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St.Marks river fishing

Sean — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:12:46 GMT

Will be moving to St, Marks in a few weeks and was wondering if anyone knows of any hotspots up the river. I have a boat so I can go up river. Any help would be super

Little Man's first Red

Sean — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:33:35 GMT

My boy's first Redfish caught out of Spring Creek... He is hooked!!!!!

Exploring St. Marks

snookpro — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:43:33 GMT

A friend and I decided to go out to St. Marks today early in the morning. After the success I had a few weekends ago, my friend was itching to go out and catch something. He does very little salt water fishing, and has never caught a redfish before. He heard from his boss that there are some trails you can take that would take you out to salt water and fish, if you were willing to make the long trek and had a mountain bike to get you there. So we decided to give them a shot and packed up our bikes and poles. We rode approximately 3 miles before we found salt water. We tried a couple of areas with no luck, so we kept riding further. At around 4.3 miles we came across an area with a lot of moving water. I told my friend "This is were you are going to catch your redfish." Sure enough on his first cast, he hooked up with a nice 22 inch red.

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He was using a gold spoon when he caught the red. I put on a redfish magic, 1/4 ounce with a red head and electric chicken color soft bait. After a few casts, I hooked into a really nice red. I was fighting him for a little while when, bam, my line broke. Go figure. We kept fishing there, had a few more hook ups, but it was not in the cards for us to land anymore fish.

We seemed to discover a pretty good little spot. If you are willing to make the trek, it is worth it. I can't wait to go back out there and try to get some more.

Hickory Mounds Redfish

cyGraphics — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:24 GMT

The guys over at [url=http://www.fcka.net]FCKA.net[/url] have had some good luck at hickory lately, so I figured it was worth a trip down. We didn't really tear them up, but we had a good time and managed to land some fish.

The best part was that I was able to take my brother down. My brother is from Idaho and hasn't ever even seen a redfish, and would you know it he was able to land one. He lost another that was a real nice fish at the yak, but all in all it was a decent day. We didn't have the luck that the others had there recently, but we managed 3 reds, and one flounder. All caught on Gulp!. The reds didn't have any size, but the flounder was about 16". We probably would have stayed longer if we could, but it was a good few hours on the water.

Thanks to MillerTime for letting us borrow his Perception.

Mac Attack

gmb06fsu — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:24:25 GMT

I went out fishing yesterday in a friends 19' Key West out of Alligator Point 6:30am temperature was 49. It was a little windier than I was hoping but for some reason there was only light chop no waves. I caught a red on a top-water and he shook loose at the boat, but I looked out on the gulf and saw flocks of birds tightly bound diving in 3 groups so I put a 5" gold spoon and headed out first cast in the school of crashing fish caught a 36" tarpon but drifted away from birds so put the spoon out an trolled by the group at 5mph and caught a nice Spanish Mackerel. I did this many more time with similar result I caught 12 fish all good size but only kept 4 because that was all I needed and it doesn't taste good after being frozen. Didn't have camera on a the boat sorry but here is back at my house:

http://s642.photobucket.com/albums/uu141/dpfoyo06/

Redfishing 10-25-2009

jsuber — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:13:48 GMT

Because there are gonna be some Redfish calling in sick tomorrow with sore mouth. Ever have one of those days, when you just can't get enough and you've already had too much? Well Jason and myself started out with a little fog rolling on the water and a nice cool NW wind.

Jason on the other side of the dock as we drifted with the wind at pre-dawn.
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Jason standing and casting as the sun comes up in the East.
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Water was calm, high tide and going out, and it was starting to look like a bluebird day as we made one drift and were starting to think it just wasn't gonna happen. I just told Jason these fish were going to be nine o'clock fish and just wouldn't bite til then.

But one decided to prove me wrong at 7:55
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Things were starting to look up and then just ten minutes later I landed this nice 29" Red after it made six strikes at the Super Spook on two consecutive cast before it got the Super Spook to fit its mouth right. As I set the hook the handle on my reel started spinning around. I had stripped the threads on the handle. It would pick up line without tension so I would rear back on the fish, and reel in the slack. Not easy when your fighting a 29" Redfish, but it worked out. One rod down.
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Me with a puny 29 incher (added by Jason)
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We encountered a boat doing the old reverse drift in our direction so we pulled an "Ivan" and went back the other way. We picked up a couple of small trout, and Jason and myself had a few rod malfunctions and quickly recovered. As Jason just finished fixing his line situation, I happened on a school that was inching its way west behind Jason. I hooked one and started yelling at Jason to throw towards me.

But then Jason missed his and picked up another and we had our first double hook up of the day.

