Tuesday Feb 9th, 2008
Big Trout, Keeper Reds.
Mark had his Father-in-law, his brother-in-law, and his future brother-in-law in town and he wanted to show them a good day on the water here in Florida. On the agenda was to get some fish for dinner and since the season is open right now in Clearwater, we tried our hands there.
The first spot we stopped at was just a hunch. It was a little sand bar that is exposed on low tide and had a school of redfish on it last week. When we got there it looked promising but we had not luck. On to the next spot.
The next spot was a trough in the middle of a shallow flat. On low tide the trout had been stacked up pretty thick in there. They were there again today as well. I lost count how many we caught but we picked through them to get the three best for eating and put them in the cooler.
The last spot produced the best fish. Everything we caught there was a keeper. We got 3 redfish and 3 trout. The trout were, 19", 20", and 23".
We used live shrimp today for the first couple of spots and saved the few greenbacks that I was able to catch for the redfish spots we hit.
With this cold front coming tonight, look for things to change a little bit. I think the fish could feel it coming as the bite shut down completely around noon today. Another guide that I know reported the same about today.
Tampa Bay Fishing
Captain Clay Eavenson
813-300-2147
http://www.captainclay.com/
gofishing@captainclay.com
