"fresh catch of the day" thread

J*RoMe

mythical beast
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what'd you catch today? a fish? a skank? rock lobster? post it up!

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I'm just gonna post my report from last weekend that I post on the fishing Sites.

8/14 - Took off work early Friday to try and get in some afternoon fishing at the Pocket. Hit the water about 3pm with skies looking menacing, but the rain and storms stayed north and I had pleasant afternoon. Didn't catch much but a Jack and a Trout, and it seems a lot of the bait fish have moved out of the area. Gulp Jerk Shads in the clear water, and topwater in the muddy water has really been paying off the past couple of weeks, but not so much today.

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8/15 - Weekend fishing is always a chore, plenty of weekenders on the water screwing up the normal fishing holes, and just means you need to adapt. So Saturday morning Jillian and I set out to put a few more notches in her belt with the reds. As you can see she is just so ecstatic about being up at 5am for fishing!

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We also had another Forum member Edlive with us for part of this trip. Ed it was great to meet you, and look forward to fishing with you again. You're brave man fishing out of the yak in those gator infested waters!!

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So the day was pretty slow for the most part. The morning brought a few dink trouts, lady fish, and a rat red. We decided to get out of the muddy water of the Banana Creek and into the cleaner water of the IRL. Instantly we start seeing big trout roaming the checkered board flats. I hook up with this trout and I feel the day has begun a turn for the better!

Caught on 5" Nuclear Chicken Gulp Jerk Shad.
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Ed took off for home and Jillian and I set up on a drift with the winds from south. We would drift a few hundred yards then set up on some sand holes and soaked some 4" gulp shrimps. As usual this tactic always pays off in the wind when you can't really sight cast to fish. We didn't manage anything to big, mainly under-slot or just barely slot reds.

My first red of the day
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Jillians red for the day
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My 2nd red of the day
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My 3rd red of the day
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Another great day on the beautiful IRL!! B)
 
dude that underwater pic is sweet. nice reds, they are my favorite to fish for. going to see if i can dig up an old pic of a bull red i caught...
 
nice... haven't gone fishing since I got my 240 in march... need to take a break and start fishing for some snook soon...
 
this was just a quick cast behind my parents house 2 days ago
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these were about a month ago
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and whats left of the barracudas lunch
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we almost brought him in, as soon as the fish hit the surface a barracuda and took most of it,
he actually got 2 or 3 of our fishes before we could reel em in
 
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here is a skank i pulled in. caught on a $10bill behind a dumpster last afternoon. she put up quite a fight but i got her in the boat and later realized i caught more than just a skank
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