Had a fun little twilight/night fishing Saturday on the flats near Snell Isle in Saint Pete. Fishing a Strike King Glass Minnow on the edge of a mud and grass flat in 2-3 feet of water, I extracted what seemed like every trout in the Bay. All about 15 inches, but all were released to be caught another day. Had a gator dog-bone my lure, but only so he could huff it back out.
An odd pattern appeared: dozens of bonnethead sharks were sifting around in the thick grass in about a foot of water. So as twilight shifted to darkness, I took out my trusty frozen threadfin herring (I always bring some along as a safety measure) and started chucking that around and letting it sit on the bottom. Within a couple minutes I was hooked onto a good 3 foot shark, which pulled drag like you wouldn't believe on those little trout rods. A couple more sharks I called it a night!
Late St. Pete Report
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Late St. Pete Report
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Night fishing rules....
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Cool! Glad to hear someone catching in my old stomping grounds!
Those little sharks sure get thick on those flats and are tons of fun on light tackle.
Those little sharks sure get thick on those flats and are tons of fun on light tackle.
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???Please do inform me of these... rules???BadBackcast wrote:Night fishing rules....
"Hey now Partner- that wasn't very nice."
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And thank you, seeinred! In the daylight I saw at least twenty dorsal fins. Nice flats to fish on, indeed!seeinred wrote:Cool! Glad to hear someone catching in my old stomping grounds!
Those little sharks sure get thick on those flats and are tons of fun on light tackle.
"Hey now Partner- that wasn't very nice."