St. Marks 4/1 Also
Posted: April 2nd, 2006, 8:53 am
I had to wait for the gate to open at the refuge yesterday morning. I was the first boat in, with no one else waiting to launch. By the time I got my truck parked, there were 6 boats lined up, waiting to launch. I knew there would be a crowd, yesterday.
My plan for yesterday was to fish areas I haven't fished much, and to experiment. I headed east. Made a quick stop at a honey hole and put a 20" red in the boat on my second cast. I immediately released the fish, knowing I would catch a bigger one later. I moved on east and worked some shore line and creek mouths for the remainder of the falling tide. NADA. Moved south during the low tide to look for trout. It didn't take very long to find them. Caught something over 40 trout between 0930 and 1230. Probably 70% were keepers. The fish were very picky about what they wanted yesterday. All I could catch them on was a hard jerk bait, a Catch 2000, topwater, jig on the bottom, and a CT/jig rig.
Lots of BBFN folks out there yesterday. I talked to Saltshaker, Sundown, Sir Reel, and Birddog. All but Sir Reel had fish.
Moved back in around 1230 to find some reds. Soon after, the wind kicked up about 3 notches. Didn't take long to cover a lot of water. I caught either 6 or 7 reds during the afternoon, all on a gold spoon. One of them was exactly 18". Too close for comfort. The rest were smaller. Should have kept that 20" fish I caught early.
Back on the trailer about 1730. My GPS read 34 miles for the day.
My plan for yesterday was to fish areas I haven't fished much, and to experiment. I headed east. Made a quick stop at a honey hole and put a 20" red in the boat on my second cast. I immediately released the fish, knowing I would catch a bigger one later. I moved on east and worked some shore line and creek mouths for the remainder of the falling tide. NADA. Moved south during the low tide to look for trout. It didn't take very long to find them. Caught something over 40 trout between 0930 and 1230. Probably 70% were keepers. The fish were very picky about what they wanted yesterday. All I could catch them on was a hard jerk bait, a Catch 2000, topwater, jig on the bottom, and a CT/jig rig.
Lots of BBFN folks out there yesterday. I talked to Saltshaker, Sundown, Sir Reel, and Birddog. All but Sir Reel had fish.
Moved back in around 1230 to find some reds. Soon after, the wind kicked up about 3 notches. Didn't take long to cover a lot of water. I caught either 6 or 7 reds during the afternoon, all on a gold spoon. One of them was exactly 18". Too close for comfort. The rest were smaller. Should have kept that 20" fish I caught early.
Back on the trailer about 1730. My GPS read 34 miles for the day.
