After my friends Larry and Phil left town to got back to North Georgia, the weather layed down.
No offense guys, but thanks for leaving. I was getting tired of the storms and 7 foot seas you bring every time you come down:-)
Willie and Patty came in to town and we headed out for a near shore-off shore adventure. We wanted to bag some cobia and catch some trout out at the shoals. I figured they had to be out there since the mouth of the river fishing that I tried with Larry and Phil was non existent.
We drifted Rotary reef for some cobia, but with no results other than a non keeper gag that Willie summoned up on a pinfish.
I wanted to go out to the 24 marker and try to bag a cobe but the water was rolling into 3 footers by the time we got there and we decided it was best to hit the calmer water of the shoals.
It was an excellent choice as the trout and blues kept our lines stretched for a few hours.
The fish were in about 5 feet of water and bit like they were starving right at low tide.
It was fun as we hooked up with everything we threw, top water, jerk baits, fat boys and off course white gulp shrimp.
We ended up bringing home 14 trout and threw back many fish that were right at keeping size.
I also lost some really nice fish on topwater. Just couldn't make it back to the boat without coming unbuttoned.
We decided to try a cobia run back to the hill and hit our usual holes on the way in. This worked to some degree as two cobia and two shark came boat side. Unfortunately the cobia were undersized and got to go back into the Gulf after Willie tangled with them for a while.
So it goes, another great day on the water at the Forgotten Coast!
