1eyefishing
...just joking, seriously.
I made my way down on April 7th and just got back yesterday. I took along a long-time buddy who is not a member of the forum.
We fished the inside oyster bars, Marsh creeks, and the outside flats. We caught fish everywhere we went, but the first day we could only muster up lady fish and catfish. The next day, we could only catch trout! We moved around quite a bit trying to find some Reds but never could come up with one. I'm beginning to think I need to refine my redfish game, because I fished all the usual redfish methods, but came up empty-handed. We fish shrimp on a popping cork along the marsh edges at high tide. Soaked shrimp and blue crab chunks on the bottom around the oyster bar holes at low tide. We ran out to the rock garden and spent half a day looking for Reds there. Saw plenty of fish and caught a few trout but no reds.
On a rainy day, we took a ride over to Wakulla Springs. I've been there several times, but always win the rain is keeping us from fishing. Never been there on a bright beautiful day! For the first time we hung around a little while and paid our $11 to go on the tourist boat that runs up and down the river watching the wildlife. It was definitely worth the 11 bucks and the hour it took, and was probably the highlight of the trip for my buddy who is not quite a hardcore fisherman. I was trying to make it a vacation trip for him and not to wear him out with 8 and 10 hour fishing days.
We fished the inside oyster bars, Marsh creeks, and the outside flats. We caught fish everywhere we went, but the first day we could only muster up lady fish and catfish. The next day, we could only catch trout! We moved around quite a bit trying to find some Reds but never could come up with one. I'm beginning to think I need to refine my redfish game, because I fished all the usual redfish methods, but came up empty-handed. We fish shrimp on a popping cork along the marsh edges at high tide. Soaked shrimp and blue crab chunks on the bottom around the oyster bar holes at low tide. We ran out to the rock garden and spent half a day looking for Reds there. Saw plenty of fish and caught a few trout but no reds.
On a rainy day, we took a ride over to Wakulla Springs. I've been there several times, but always win the rain is keeping us from fishing. Never been there on a bright beautiful day! For the first time we hung around a little while and paid our $11 to go on the tourist boat that runs up and down the river watching the wildlife. It was definitely worth the 11 bucks and the hour it took, and was probably the highlight of the trip for my buddy who is not quite a hardcore fisherman. I was trying to make it a vacation trip for him and not to wear him out with 8 and 10 hour fishing days.
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