3 Mile Hole and BSB

11.18.13

Water temp: 64 degrees

Nancy and I went out for a quick trip Monday afternoon as the wind died a little bit.

After clearing the sticks leaving Ochlockonee River we realized we could wander over to the hole off Shell Pt. reef.

We were't disappointed as cast after cast black sea bass came to the boat.  It's a lot of fun with light equipment.

We were hoping to catch a flounder or redfish, but I don't think anything has a chance out there with the bass covering up the rocks and eating everything that comes by.

We kept a few for dinner and headed over to the sand trout hole hoping to latch onto a bull red.  There were some monsters out there last weekend as some guys from Ohio came down and caught four over 41 inches long.

We didn't get any takers and headed back in about dark.

A nice evening on the water for mid November.

Wind, Low Tide, Cold

11.13.13

Here is a view from Mashes Sands this morning.
First cold snap of the year.
Anyone want to go offshore today?

http://youtu.be/9nKThoGeasg

Magic Act!

11.11.13

68 degree water temp

We wanted to go to K Tower again in the "1" foot waves promised by NOAA.  Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

We did finally work our way out around the barge at the 24 marker.

We were able to catch these:

And turn them into these:

YUMMY!!

And They Are Still There

11.10.13

Water Temp: 68 degrees

We wanted to go back and see if the trout were still on the bar where we left them, so we took the tin boat out Sunday for a couple of hours.

The tide was outgoing and on the last couple of hours of low tide.

I didn't have as much hope, as the fish were biting on the incoming tide last week.

But, we caught them real well.

Not as big as last week, but 11 came boat side.  All were in the 14" to 16" category and all went back into the water as we have enough at home to keep us in fish tacos for a while.

They were biting where the water was the swiftest coming across the bar.

I was catching them on a jig head tipped with a Wave Worm Tiki Shaddick in Chartreuse.  I had these in my bass box and was trying them in the pond.  The bass ate them, so I decided to try them on trout and they ate them up.

After using them for a while, I switched to a 3" Gulp Guppy in new penny and that finished off the day.  You can see the oyster bar in the background of the picture below.  That is how clear the water has become.

Nancy was catching them on the good ol' white gulp shrimp.

The fish are absolutely beautiful currently.  The water has cleared up and the fish are all regaining their natural colors.

Not bad for a couple hours of fishing.

Day Of The Trout

10.29.13

After getting beat up yesterday, we decided to take the tin boat out in the river and give it a try and not have our teeth rattled from the east wind.

It took a while, but we got it going as the morning progressed.

We started fishing in front of Tradewinds.  I was trying to hook up on reds and I had Nancy throwing a carolina rig out the back into the channel with just a fish bite on her hook.  She repeatedly was bringing in nice sand trout and viewing a manatee that surfaced behind the boat.  The sand trout  look big again this year.

We tried the big white bar with zero results.

With the tide rising, we headed over to Chaires Creek to see if any fish had started their journey into the creek.  All we saw there was another big manatee.  The sea cows are definitely on the move.

After a snack break and a discussion that I may want to become a philatelist, I decided to try the docks in the river.

On our journey back across the river I saw birds diving on bait near an oyster bar I have rarely fished.

As the water has cleared up beautifully, I could see the top of the bar and was able to fish it correctly for the first time.

The first cast yielded a beautiful spec, and then next cast and the next.

The fish ranged in size from 14" up to this 20" fish that were caught mainly on a jig head and a new penny gulp

We probably caught 18 or so trout and a pup red off the bar in 45 minutes or so.  And we left them biting.

Nice to bang the trout again!

I Miss All My Family And Friends!!!

10.28.13

.....because, when they visited, that was the only time I've caught fish this year!

I've been lucky that when we've had guests that the fishing has been excellent.

But, when the aren't here, the fishing has been tough on me and Nancy this year.

We caught flounder, blue runners, grouper, lady fish, black sea bass and probably some other fish yesterday, but nothing of any size.

It was kind of the usual, a plan to go to K tower to fish, waves predicted to be 1 foot or less, waves actually 3 feet, turn back after 10 miles of beating wondering when we can touch the big water again.

The rest of the week calls for 1-3 footers, which means at least 5 foot waves.

But, if you want to catch ladyfish, the mouth of the Ocklockonee River is covered up with them pounding bait as far as you can see!

Fishing Is Picking Up

10.17.13

Water temp: 77 degrees

Got out today for a morning trip.  It actually was flat calm which we haven't seen in a while.

Macon and me caught a few trout out in Ullmore cove.  Two keepers and plenty of shorts on topwater and gulp.

I let Macon off at the dock and went into the harbor and caught a nice 21"red on topwater and missed two others.

 Gotta quick drinking coffee in the morning, I snatched it away from them before they could eat it.