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I picked up this 27" Red.......at 9:11
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As I take a picture of mine, I hear Jason yelling about how big his red is, and I make two cast and lose and sling my plug off twice. I was down one more rod as the line broke in two, half way though the spool. I'm trying to keep an eye on the school and Jason's wanting a picture, but all i can hear is ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME! So I head back and photograph this puny tiny 36" Red that Jason picked up out of the school on topwater. By the way we caught all these fish on Super Spooks.
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And another of Jason's
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Well after we do a photo session, the school is lost, but not for Jason as I think he picked up one more, and me, a big NADA! But the future was looking bright.
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I picked up this 25" Red as we paddled about a mile offshore to a sand bar. She hit as she was working a school of mullet and I through her off her game.
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We paddled back in, met some nice folks and sat on a bank bull jiving and tossing cut mullet into a sand hole as Jason reeled in a 30" Red, and couple of 20" trout, and some smaller reds, when low and behold school was in session yet again. I paddled out and was met with bronze beauty and was surrounded by Reds. Sorry I had a water spot but I was in a hurry.
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Jason saw the action was picking up and headed out as I hooked this nice 32" Red and kept her in the water so Jason could get on the school that was surrounding her.

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Me with another 32inch fish (added by Jason)
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Jason came out and got some too and we followed them around and Jason picked up two I think. Great day. Good fishing and beautiful weather.

AmberJack Closure

gmb06fsu — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:33:09 GMT

In the gulf of mexico beginning at 12:01 a.m., local time, on October 24, 2009, the recreational fishery for greater amberjack in federal waters is closed.

anyone cast net for mullet?

copydoc68 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:51:13 GMT

all my old spots are fished out and i don't have a boat. does anyone know of somewhere to go and throw a net for mullet?

FSU Fishing Club

gmb06fsu — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:14:53 GMT

Come out and join us at AJ's. [url=http://www.fsufishing.com/][/url]

Noledivers 36" Conquest

jsuber — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:26:13 GMT

Here are his Redfish Videos.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1StXkNrFGw]Noledivers Redfish Part 1[/url]

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPlMtBc4dVc]Noledivers Redfish Part 2[/url]

Kayak Fishing

Catfishunter — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:47:21 GMT

So I just go a yak and Im ready to catch some fish. Looking for a launch site close to town for impromptu trips, but also areas like Wakulla beach and Panacea to spend a day out on the boat. Im looking for any advice that might be offered on where I can catch a delicious bass, or a redfish or some trout or snook! Would I be ok with a top water lure or a spoon to catch redfish?

Thanks!
-Jon

Scalloping

vunguyen1326 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:16:32 GMT

Does anyone know if there are any places to go scalloping around the St. Marks to Panacea area. I heard they where starting to pop up in these area in the past few years and would like to hit it up for the 4th of July weekend.

The 2009 Annual Krissi Flatt Fishing Tournament

fishforkris — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:53:05 GMT

Hi,

My name is Kasi Thursby and I live in Miccosukee, FL. I am asking the community for help with a fishing tournament. On October 22, 2005, Kristina Nicole Flatt, a Leon high school graduate and my little sister,died suddenly at the age of twenty-one from an adverse reaction to a prescription drug. Krissi was uniformed of the risks associated with her prescribed medication. Parents and young adults should be better informed of the side effects associated with over the counter drugs as well as prescribed drugs. That is why my mom, my older sister and I have created a foundation called the Krissi Flatt Foundation (also known as tkff). The goal of tkff is to broaden prescription drug awareness through public outreach about the effects of prescription drugs and their interactions with other drugs and substances.

This is a picture of our family. This was taken the day my little sister died. She is the one in the middle wearing the black tank top. My little sister Krissi and I were giving our older sister a baby shower. Krissi died a few hours later. Our mom, Jane Munroe, is in the middle wearing the white button up shirt. She has focused all her energy on finding ways to prevent other parents from getting the exact same phone call she got from a nurse in the emergency room. We are just your all American family and together we are trying to create more efficient ways of informing patients of their medications and their possible interactions with other medications, both prescribed and over the counter.

The foundation has decided to host an annual fishing tournament in order to raise funds for the tkff projects. On October 18, 2008, tkff hosted our first annual tournament; however, we were unable to gain enough support through community sponsorship to cover the costs; the foundation ended up going in the hole as a result. In order for us to be able to host our Second Annual Krissi Flatt Fishing Tournament, we have to secure at least $15,000.00 in sponsors from the community. The Krissi Flatt Fishing Tournament will take place on October 24, 2009 at the Carrabelle Boat Club, if we are able to secure the sponsors.

I am hoping to update the tkff website as soon as possible. I just graduated from FSU with a degree in Information Technology, so I am the one responsible for maintaining both the [url]http://www.tkff.org[/url] and the [url]http://www.krissiflattfishing.com[/url] websites. I have two little girls, one of which is disabled, and its summer so you can imagine how much time I have to be the webmaster right now. But they will both be updated by the middle of next week.

