Lannark 10/29/05
Posted: October 30th, 2005, 4:05 pm
Mako showed up at my place at 0500, 30 minutes early so we got a great head start. We launched the boat from the Lanark ramp before sunrise Saturday. The tide was sooo low it was scary. Pre-dawn Water temp was 62.5, wind was 5 knots out of the north, pre-dawn it was cloudless starry with a small crescent of moon still showing. It was a long cold finger numbing run down to Turkey point marine lab.
First sight of the sun….
Tried first spot. No bites nibbles or takers. Wearing jackets, gloves and full face stocking caps we looked like a pair of sea bandits, but the extra layers kept us warm. What happened to that nice warm transition into winter?
Ben- silhouette of a fishing bandit….
Started getting the feeling there were no fish even though I could see them on the finder, they had lock jaw, even to a live shrimp. Moved south out off the western shoals and got a few nibbles. Tide was still so low that most of the high spots on the shoals were exposed. Where we were fishing, the water visibility was 4’. Gave up and ran around to the eastern shoals toward St Teresa beach area and hit some spots I had marked two weeks ago, ( http://www.bigbendfishing.net/phpbb/vie ... php?t=8153 ). Water temp 64.5 and was rising as the sun was rising 10:am. Started getting hits on electric chicken jig tipped with shrimp. WHAM keeper bluefish. AS I was bringing him to the boat he had two other buddies trying to steal the jig from his mouth. I thought I was going to get a cut-off right before my eyes. It was fascinating to watch. 22â€
First sight of the sun….
Tried first spot. No bites nibbles or takers. Wearing jackets, gloves and full face stocking caps we looked like a pair of sea bandits, but the extra layers kept us warm. What happened to that nice warm transition into winter?
Ben- silhouette of a fishing bandit….
Started getting the feeling there were no fish even though I could see them on the finder, they had lock jaw, even to a live shrimp. Moved south out off the western shoals and got a few nibbles. Tide was still so low that most of the high spots on the shoals were exposed. Where we were fishing, the water visibility was 4’. Gave up and ran around to the eastern shoals toward St Teresa beach area and hit some spots I had marked two weeks ago, ( http://www.bigbendfishing.net/phpbb/vie ... php?t=8153 ). Water temp 64.5 and was rising as the sun was rising 10:am. Started getting hits on electric chicken jig tipped with shrimp. WHAM keeper bluefish. AS I was bringing him to the boat he had two other buddies trying to steal the jig from his mouth. I thought I was going to get a cut-off right before my eyes. It was fascinating to watch. 22â€
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Actually, I fished yesterday and saw fish on five different flats. There is LOTS of great water between Alligator Point and St. George Island. BTW the fish were extremely tough yesterday morning; probably because of the temperature drop. They started to eat a lot better once the sun got up and heated the water in the afternoon. Might be why you had a tough time convincing them to eat. Also, I'd put away the chug bug and through a spoon or jerk worm/doa to the fish if they are real skinny. I've never done real well sightcasting with topwater. 