Went out yesterday with an old buddy to fish the ICW creeks north of the
St. Johns River. Caught a mess of reds and a couple of flounder, but no
seatrout. He has the perfect boat for inshore fishing hereabouts, a
Carolina Skiff with a 90 hp Honda and a trolling motor.
Tossed live shrimp and plastics with a 5' rod, small spinning reel and 6
pound test. Heading out offshore from St. Augustine in about an hour.

And now, back to the usual way off topic bull**** that is rec.boats... :)

HarryK wrote:
Went out yesterday with an old buddy to fish the ICW creeks north of
the St. Johns River. Caught a mess of reds and a couple of flounder,
but no seatrout. He has the perfect boat for inshore fishing
hereabouts, a Carolina Skiff with a 90 hp Honda and a trolling motor.
Tossed live shrimp and plastics with a 5' rod, small spinning reel and
6 pound test. Heading out offshore from St. Augustine in about an hour.

And now, back to the usual way off topic bull**** that is rec.boats...
:)
WAFA!

On 11/27/10 9:29 AM, W1TEF wrote:
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:20:40 -0500,
wrote:

Went out yesterday with an old buddy to fish the ICW creeks north of the
St. Johns River. Caught a mess of reds and a couple of flounder, but no
seatrout.

Any size to the reds? I've heard via the rumor mill that they are a
really nice year class - in the 10/15 lb range. A friend of mine was
fishing off the Battery in Charleston from shore using grass shrimp
and was nailing specs right and left - decent size too - 4/5 lbs.

He has the perfect boat for inshore fishing hereabouts, a
Carolina Skiff with a 90 hp Honda and a trolling motor.

I like those a lot. And they are fairly inexpensive - well except for
the Honda - those are a little pricey. I've been thinking of getting
a smaller one to throw around in smaller lakes.

Tossed live shrimp and plastics with a 5' rod, small spinning reel and 6
pound test. Heading out offshore from St. Augustine in about an hour.

Nice rig. 6 lb mono or braid?

Didn't weigh any fish, but the reds were between 25" and 33". Didn't
keep any. Used 6# braid. 4200 and 4300 Penns. Went 30 miles offshore
yesterday, to a few manmade reefs. Forgot how good fishing can be in NE
Florida.

"HarryK" wrote in message ...
On 11/27/10 9:29 AM, W1TEF wrote:
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:20:40 -0500,
wrote:

Went out yesterday with an old buddy to fish the ICW creeks north of the
St. Johns River. Caught a mess of reds and a couple of flounder, but no
seatrout.

Any size to the reds? I've heard via the rumor mill that they are a
really nice year class - in the 10/15 lb range. A friend of mine was
fishing off the Battery in Charleston from shore using grass shrimp
and was nailing specs right and left - decent size too - 4/5 lbs.

He has the perfect boat for inshore fishing hereabouts, a
Carolina Skiff with a 90 hp Honda and a trolling motor.

I like those a lot. And they are fairly inexpensive - well except for
the Honda - those are a little pricey. I've been thinking of getting
a smaller one to throw around in smaller lakes.

Tossed live shrimp and plastics with a 5' rod, small spinning reel and 6
pound test. Heading out offshore from St. Augustine in about an hour.

Nice rig. 6 lb mono or braid?

Didn't weigh any fish, but the reds were between 25" and 33". Didn't
keep any. Used 6# braid. 4200 and 4300 Penns. Went 30 miles offshore
yesterday, to a few manmade reefs. Forgot how good fishing can be in NE
Florida.

People are going hungry and you throw the fish back? How thoughtful.

--
Ziggy®