If you are interested in knowing more about my little sister [url]http://myspace.com/foreverkrissiflatt [/url]and I have written about her entire life and the day of her death. It's important to me that her death does not go un-noticed. She was your all American girl. She was a family girl with big dreams for changing the world and she loved, loved, loved to go deep sea fishing.

Below are two pictures of Krissi deep sea fishing. She caught this tarpon all on her own. She said it took her at least three hours to finally get him on the boat.

Please, if you know anyone that is interested in becoming a sponsor or is interested in fishing the tournament, or both, could you please email me at [email]info@tkff.org[/email]?

Thanks so much for your support Tallahassee!!!

Sincerely,

Kasi Thursby

Lanark scalloping

WaltDawg — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:58:39 GMT

I've been out of town both weekends since scallop season started, so I've been anxious to try my luck. Heard lots of bad reports about st. marks and heard they were small at st. joe, so we decided to try lanark. Millertime and and his better half met me and my better half around 9:00 at the ramp, we headed towards Turkey Point. We found some real nice ones in 4-5 feet of water. No thunderstorms and the wind laid down for us. No complaints from me.

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St. Marks Lighthouse 6/5/09

snookpro — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:19:39 GMT

This past Friday I took the advice of WaltDawg, cyGraphics, and Lunkerbrother and headed to the Lighthouse at St. Marks. I got there around 6am at low tide and started fishing the flats. I worked my way to the point, but still no luck. I followed the path down to the trail on the other side of the boat ramp and went to its point. After about 5 or so casts I hooked up on a 18 inch trout.

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I then proceeded to cast back into the same area that I had the hook up with the first one in, hoping that there would be a school of trout in that area. Luckily my intuition was correct and I hooked up with another nice 19 inch trout.

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I was using the Strike King Redfish Magic in the electric chicken color to catch both these trout.

All in all, despite the huge storm that rolled in that forced me to take cover for about 20 minutes, it was a great day of fishing. Thanks again to WaltDawg, cyGraphics, and Lunkerbrother for the advice on where to go.

Rock The Dock

WaltDawg — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:30:24 GMT

Fished the first annual Rock the Dock this past weekend with Millertime, cygraphics, and skunky. It was a two day tournament, so I new that we were gonna have to pace ourselves. Went down after work Friday afternoon to the Captain's Meeting and saw alot of familiar faces. There was a good turnout and I could tell that the organizers put in a lot of time and hard work in order to accommodate all the anglers.

Saturday morning, we all launched at Oyster Bay after stopping by the Mashes Sands BP for a sausage biscuit or two and some much needed hydration. Millertime and Joe headed North and we headed East. The wind was blowing a little more than anticipated. I threw mostly topwater and Chris threw a DOA jerk bait. Chris gets us started with a keeper flounder but looses a larger one. We get a call from Millertime saying that Joe landed a 25 inch cobia on 14 lb mono. Not quite a keeper, but still a hell of a ride in a kayak.

The bite slowed down at slack tide so we decide to camp out on a oyster bar for a few.

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I see a pontoon boat in the distant coming obnoxiously close to our fishing spot and I hear Uncle Dan holler "you boys want a beer", so we took him up on his offer.

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We fished for a little while longer and caught reds, trout and flounder, but the midday sun got us off the water earlier than we expected.

Got up Sunday morning and met Aubill at Ocklocknee Bay.

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None of us had really caught any good tournament fish, so we needed to fish pretty hard. The wind was laid down, so Bill and I both threw topwater plugs. He missed a couple nice trout and I got a 23 inch red. Near the end of the incoming, I land a 22 inch trout hoping that it might be big enough to place.

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About an hour later, Chris knocks me off the board with a 23 incher.

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The highlight of my tournament came on the paddle back to the landing. I fished for 3 hours looking for flounder loosing five jig heads on the oyster bars and I finally get a strike. The drag starts screaming, so I thought I had a spanish. About five minutes later, this 33 incher boils and continues to put up one hell of a fight.

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Thanks Bill, for being there for the photo op.

All in all, it was a fun tourney. Congrats to Chris, Liam, Suber, Jason and everyone else who placed and got a money check. Hope to do it again next year.

Amberjack

NoleDiver — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:28:06 GMT

I love science.
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Another professional hit

shoalmaster — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:13:08 GMT

When a few of you last saw me, my buddy and I were heading in 30 mph winds to fish the bay side of the Plantation. As you see, we survived that day, limited out with 2 24"inch reds and released 6 others, 4 of which were 21 to 22 inches. In addition, when we left they were still biting, but our bellies were rumbling and we had two fish to clean. All in all it was an awesome day in adverse conditions and will make a heckuva story to tell my grandkids.

