September Slam - woo-dang-hoo

TerryW · Post by **TerryW** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:02 pm

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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Redfisher · Post by **Redfisher** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 9:58 pm

Good for you Terry. Too bad about the snook coming up a little short.I know how much you are looking forward to bringing one home for dinner.

Flamingo Mama · Post by **Flamingo Mama** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:05 pm

Sounds like a good day! We did nothing @ Simmons. Well, Jim did catch a needlefish on his fly rod. It was good just being on the water though. Congratulations on your slam!

mikeB · Post by **mikeB** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:25 am

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!

J.P. FROG · Post by **J.P. FROG** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:41 am

Congrats on the SLAM, Terry. Nice report.

tbray · Post by **tbray** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:43 am

Who's da man?....err......wo-man!?

Great job T

TerryW · Post by **TerryW** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:56 am

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.

Mako · Post by **Mako** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:01 am

Way to go Terry!!! it seems you're a much better angler fishing out of a kayak than you are from a boat

Shep · Post by **Shep** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:24 am

Good to hear Terry.
I'm startin to think mabye I was off the water too early yesterday.

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:32 pm

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

BowSlayer · Post by **BowSlayer** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:16 pm

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!

pbr · Post by **pbr** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:54 pm

Where were you fishing Terry?

Bigfish171 · Post by **Bigfish171** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:48 pm

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.

TerryW · Post by **TerryW** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:08 pm

Way to go Terry!!! it seems you're a much better angler fishing out of a kayak than you are from a boat

But I can make such pretty prop scars in the big boat.

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.

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.

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.

Gh Fisherboy · Post by **Gh Fisherboy** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:10 pm

Way to go! I got 2/3 of the slam saturday. I ended up with a 26" and 30" snook and one trout around 18" until the heat drove me off the water.

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:51 pm

Congrats Terry.
I had to work, good to hear that some of you went fishing.

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