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• capt louie Posts: 10,936 Moderator

  August 2021 #2

  Cool. Watching the sucess (and failures) of the others out fishing will help on future visits.
  
  Thanks for the report

  "You'll get your weather"

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• ivn Posts: 308 Deckhand

  August 2021 #3

  Ugh.  Discovered a few BAD things today.

  
  

  1 - I didn't clear my cast net after my last throw apparently.  Guess how bad a finger mullet can make a car trunk stink in less than 24 hours?

  
  

  2 - I've got a big tear in my cast net.   Thankfully it is a small el cheapo and will be $20 to replace.

  
  

  
  

  On the flip side....  tied into a few big catfish and 4 more black tip sharks today.  Lost two of the sharks trying to actually get 'em to where I could get them up out of the water.  Released one and kept one for a buddy who likes to eat 'em.  All were about 24" long at the fork.

  
  

  Fishing was good, but on the last shark I used my last half finger mullet, so instead of fighting to catch more (any idea as to how hard it is to net bait in a 3' net with a 2' tear at the top?) I packed it in and went home.  Did see several large black drum cruising the oysters right in front of the pier, but couldn't get them interested.
  

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• kingkong954 Posts: 690 Officer

  August 2021 #4

  Use some mono and fix that net yourself.

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• ivn Posts: 308 Deckhand

  August 2021 #5

  kingkong954 said:

  Use some mono and fix that net yourself.

  
  

  I would... but the mesh size is just a tad too big, lots of the finger mullet and other bait fish I catch end up with their gills stuck in the net.  So now I need vs "need" to get a new net    Unfortunately, it won't be "cheap" - a 4' net w/ 1/4" mesh is over $50....

  
  

  
  

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• capt louie Posts: 10,936 Moderator

  August 2021 #6

  1 - I didn't clear my cast net after my last throw apparently.  Guess how bad a finger mullet can make a car trunk stink in less than 24 hours?
  
  LOL , Do it with shrimp or squid. Even better.

  "You'll get your weather"

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• Turner River Terror Posts: 12,237 AG

  August 2021 #7

  Who in the Heck buys a 4 Ft' 20 Dollar Cast Net...just askin

  Killin and Grillin :grin

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• ivn Posts: 308 Deckhand

  August 2021 #8

  Turner River Terror said:

  Who in the Heck buys a 4 Ft' 20 Dollar Cast Net...just askin

  
  

  Someone who supports a family on a educators salary buys a $20 net.  A person who needs to be able to throw a small net into that 4' gap between the pier and the grasses, etc. buys a 3-4' net. 
  

  
  

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• Moon Shadow Posts: 1,074 Officer

  August 2021 #9

  Maybe someday we can meet out at shell mound or Cedar Keys and fish from the piers.  Just let me know a couple of days before and the time.  You and your son can hold me a spot.  I like fishing from shore.

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• ivn Posts: 308 Deckhand

  August 2021 #10

  Moon Shadow said:

  Maybe someday we can meet out at shell mound or Cedar Keys and fish from the piers.  Just let me know a couple of days before and the time.  You and your son can hold me a spot.  I like fishing from shore.

  
  Headed out there Saturday morning (arrive ~10ish, fish until 1ish when high tide hits)
  

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• Moon Shadow Posts: 1,074 Officer

  August 2021 #11

  I may see you out there.  Don't know yet.

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• ivn Posts: 308 Deckhand

  August 2021 #12

  Moon Shadow said:

  I may see you out there.  Don't know yet.

  
  I'll be wearing tie-dye most likely... hope to have one or more of my kids with me
  

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• Moon Shadow Posts: 1,074 Officer

  August 2021 #13

  You never said what pier you fishing off of.

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• ivn Posts: 308 Deckhand

  August 2021 #14

  Moon Shadow said:

  You never said what pier you fishing off of.

  
  We'll be at the shell mound pier next to the boat launch.  End of the paved road where the camp ground is, keep going.... stop when you get to the water
  

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• 4WARD Posts: 3,159 Captain

  August 2021 #15

  Stop well short of the water at low tide 😉 

  "I hate graveyards and old pawn shops
  For they always bring me tears
  I can't forgive the way they rob me
  Of my childhood souvenirs"... John Prine

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• Moon Shadow Posts: 1,074 Officer

  August 2021 #16

  I will meet you out there another time, maybe in the fall when it is cooler. I visited Cedar Keys today to hopefully take some photos of Brown Pelicans.  I took the poles and stopped at 3 different places in Cedar Keys and the last stop was at Shell Mound spot #4.  It was catfish heaven or hell any way you look at it, catching catfish after catfish  Tryed each spot around a half-hour each.  Every spot I caught catfish, one spot I caught probably one every 2 to 3 minutes.  I tried Shell Mound for an hour because I had the place to myself.  A 3-foot shark bit me off and that was the only fish that wasn't a catfish.  A small boat came in when I was leaving and they said all they caught were catfish too.
  Good luck on Saturday.

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• ivn Posts: 308 Deckhand

  August 2021 #17

  Moon Shadow said:

  I will meet you out there another time, maybe in the fall when it is cooler. I visited Cedar Keys today to hopefully take some photos of Brown Pelicans.  I took the poles and stopped at 3 different places in Cedar Keys and the last stop was at Shell Mound spot #4.  It was catfish heaven or hell any way you look at it, catching catfish after catfish  Tryed each spot around a half-hour each.  Every spot I caught catfish, one spot I caught probably one every 2 to 3 minutes.  I tried Shell Mound for an hour because I had the place to myself.  A 3-foot shark bit me off and that was the only fish that wasn't a catfish.  A small boat came in when I was leaving and they said all they caught were catfish too.
  Good luck on Saturday.

  
  I found that using larger hunks of cut bait makes sure that at least the catfish you get are decent sized and put up a fight.  And since I don't eat fish, as long as my rod gets bent I don't care too much...
  

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