Well, I made it back to the gulf this past weekend. I showed up to Shell Point at 6:15 Friday afternoon with a good friend of mine and my 14' river boat in tow. With two hours of day light and a slight chop, we headed out. This was my first trip to Shell, so it took me a good 30 minutes to navigate the channel and learn the oyster bars, but we finally got to fishing. My buddy with me had never caught and speckled trout but managed to do so on his first cast. For the next hour, it was on. We caught 20 trout and a multitude of lady fish. Only 4 trout made the box, 15", 18", 19", and 21".

Saturday morning, we hooked up with a charter boat friend of mine in Carabelle to land some freezer fillers. Long story short, the 6 of us left with 12 gags, 3 red grouper, and 40 black sea bass for a total of 220 lbs of fish. We caught our limit of gags by 9:30 am.

All in all, great fishing and great weather. To top things off, some good friends of mine won king mackeral division of the tournament held at Sea Quarters.

If all holds true, we will be back in the gulf to kick more *** in about 28 days.

St. Marks 5/16/09

WaltDawg — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:39:47 GMT

The weatherman (Millertime) called me this morning and said that the wind was going to be right for throwing topwater, but mother nature had other plans for the FCKA folks. Cygraphic and I get down to the lighthouse greeted by a dozen or so yakkers trying to rethink their fishing strategy. [img]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg40/walterwidener/IMG_0346.jpg[/img]

Suber says, "ya'll should just sit on the long bar and you should catch all the fish you need."
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Cygraphics, myself and a bunch of other folks head for the East River and we start catching fish on the drift to some of the outer bars. We play with the ladyfish for a few and Chris lands a keeper trout. A few minutes later I land a 14 inch flattie, and start thinking that a slam should be pretty easy to find.
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Even though we were catching fish on the flats, we decide to hit the bars looking for scavenging redfish and trout. [img]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg40/walterwidener/IMG_0348.jpg[/img]

Turns out that the best bite of the day was behind us and the rest of the morning was just exercise. Congrats to Big Irish on the win. I've two fisted beer in one hand and Jack in the other, but never a trout and a redfish. It was good to see everybody again.

Nice turnout guys.

Forgot the paddle, but made do

WaltDawg — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:10:07 GMT

Wetnap called me lastnight and said he wanted to sneak in a quick fishing trip while he was still in town. He did pretty good at the Harbor the other day, so we met this morning at Sun and Sand. While we were unloading, ran into Tallypacker, and realized I forgot to strap the paddle back onto my yak after I stripped it to patch a hole last week.

I started calling around to see if anybody was close with a spare and Suber said he was at the house and didn't mind helping out. Wetnap called while I was in Crawfordville and said AH was full of boats so we decided to head to Oyster Bay. The wind was blowing pretty good at AH, but this is what OB looked like.
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We both started throwing topwater and and Wetnap got first blood on a Papa dog.

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We chased a school around for a few minutes, but nothing else would bite. We continued to fish the grassline and I layed into a nice overslot fish but he shook my weedless spoon at the yak. I was pissed. We move on and a airboat cruises by us and camps out on a oyster bar for five minutes then takes off. Still pissed, we start talking about our spot was ruined. Next cast, I catch a 25 incher, airboat somewhat redeemed.

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We head back to the landing and some lady asks me if its ok to keep sea turtles because some idiot had caught two and they were in the bed of his truck?!? Trying not to kick his ***, we politely removed the turtles and put them back in the water. Leaving me with the conclusion that some people should not be allowed to reproduce.

I head back to Suber's to return the paddle and he had gone to run an errand. He must have been in a hurry because he forgot to take his lunch with him. Cameron must have called, I guess. It didn't look very appetizing anyway, so no harm no foul.

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Wade Fishing near Tallahassee

snookpro — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:39:23 GMT

Hello all,

I am a student here in Tallahassee attending FSU. I have been a long time fisherman, but have just recently gotten into fishing in Tallahassee. I have been doing fresh water fishing at lake Talquin and lake Lafayette, but what I really love to fish is saltwater. I do not own a canoe or kayak, so I am looking for a place to do some saltwater wade fishing. Any suggestions on where I should head to would be great.

Thanks for all the help,

Snookpro

St. Marks Fishing Guide

djkuhn13 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:16:17 GMT

i am new to fishing the st. marks area (mostly for redfish) and i have had mixed luck. i am looking for a good fishing guide to go out with for a day or two and hopefully learn more about fishing the area. Do any of you know a guide in that area. i appreciate the help!

