I noticed a distinctive pattern change today versus last weekend in the same locale and POW, I got a nice slam.
First were a bunch of trout, including this Mr.Trout who made a lot of noise:
A bit later, to my surprise, I made a cast into some tailers and POW, I got my largest snook ever from the kayak. She was a tad under 28 inches and a whole lotta of jumping fun:
So, the search was on for a redfish of any size to complete the inshore slam.
I caught a bazillion trout and the nice thing was that they were in the 19-22 inch range. Very cool to see them coming back after the devastating red tide.
I also got into some MAJOR lizardfish schools. Go figure. I caught six and quit counting. rofl
MikeB and his brother-in-law (??) were out there. Nice to see you again, Mike!
And then I ran into Paddlefisher, who is an excellent kayak guide SOTE. inlow this guy can find some reds so I stuck with him! Of course he outfished me about four to one, but at did find a small red to complete my slam:
PHEW --- Had I not caught a red, I'd still be out there and my family would be starving to death!
I went on to catch two larger reds and some more nice trout and lost a very nice tailing snook. (Yes, a TAILING snook. I saw several today. Go darn figure.)
Great day south of Tampa Bay!
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September Slam - woo-dang-hoo
September Slam - woo-dang-hoo
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Good to see you as well, Terry. The trout bite was off the chart yesterday. I probably had over 30 up to the boat and ended up taking one home that went about 17". They were tough on the baits. I went through an entire bag. Seemed the bite ended at the last of the out-going tide. Way to go with the slam!
Mike --- Those trout destroyed more soft plastics than usual. They were voracious.
I caught the snook to your east just as the tide turned. There were several of them tailing out there. On my way back in, a few hours after low tide, a monster snook was tailing in less than two feet of water. I made a great cast and he went for the lure and I got so excited and.....poof, a big splash and he was gone.
I caught the snook to your east just as the tide turned. There were several of them tailing out there. On my way back in, a few hours after low tide, a monster snook was tailing in less than two feet of water. I made a great cast and he went for the lure and I got so excited and.....poof, a big splash and he was gone.
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woo-dang-hoo? God I love it when she talks fishin... hey Terry...parlez vous humma humma?..
Way to go girlie on the slam bam
Way to go girlie on the slam bam
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Nice.. reel nice!
Way to go!
I managed 1/3 of a slam both Saturday and Sunday.... I caught the snook both days... undersized, but snook nonetheless...
And I did manage a really nice 'grove snapper and sheephead, a sailcat and a few miserable bottom cats. I scored 7 fish for the week-end. I fished just inside Braden River...
I am planning the intercoastal on the Perico Island side this next Saturday.. The flats there are much better. I also noticed the Austrailian pines that have been 'hewn' down just past Palma Sola. Though there IS a place to launch there, it is rather a sore eye, so I'll launch on the east side of the bridge and go north from there and see what i can find!
I managed 1/3 of a slam both Saturday and Sunday.... I caught the snook both days... undersized, but snook nonetheless...
And I did manage a really nice 'grove snapper and sheephead, a sailcat and a few miserable bottom cats. I scored 7 fish for the week-end. I fished just inside Braden River...
I am planning the intercoastal on the Perico Island side this next Saturday.. The flats there are much better. I also noticed the Austrailian pines that have been 'hewn' down just past Palma Sola. Though there IS a place to launch there, it is rather a sore eye, so I'll launch on the east side of the bridge and go north from there and see what i can find!
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But I can make such pretty prop scars in the big boat.Way to go Terry!!! it seems you're a much better angler fishing out of a kayak than you are from a boat
You won't believe this, but I saw a tarpon about five minutes after you left. Really! He was surfing those big boat waves. I chased him but he disappeared and I never saw another.Bigfish171 wrote:Congrats on the slam Terry!
Wish I could have stayed out there till the tide bottomed out, but family day at the "dog beach" was pretty fun too.
I caught just about every thing today but a snook.... lots of trout and ladies, several small reds, and what I believe is a Bluefish. I need to look it up. Also --- found a live scallop swimming along. Too cool.
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