small report

Down South

Date: February 18, 2008 at 22:06:44
From: eds, [72-28-150-062-dhcp.mia.fl.atlanticbb.net]
Subject: small report

I fished for a few hours on Saturday afternoon. I wanted to fly fish but
it was too windy. BEing a holiday weeknd the boat traffic was a bit
heavy also. Eeven back in my little shallow cove of few kayakers that
had obviously never kayaked got a little close. ABout 2 hours into the
afternoon rising tide (3:00pm ish) I saw a large plume of mud that
looked like a big ray mud. a bonnet head shark came shooting out of
the mud at one point. I almost gave up on it but decided to watch
another minute. sure enough a school of 15 or so bones comes out of
the mud and starts cruising along. my crab landed a few feet in front
of the school and was inhaled as it fluttered to the bottom. I got the
fish to the boat but he came off as I was reaching down to grab him.

I saw one large snook hanging out in a pot hole but lost sight of him
when the sun disappeared behind a cloud. a few blind casts produced
nothing but a nervous boil. I went in shortly after that.

A friend and I tried looking for some big laid up Tarpon in Florida Bay
on some fairly remote banks on Sunday but we didnt find any. Weather
was crappy and we went in.

hope to hit the mother of all estuarys in the next week or so,
eds