Panacea Rock the Dock Tournament MAY 30 - 31, 2009

cyGraphics — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:45:35 GMT

[img]http://www.panacearockthedock.com/images/rockthedock.jpg[/img]

[b]Visit: [url=http://www.panacearockthedock.com]http://www.panacearockthedock.com[/url][/b]

[b]FISHING TOURNAMENT INFORMATION[/b]

[b]DATE:[/b]
MAY 30 - 31, 2009

[b]TIME:[/b]
Shotgun Start
6:00 A.M. MAY 30, 2009
(Boats may launch from any port of departure)

[b]PLACE:[/b]
Rock Landing Dock
Panacea, Florida

[b]WEIGH IN TIME:[/b]
No Earlier than 3:00 P.M. Est
No Later than 5:00 P.M. Est

[b]WEIGH IN LOCATION:[/b]
Rock Landing Dock,
Panacea, Florida
The entry fee for the RECREATIONAL Division is $50 per person ($60 after May 15th). MASTERS entrants will receive 4 tickets to the Capitain's Meeting and 4 tournament hats.
The RECREATIONAL/ KAYAK entrants will receive 1 ticket and 1 tournament hat.
The YOUTH entrants will receive 1 tournament hat. Additional tickets, hats, and t-shirts may be pre-ordered or purchased at the event. Pre-paid orders will be available at the event.
Entry Fee is $300 for MASTERS Division, which includes one boat and four (4) anglers ($350 after May 15th).
No entries will be accepted after The Captain's Meeting on Friday, May 29th. There will be No Refunds of entry fees.

The MASTERS Division is limited to the largest, by weight, Grouper, Amberjack, King Mackerel, and Cobia. Cash prizes will be awarded for each fish category:
1st place - $1,000;
2nd place - $500;
3rd place - $300.
The RECREATIONAL Division is limited to the largest, by weight, Grouper, Amberjack, King Mackerel, Cobia, Trout, Red Fish, Flounder, and Spanish Mackerel. Cash prizes will be awarded for each fish category: 1st place - $500;
2nd place - $200;
3rd place - $100.
The YOUTH Division is limited to the largest, by weight, Grouper, Amberjack, King Mackerel, Cobia, Redfsih, Trout, Flounder, and Spanish Mackerel.
Trophies will be awarded for each fish category:
1st place,
2nd place;
3rd place.
The KAYAK Division is limited to the largest by weight, Redfsih, Trout and Flounder.
Cash prizes will be awarded for each fish category:
1st place - $500;
2nd place - $200;
3rd place - $100.
All fish presented for weigh-in must be fresh, in edible condition and must be caught on tournament day.
Acceptability of fish will be determined by the Tournament Judge.
All fish must adhere to size and bag limits of the State of Florida.

Forgotten Coast Road Trip

WaltDawg — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:37:47 GMT

Since I missed seeing the family in Hotlanta for Easter, I told my parents I would make it up to them and have dinner with them tonight. Luckily, I was able to sneak in about 10 hours of fishing while I was making the loop from Tallahassee to SGI.

Millertime and Skunky met me down at OB first thing this morning to try soaking some live bait. We launched at Bald Point to fish the incoming tide. The snots were biting early, sorry no pics of those, but we made our way towards Chaires and the game fish decided to show up.
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We were hoping for something a bit bigger and Millertime started hollering. He measured at 26.999 with a pinched tail. [img]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg40/walterwidener/IMG_0284.jpg[/img]

We ended up with a few more reds and made it back to the mouth of OB to fish the out going and the drum and sheepies started biting. [img]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg40/walterwidener/IMG_0285.jpg[/img]

The shrimp ran out, so I got on 98 and headed west. I met PopsDawg at the house, loaded up his Ocean Kayak and launched on the west end of the island. The wind laid down pretty good, so I hoped to sight fish for reds, but none seen. We decided to target their spotted cousins. I started throwing Fish Bites and he threw DOA Shrimp.

The trout turned on and I ended up with a few over 20 inches.
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Had a sunset dinner at the Blue Parrot with a few Corona's and some oysters. Got back to Tally at 10:00 to enjoy a nightcap. Headed to Econfina in the morning to do some non-kayak fishing. Put a few clicks on the ole' odometer this weekend, but well worth it.

St. Marks early morning fishing

WaltDawg — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:09:23 GMT

Millertime picked me up at the house for an early morning fishing trip. The water was real low and dead calm early. I tossed a Shedog and landed a 24 incher right off the bat. Ended up with a couple more small ones and headed to the hill. Millertime picked up a red and a couple trout as well.

For the folks asking about spanish, they were airborne all over place around the main channel and the east river. Lots of bait getting caught up in the deeper spots when the tide was coming in.
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Thanks for your support

jsuber — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:44:35 GMT

Thanks to everyone that attending this years.........Raffle. I'm sorry I had to cancel the tournament at the last minute, but we are all still alive to fish another day, and many came home with some very nice prizes. Thanks for attending and on behalf of the Wakulla County Senior Services Center, thanks very much.

