another Econfina post

Post by **trout fisher** » October 14th, 2002, 10:25 am

Started out fishing beyond rack #2 in 11 ft. of water. First cast, trout in the boat! Candy corn gotcha curltail tipped with a piece of pinfish. We used that and the white with pink tail. Lectric chicken yielded little. I think I caught a short trout with it. Too grassy for plugs. Wound up with eight trout, a good mess of rock bass, and a blown up outboard.

Fishin' buddy Michael took us shallow to try for a red and the alarm did not sound. He sucked it full of mud and vapor locked it. We were stranded for a few hours and finally got the store at Econfina by cell phone. Seatrout, I should have taken you up on that offer of the handheld vhf! My daddy, already cooking supper, had to come pull us in. But hey, it was a great day on the water.

Here's our view for the last 1 1/2 hrs. of the day.

Post by **trout fisher** » October 14th, 2002, 10:28 am

Michael with two trophy trout.

The catch

Beautiful econfina sunset

Post by **seatrout99** » October 14th, 2002, 10:35 am

Glad to hear ya'll made it back ok. At least you caught plenty of fish. Where did ya'll get stranded??

ST99

Post by **seatrout99** » October 14th, 2002, 10:39 am

TF,

Guess what I'm having for lunch? Leftover Econfina broiled Seatrout and Rock Bass from last night.

My freezer is now officially empty of fish. Gotta catch something soon.

ST99

Post by **trout fisher** » October 14th, 2002, 10:44 am

Do you recognize the island in the background??? We were in the shallows fishing those bars behind it.

Post by **seatrout99** » October 14th, 2002, 10:52 am

Damn, that's a long, slow ride. Glad I didn't go.