FLCoyote
03-05-2012, 09:56 AM
Due to high winds we launched out of the state park about 9AM. The wind was coming straight down Grand Lagoon towards the Bay so we just eased along at about 10 knots until we could turn right into the pass. The wind was coming straight off the bank so the water and it was actually calm all the way to the gulf. Started out catching a couple of small but legal Sea Bass drifting before we got to the West jetties. Dropped anchor inside the rocks and let out enough line to drift back over the rocks into 25/30 feet of water. Caught one oversize Redfish at that spot. Watch a charter catch six Sheephead and one slot Redfish. I think they were using live shrimp. They left at about 1130AM and we reanchored in their spot. We caught another five Redfish ranging from 15 to 30 pounds. The closest thing we came to a slot sized fish was 29 inches. Then I caught a 3 pound Pompano, its the first one I know about that was caught this year. We also caught a couple of small Bluefish, a Spiny Boxfish, a Red Pogey and two Toadfish (Mother in Law). One of the Toadfish was bright orange and managed to stick a fin in my son while he was unhooking it. His hand swelled up pretty bad and we quit about 130PM and headed back to the state park ramp. It had really blown up in Grand Lagoon so we just kept the bow up and ran at about 15 knots back to the ramp. We we got home I told my son to go in and put his hand in water as hot as he could stand as hot water will break down most marine toxins. So far it appears to have done the job. Looks like the Sheephead and Pompano are just getting started.
Tight lines.
FLCoyote
Tight lines.
FLCoyote