Trout, Trout...Surprise!

mikeB · Post by **mikeB** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:49 am

Les and I hit the Perico flats yesterday just before dawn. At about 8:30 the Trout turned on, with one biting on just about every cast although the majority were under 15 inches. A surprise catch was the Spanish. My catches were all made with the DOA C.A.L. 4 in. jerk 400 greene. The three keepers were cleaned and cooked up with a batter recipe from the Neely's of the Food Network. I even tried Gina's Spicy tarter sauce made with Mayo, hot pepper relish, (found at Publix) hot sauce, garlic and S&P. Made for some tasty sammies.

DaveR · Post by **DaveR** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:09 am

I ain't a fan of dead fish pics around here but that last one is kind nice.

newyaker · Post by **newyaker** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:37 pm

Nice catch and great pictures.

Mark R · Post by **Mark R** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:33 pm

Looks like dinner.

DBray6 · Post by **DBray6** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:38 pm

The spanish have been hitting pretty good lately. I was getting a lot of really nice ones in the 20"+ range Saturday morning. They were hitting cut bait under a popping cork and I got a couple on a mirrodine.

TerryW · Post by **TerryW** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:32 pm

Cool. (And I don't see anything wrong with dead fish when someone is taking them home to eat. Beats the heck out of a live (soon-to-be-dead) snook hanging vertically from a Boga.

I caught a nice snapper at Perico about six weeks ago and lost a Cobia at the kayak several days ago. But I'm still not seeing any quality redfish there.

CowboysFan · Post by **CowboysFan** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:44 pm

Agreed Terry, dead fish great to eat....i'm still not sure how people eat live fish. I guess they don't eat fish....yeah right.

mudfish · Post by **mudfish** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:07 am

Nice goin' on the catching Mike. Too bad the lens blurred the last pic, very nice composition.

mikeB · Post by **mikeB** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:07 am

Yea, thats not the first time that camera did that. When it powers up, a cover over the lens opens and all it takes is a little bit of water or a smudge to blur the image. I need to pay more attention to that.