Florida Adventures

[Crab Pot]

Nice!

Glad it found a good home.

That's probably the first time it's been used in many years. 

[Benni3]

Should I put spicks on my hood full mad max,,,   I'm getting difficult out looks,,,,,,,let what my future say,,,,,,,

[Benni3]

The next

[JasonGotaProblem]

Completely sensible.

[Benni3]

I really love Florida,,,,, and the fishing there is fantastic it is the best place on the east coast,,,,,,

[JasonGotaProblem]

This weekend saw a slot red and another enormous ray. This time landed but not photographed. I had bryan's kit in a steel geared jigmaster with the drag cranked all the way down and he could still run. Great way to test a new rod build.

I don't find stingrays to be photo-worthy. But it was still quite a fight.

[jurelometer]

Redfish have to win the best dressed award for the drum family.  Nice catch.  And show some love to the mud marlin too.

[Gfish]

"SPIKES" should go on your wheels, Benni.😁.

[JasonGotaProblem]

Forgot to post this guy. I didn't realize the state record for a sail cat was 27" this guy looked to be bigger than that. Fella was strong as an ox and about as heavy. If I realized I had a record contender I would have kept him.

Note the bigfoot-sighting level of pic quality to back up that claim. Yeah I don't think I'm convincing anyone. Oh well.

Oh, and that sunset.

[JasonGotaProblem]

Reviving this thread.

This weekend my company did a huge party at a hotel on st pete beach. I wasnt sure if I would get to fish but I packed a rod and grabbed a dozen shrimp on the way over. Just in case.

Well I found my moment. My son was swimming in the heated pool playing with the other kids, my daughter asleep in her stroller, and my wife curled up in a lounge chair with a book. Time to wander off.

After I grabbed my gear i only had about an hour at the water, and it was low tide. Water was about 65° and nobody was swimming. Waves were almost non-existent but the water was clear enough that i could see the structure of the bottom. So I picked a good spot from my vantage point up by the dunes. 40 minutes in, nothing but stolen bait with no noticeable action. So I take a look around and see that I missed by about 50'.

So I cast over to the "correct" spot, and within 5 seconds of having a shrimp in the water I had a fish on the line. From there it took me about 20 minutes to burn thru the rest of the shrimp, bites as soon as it touched down. 6 ladyfish landed, one close to 24" the rest around 16-20" all jumped and fought like crazy. Ladyfish are fun on light tackle.

I had no cooler, and the room didn't have a fridge or freezer, or i would have definitely kept them for future cut bait. There's no better cut bait locally. Everything loves ladyfish.

Great fun overall.

[Donnyboat]

Very good Jason, thanks for showing us, cheers Don.

[nelz]

Ladyfish are a blast!