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    Senior Member JSTickum's Avatar
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    Afternoon Fishing in Estero Bay 12\16

    After having a great B-day BBQ on Saturday , it was a tough start on Sunday morning , so we bagged the lets get out there early idea we had and headed out at 1:30 in the afternoon to Weeks .We were greated with a lite breeze and a fast incoming tide , we ran for a whole 5 mins. to the grass flats in the center of the bay to ride the tide in , water depth was about 6 inches and Mullet and Reds were starting to move in . Had a couple of good bites and some sad losses in the shallows to start the afternoon off ( hang over ) and then we hit the 2 foot mark on the flats and the fish started coming over the rails . Trout are thick on the grass with good size between 15 to 18 inches hitting everything from Arti's to Shrimp , the largest of the day was this 19 incher put in by esterobaybum
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    As we drifted the flats we slowly motored with the trolling motor to some inviting islands scatered in the bay to play with some Reds , had a couple of misses , then a good sized school of Ladyfish moved through and then the Reds came out in force , Dave O and myself had a great double a 21 and 24 incher
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    and esterobaybum pulled in a fat 21 incher . We wraped it up after that and headed back to the ramp with the sun setting in back ground , a great 4 hours on the bay .
    Total for the trip 3 Reds , lost count on the Trout , too many Ladyfish , and esterobaybum kept the Kittys busy for us all afternoon.
    Baits Zoom jerk worms , Shrimp , and cut Ladyfish .
    Gear 6 and 8 lb Suffix Elite mono , Shimano 2500 reals and rods
    Water cloudy
    Water Temp 72 degrees
    Fuel not even a gallon
    Tight Lines

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    Nice work.

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    Nice job guys...


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    Can't beat the flats in front of weeks.

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    All those fish on less than a gallon of fuel... thats awesome!

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    WOW less than a gal. of fuel,sounds like a good program to me. more cash for the foamy cool one with dinner.
    Thanks for the report

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    nice report man....good details.

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    Nice report Jim. Sounds like a great afternoon.

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