The CT worked *alright* but the bite never seemed to be 'on'. Tried all the colors I had and just about every lure combination.
Fun day on the water though and managed not to hit anything with the prop this time around.
Ran up the East River for a bit. Nothin'. Ran west towards Kitchen cove area and out in some spots that looked grassy. Hard to tell what the bottom looked like over there. Water wasn't very clear, from what I've seen so far. Hooked onto what looked like a +25" trout that threw the hook at the boat. Not much luck over there though. Fished several spots out from Sprague. Not much luck. Decided to try West of the LH, as I've never been that way before. Fished several places out in front of the LH and finally found some really good looking water to the west. Water there was much clearer and about 4' deep with lots of grass. I snagged a good number of shorts in there and my buddy was able to get a couple. Wind and chop picked up for a fun ride back in around 3:00.Total for the day:
2 catfish
2 ladyfish
0 keeper trout
9 shorts
1 small shark
1 ambitious pinfish that hit a pink suspending lure
It seemed like we couldn't hit the right lure combination today. The CT worked *alright* but the bite never seemed to be 'on'. Tried all the colors I had and just about every lure combination.
Fun day on the water though and managed not to hit anything with the prop this time around.