One special lady received a wheel chair that was contributed by the makers of the Fish Grip. We were going to have her attend the event but with the in climate weather we decided to for go the ceremony.

We were able to give away 6 kayaks, 4 Capt Dick Stakeout Poles, 2 Hobie Stakeout Poles, 6 Adventure Technology paddles, 4 MTI Calcuta PFDs and Sustain, Stradic and Solstice combination rods and Terramar and Clarus rods. Wealso gave away Nemire lures and many many other items in the raffle and the Captains Bag.

Next year we will make arrangements to have standards that will be along the lines of NOAA making a small craft advisory as a condition to cancel the competition and turn the event into a party and raffle so that competitors can decide to attend the raffle and party or not.

Thanks again to all that participated.

FCKA Classic

WaltDawg — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:25:17 GMT

Well it was that time of the year again. The reason that we spend all our time, money and countless hours away from our wives, in order to possibly prove that we were slightly better or luckier than some of the regions most prominent kayak anglers.

I knew everyone was going to have their perfect plan trying to win Bill's kayak, so I spent weeks trying to conjure up my own. Unfortunately, Plan A didn't seem like it was going to work because Mother Nature wanted to make this weekend's fishing as difficult as possible.

So, get down to a well known island South of Tallahassee on Wednesday night and decided to give plan E a shot. My buddy Lewis from North Georgia who guides on the Ocoee River met me down so he could enjoy a few days of sunshine. :| Lewis isn't much for kayak fishing, but he went out with me Thursday morning to give me some company.

I have a kayak full of fishing equipment, gear and various electronic devices to load, and Lewis brings a PFD and breakfast. What's for breakfast you ask? [img]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg40/walterwidener/IMG_3800.jpg[/img]

The breakfast of champions
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Saw a few fish, but an early afternoon hurricane got us off the water a little quicker than we anticipated.

Friday morning, the calvalry joins us to give plan F a shot. The cavalry consisting of Popeye, Millertime, cygraphics, Millertime's brother with ADHD, Goodcall, Cueball, 8ball, Skunky, Shoalmaster, Shoalmaster's wife, Ms. Waltdawg, and Blake.

So we're off to fish, however, Popeye has a slight issue with his truck that required the help of a couple of FCKA 4WD trucks. Its a shame that we never got any pictures. By the time we get Popeye back on solid ground, another hurricane decides to visit, so we head to the hill to talk about plan G.
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We did manage to find a fish despite the bad weather, but it was a day early and we didn't have the offical tourney ruler to make it official.
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Took off for Medart around 5:30 for the Captain's Meeting because the 500 beers we brought weren't going to drink themselves. Enjoyed some good BBQ and tried to find out where everyone was fishing on Saturday.

Woke up early Saturday and heard the dissapointing weather report. I wasn't happy to hear the tournament was canceled because so many people were looking forward to some friendly competition and so many folks we know had put a lot of time and effort in to it, but I was somewhat relieved. After seeing how the weather behaved the two previous days, I thought the organizers made the right call.

It was good seeing how many folks love this sport as much as I do and I can't wait to do it again next year. Thanks to those of you who made the trip down. I saw a lot of familiar faces, but I met a lot of nice folks from Virginia, Georgia, Florida and other parts of the US that don't get to fish the forgotten coast as often as we do, so I hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as I did. Thanks to everyone who helped organize, and I hope that Liam knows that his low country boil will now be expected at next year's tournament.

Can't wait to do it again.

Fishing with Pops (Dawg)

WaltDawg — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:18:32 GMT

My folks called me this week and said they were making a trip down down from Atlanta for a few days at the beach. My dad just bought a Ocean Kayak for paddling around in the surf, but I wanted to show him that it was multi-functional.

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Made it down to the coast with enough daylight for a quick trip in the yak and started off with a few late afternoon redfish.
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Fished the grassline after Flipper showed up and still managed to find a couple more.
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Flipper wasn't our only competition, so I paddled by this guy to give him the evil eye.
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Pops missed a couple trout that afternoon, so we got up early Saturday morning to see if we could find any action. The wind was howling, but we decided that the fish don't really care how windy it is. After a few minutes out, I hear someone hollering in the distance. The pole was steady bent, so it must be a red; congrats on your first snot cat dad!
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Fished for a few hours longer trying to stay out of the wind and Pops landed his first game fish of the weekend!

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I told him that convicts aren't exactly the easiest fish to land, so I was I'm proud of you Pop. Even for a landlubber.

