Sight Casting Reds in the Marsh Pre Cold Front

Started with the morning coffee, and arrived to St. Marks Florida at around 7:45am. Launched at an almost slack low tide, immediately started throwing top waters with no luck. Moved to a large bar with mullet all around throwing paddle tales and top waters and again had no luck.

Moved down the flat to the marsh entrance, poled the flat and ran up on a lone redfish sitting in a sand hole about five feet away from the bow of the boat. Sight casted a DOA Cal paddle tail to the fish and immediately hooked up. Took a couple of runs and then boated a just over slot 28” redfish. Snapped some photos and successfully released the fish to battle another day. 

The tide started to move again so we decided to drift our way into the marsh. TONS of mullet were in the marsh going in with the tide, we successfully slammed with some more reds, trout, and a lone flounder that was caught on the way out of the marsh. 

Ran back to the ramp with an incoming tide and was off the water by 12pm. Weather was beautiful at around 78 degrees with a 5mph wind from the SE. Until Next time Tight Lines!

First Solo Trip in the Gheenoe

Hitch up the 'noe around 6am on Friday morning and headed to St. Marks. Stopped to get a coffee and let the sun rise a bit, then launch to another ultra low tide.

Motored out tossing a top water, and caught a couple of trout on the flats.

Poled around a long sand and oyster bar and only managed to spook some reds. Ended up catching a couple of flounder bouncing a jig head off the sand. Moved on and did a little photo shoot with the gheenoe.

Overall and nice relaxing solo trip at the lighthouse! As always Tight lines, and Happy Halloween- Dave

October Trout at St. Marks Lighthouse

  I didn't have class until later in the afternoon, the wind was almost non existent and the weather was amazing. So I took a trip down to St. Marks from School here at FSU. After launching we poled around mullet schools and bait, ended up catching some very nice trout. Here are pictures from the day:

This last picture was taken while trailering out of st marks national refuge in one of the ponds along the side of the road. Until next time, Tight Lines!