St Marks 8/23

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St Marks 8/23

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The folks at work don't like me gettin' overtime - and with travel last week and a trip to St. Augustine later this week...I HAD :-D to take the day off.

Put in at the LH at 7:30ish. Headed East to my usual grass. Calm seas, little to no wind and a falling tide. Water is getting clearer every time I head down there. Saw more scallops down there than I have so far this year. Took turns tryin' the CT with a DOA shrimp and a ChugBug topwater. I'd never really tried a topwater in salt, but figured I'd give it a try today. Right off the bat caught several short trout on the CT. Picked up a nice little ladyfish on the CT that gave quite a fight. Until it jumped, I didn't know what was on there...dang thing was strippin' line like it ment business.

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Switched over to the Chugbug and played around with it for a bit. Ended up with three trout hittin' it - including a decent 16"er. Seems like the little ones aren't too into the plugs - but it gets the attention of the bigger fish.

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Low tide hit at 11:30 or so and moved over to mess around the bars at the mouth of the St Marks. Nothin' on my redfish lure. Ended up with a neat little fish on the CT - I couldn't figure out if it was a Remora or a baby Cobia. I looked and couldn't find the usual Remora suction cups on the top of it's head. :smt017

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Picked up a nice fightin' little bluefish on the chugbug at a cut between the bars.

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By that time it was 1:30ish and the storm clouds were startin' to head in. Nice day on the water - even with the heat, it beats sittin' at the desk. At the ramp, ran into EddieJoe and the Extreme Flats boat. Man...that's a fine boat he's built. :thumbup:
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Post by dbplug »

Thanks Dave7, nice pictures. Way to get after them. Nothing better than middle of the week fishing.
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Post by rocket »

Nice post, I'm glad someone got to go after them. Aint nothing like getting to fish on a weekday! :-D
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Post by birddog »

Good deal, Dave. Like those photos. That looks like a shark sucker (remora) to me
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Post by T Smith »

Thanks Dave it was good to meet you. You did better than we did at least you brought something home. I'll try to post our trip soon.
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Post by catchin1 »

WTG Dave7 :thumbup: Forget that idea of small trout not being intrested in your plug, ALL trout love a big noisy bait, they'll jump on 1 the same size as them. Stick with it, topwater is a hoot :thumbup: .

BTW I hate you for fishing on a Tuesday ;-) .
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Post by Aucilla »

Nice report. Nice to think about bein' out there on a quiet, mid-week morning........ Pix are good!
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Post by Sir reel »

Outstanding report and very nice pictures! Glad to hear about the water clear'n up. Sounds like you did very well with your time management at work :D :thumbup:

Small fish in question gets a "baby Cobia" for my vote.
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Post by noleflyfisher »

Sir reel wrote:

Small fish in question gets a "baby Cobia" for my vote.
My vote as well. The colors are very prominent in juvenile fish. Here's a little guy my daughter landed a few months back:

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Post by 2true »

Nice pics. Wow that is a baby Cobia!

Good report! :smt006
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Post by GC »

Very Nice pics!! :thumbup:
and.....Cobia.
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Post by Sir reel »

dave7.... I know that much of what makes a great picture is the attention to light, framing, and composition by the photographer but am curious as to what kind of camera you use. Keep up the good work. :D
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Post by Sea Gurl »

Dave7

GREAT pics....I'm :-D with envy!

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PS - cobia also
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Post by Jumptrout51 »

I prefer the Italian pronouciation "COBIO". like corn cob. Regardless of how you pronounce it its' still a cobia,cobio,ling,lemonfish etc.,etc.
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Post by Sir reel »

I prefer the Italian pronouciation "COBIO". like corn cob. Regardless of how you pronounce it its' still a cobia,cobio,ling,lemonfish etc.,etc.
The ole silver tongued journalist strikes again..... :smt005
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