Ochlocknee Bay 3/15/09

WaltDawg — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:36:04 GMT

Met Popeye this morning despite the not so promising weather forecast. Knew the wind would be bad, but I had my fingers crossed that we wouldn't see any thunderstorms. No need for sunglasses today.[img]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg40/walterwidener/IMG_3783.jpg[/img]

I caught a keeper trout on the paddle out and saw a lot of action on the water. Rode the tide to some deeper water and the trout bite turned on. Actually, what I should say is that the lower slot trout bite turned on. We caught a lot of trout from 13 to 16 inches.
[img]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg40/walterwidener/IMG_3788.jpg[/img]

At slack tide, I thought I'd meander around some skinny water to look for some stragler reds. First cast, landed this guy. Just barely 20 inches.
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The water started coming back in, so I fished the grass line and got another with little more meat on his bones.
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Not a bad day considering how windy it was. Some of the open water got pretty choppy, and a least I didn't have to worry about getting a sun burn.

Forgotten Coast Kayak Fishing Classic 2009

cyGraphics — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:07:14 GMT

[b]2nd Annual Forgotten Coast Kayak Fishing Classic
March 27-28, 2009
Advantage Marine
Medart, Florida[/b]

[url=http://www.forgottencoastkayakfishingclassic.net/register.html]Register at FCKA.net[/url]

For you kayakers out there be sure to check out www.fcka.net and register for the 2nd Annual Forgotten Coast Kayak Fishing Classic. There is a $50 entry fee that is made in a donation to Wakulla County Senior Citizens Center.

There will be a Hobie Kayak for our Slam of Flounder/Redfish/Trout combination with the longest total length. There will also be a Redfish division, Flounder division, and Trout Division with a kayak for 1st place in each division for longest fish in each division. Prizes will also be rewarded for 2nd and 3rd place and there will be a raffle. All participants will get one raffle ticket, and only participants will receive raffle tickets. (Participants can only win the best possible prize and only one. So if you have the longest Redfish in the longest slam then you will win the slam, and the Redfish you caught will not be eligible for the Redfish division and the next longest Redfish will win the Redfish division.)

Visit [url=http://www.fcka.net]FCKA.net[/url] for more information.

FCKA Campout 2009

WaltDawg — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:36:31 GMT

This past weekend a few of us kayakers went down to the ochlockonee State Park to do a bit of camping and fishing. Myself, Popeye and Soccerday made it down Friday early enough to set up the campsite and do a bit of river fishing.
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The wind was blowing about 20 knots and the river was choppy, but we paddled out there looking for trout. The river was full of trout last year, this year, not so much.
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The wind finally decided to calm down when we made it back to the landing. Fortunately, our campsite was about 100 yards from the river.
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Suber called and said he was stopping by after work. We planned on cooking hotdogs and hanging out by the fire. Suber had other plans though. It turns out his idea of roughing it is a flat screen tv and a dvd player. All that was missing was popcorn.
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We got up at the crack of dawn Saturday morning and headed to Alligator Harbor with little luck. Ran to Advantage and saw Talltails and Capncrunch and decided to try out Wakulla Beach that afternoon. The radar showed possible rain and wind, but we went out anyway. Here's one of the FCKA armada:
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The bite was super slow and only a few folks caught fish. Fortunately, Millertime brought the medicine.
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I went back to Tallahassee to feed the dogs and ended up staying there for the night. Got up Sunday morning and headed to Hickory for the last of the incoming tide. The weatherman said the wind was supposed to be light and he was right on the money.
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It was a little foggy, but the water was ripe for sight fishing and clear as an aquarium.
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I was looking for reds with no luck, but the best thing about the few hours I spent on the water today was that I caught fish. Got into the trout pretty good and made up for the lock jaw on friday and saturday.

It was fun fellar's. Hope to do it again next year.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 1/16/09

WaltDawg — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:21:33 GMT

Got up this morning at 5:30, went outside and checked the weather, went straight back to bed because it was coooooooooold! Decided an afternoon fishing trip would be better. Lunch at Hamaknockers and ready to go. The water was very low and the tide didn't come in until 3:30 or so. Lots of pup reds, but never found anything worth writing home about. Hopefully, the weather is about to get a bit more predictable, so the fishing will get a bit more predictable.

Here is one of many that need some time to grow.
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Newbie fishing

WaltDawg — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:39:22 GMT

Millertime called and woke me up at first light (11 AM) and said he wanted to take his buddy Brad to HM. Even after the slow bite yesterday, I couldn't resist. Got there at 1:00 and there was lots of water.

I was hoping for reds myself, but only ended up with their smaller spotted cousins. The trout bite got hot about an hour before high tide. Glad you got a nice stringer Brad. Maybe next time we'll be able to see a little better.

Man that fog was bad.
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25 minute limit

WaltDawg — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:20:14 GMT

I woke up this morning ready to go fishing, but all I saw was fog and more fog. I told myself I will just stay at home and take care of a few things around the house, but who was I kidding. I got on the road around 11:00 to fish HM. I got down there and I saw blue sky, so I made the right choice. The launch was packed, so I didn't expect much action.

