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After being away from fishing due to wrist surgery since June, I was itching to get to the coast. Put the boat in the water about 1 PM Saturday with my girlfriend and a fishing buddy along for the ride. Not much water in the mouth of the river but we made it out. Headed west toward Aucilla. Stopped in about 4-1/2' of water and started drifting toward Aucilla. After 2-1/2 hours drifting we had a limit of trout and a 22" Blue that tried to eat a nice trout that I was bringing to the boat. I never hooked the Blue but he held on long enough that Tiffany was able to net the trout along with the Blue. We then headed in to a creek and caught a 22" Red. It was a great return to the flats. Most of the trout were caught on CT w/ jig & grib. Seemed to get better sized trout as we drifted closer in..

LOOKS LIKE YA DID GOOD THERE WELBY, NICE MESS OF FISH. PA (AKA) ALMAR

That's a nice mess of fish.

WTG!

That's a mess of fish and that will fill a small freezer really quick....
I noticed the bluefish seem to be getting very aggressive this time of year.

What color(s) & jigs were you using?

Good report

That's a great return to the flats!!

candy corn eel and pearl with chartruse tail sea shad. I hope my next trip (soon) will just be close to this one.

here's a picture of the red...

very nice

Great report and thanks for the photos.

Good job Welby.... sure hope ya didn't over work that wrist

the wrist never hurt so good !!!!!!