St Marks 8/23
Posted: August 23rd, 2005, 5:11 pm
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 
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.
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.
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.
Picked up a nice fightin' little bluefish on the chugbug at a cut between the bars.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Picked up a nice fightin' little bluefish on the chugbug at a cut between the bars.
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.
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