I made my way out of the gulf and I picked the first creek mouth I saw that didn't have a Jon boat parked on it and started throwing topwater. Second cast, I landed a 17 incher, not too bad.
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A couple more cast, I land one at 22, so no more of those.
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A few minutes later, I land one a hair under 20.
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Before I new it I had five in the cooler. 17, 19, 19, 19 and some change, and 22.
I think I know now what Rachel Ray means with 30 minute meals.

High tailed it back to the landing and ran into Suber and Cueball. It was good seeing you fellars. The trout were out today.

Christmas Eve 2008

WaltDawg — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:53:45 GMT

NOAA said it was going to be windy and overcast, but Millertime and I were going to make the best of it. We decided that Hickory Mounds would give us the best cover, so we were set weather permitting. We got down to the impoundment a little after low tide and this is what was waiting for us.
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Maybe a good sign, we would have to see. It was a little breezy while we were unloading, but not as bad as forecasted. We made our way out to the gulf, I was throwing a white She-Dog and Millertime jigging gulp and a tossing a gold spoon. Soon enough we both had trout in the cooler, skunk was off.
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We both landed a few more, kept a few and let some swim for another day. The wind laid down, so we checked out a few more creeks with little success. Finally figured out why we hit a dry spell. He was actually heading to the same creek I was, so maybe I had the right idea.
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We ditched Flipper and paddled to one of my favorite bars to look for reds. I immediately hook up with this guy throwing topwater.
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Millertime rolls up while I was trying to get the treble hook out and first cast, bam, 27 incher on the spoon.
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I get a couple misses on topwater while Millertime is busy with his red. Millertime is ready for his second cast, you guessed it, another fat red, but this one was a tiny 25 incher. We both had our limit of redfish, so we went looking for more trout. We both had a little room left in the cooler, but not for long.
[img]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg40/walterwidener/IMG_3731.jpg[/img]

We head back home right at high tide ready to clean some fish.
Little Millertime even gave her daddy the rock for bringing her a limit of reds and trout.
[img]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg40/walterwidener/IMG_0102.jpg[/img]

Total for the day, three reds and around 25 trout. Not a bad day and we were both back at home before the wifes even noticed we were gone. :wink:

St Marks Lighthouse

Minnesota Hunting — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:07:01 GMT

Has anyone put a yak in at the lighthouse...we went out there sunday morning did some searching but didnt find much. One rat red....granted the weather was terrible! I have heard the fishing is good in that area. Any advice would help!

New to area... looking for fish

gsubass — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:33:06 GMT

Hey guys my family just moved to south georgia from the sarasota area in florida. i did some inshore fishing in tampa bay and around the area down there and im looking for some spots (not trying to steal anyones honey holes) where i can spend some time on the water and maybe catch some reds or trout. Im here on christmas break now and looking to get some salt on my new boat. anything would be appreciated. Thanks.

HM 12-14-08

WaltDawg — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:21:29 GMT

After the tide fiasco yesterday, Millertime and I went down to HM to fish the last of the incoming tide. We got to the landing and it was pretty dry, but we managed to get out of the main creek. I landed a keeper trout on the third cast, so that erased the weekend skunk. We crawled out to the flats and looked for reds in 8-12 inches of water with no luck. Went to one of the deeper creeks with the same result.

Finally around 3:00 the water started coming in and the trout picked up in a hurry. I did end up with a 21 inch male, which is a personal best. I caught 10 or so around one of the outer bars. Millertime made his way over and landed a fat upperslot red.

Not the best fishing day ever, but it was a nice end to a slow fishing weekend.

Here are a couple of the trout.
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Alligator Harbor 11-26-08

WaltDawg — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:37:03 GMT

Met Talltails bright and early this morning at Alligator Harbor to paddle around in the negative tide. There was enough water for the yaks, so we were set. The water was crystal clear and that means spooky redfish. We were hoping that some of the deeper holes on the flats would hold fish because its been so cold lately and there wasn't enough water for them to hide in the creeks.

It was dead calm early and we were able to see reds waking right off the bat and we got into e'm good. I think we both landed ten a piece before 8 am. Most were mid slot fish and my largest was 26.
Off the water by 9:45.

Here's one of Talltails early morning redfish. It was a bit chilly before the sun got up.
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Hickory Mounds 11-11-08

WaltDawg — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:43:27 GMT

Since the reds seemed to be biting this weekend, I met Millertime and Cygraphics at HM to fish the big incoming tide. The water started coming in big around 9:00 and so did the redfish. I went off exploring by myself and I ran into a lot floating grass that really screwed up my fishing. I ended up with a couple reds and a lot of reds chasing my spoon with no takers.

Millertime and Cygraphics can tell their side of the story. They got into 'em pretty good.

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