1/21/13 Ft. Pierce on the Shoeless

So my cousin Chely and her boyfriend Josh flew down from WI to visit some family friends in Miami and made a trip up to hang out for a day and fish. I decided to hit the river up in Ft. Pierce to have a relaxed kicked back day and see what we could catch. We hit the bait shop at 7:20 and were told their shrimp order did not make it in yet, but would be there in 10 minutes. Glad I didn’t plan on being there at 6:00 when they open.

We loaded up some shrimp and were on our way to the flats north of the power plant. :cool:

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We hit away from shore, near shore, in between, and nada!!! I kept the newbies on the live shrimp and I worked top water Unfair mullet lure, DOA Shrimp, and a MirrOlure and nada!!! :huh There were a number of kayaks and one wader further south, hope they did better than I did in the flats. I decided to make a big move and ran north to a little hole we have pulled some decent snapper out of in the past.

I set up and we pull in a small snapper or two and a few other throw backs.

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About 30 minutes into it, I pulled the anchor and moved 15 feet closer to the channel marker, BAM that was the ticket!!! Sheepshead heaven!!!:willynilly

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Josh got the largest of the Sheepshead.

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We ended with 5 keeper Sheepshead, one short, and a number of other throw backs for the day. All the Sheepshead hit live shrimp.

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I had a poor one legged pelican that I felt sorry for hanging around as I cleaned the fish so I told him I would post a pic of him and make him famous. Well, maybe not E$ Little Bob famous :grin

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It wouldn’t be a Shoeless report without some food porn.

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Anyone give an ID on this guy???

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BTW all pics were take with the new GoPro Hero 3 Silver. I’m getting used to recording video and editing, but will start to throw some video up soon. ENJOY!!!!

nice job, and good thing it is a leg and not a wing!

Great job putting them on some good fish buddy!

Nice, love the food porn :thumbsup

Toadfish...Believe me the sheepies are a lot better eating. Nice haul.

Good haul today. Not sure on the unknown.

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Originally Posted by flatsfisher

nice job, and good thing it is a leg and not a wing!

Thx, yea he probably got his leg caught in tangled up fishing line somewhere.

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Originally Posted by on deck

Toadfish...Believe me the sheepies are a lot better eating. Nice haul.

Thanks for the ID on deck

Getboned
Every report deserves a little food porn :grin!!!! I have tried many recipes from other forum members and love to share what I have used that works for me. This time was simple salt, pepper, garlic, and onions on top.

Sharing is what this forum is all about.

Very nice sized sheepshead! You using the new gopro or something else for the pics?

Great Pics, thanks for sharing!