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01/30/10 - STRONG WIND FROM THE RIGHT IS A FLYRODDER'S FRIGHT
Jerry Plaaten
Average fish
Sand trout?
    
And I have 4 new punctures in my raincoat to prove it! On the plus side, I wore those rascals (the seatrout) out today! or is vice versa? In the ditch in St. Auggie with rain, dark skies, wind 15 to 25 mph from the worst direction and the seatrout couldn't leave the fly alone! I caught and released 33 or so of them, 14"-18", in 3 hours! With very many missed hits and LDR's. The intermediate line and medium weighted Clouser put it right on them when the wind eased enough to allow a cast. Amazing day! I think they may like the low light levels much as striped bass do. Here's a pic of an average player from today and what I think is a 17" sand trout which gave a very good account of itself.
01/25/10 - WINDY FLY DAY..(YAK & SKIFF VIDEO)
Capt.Rich Santos
   

With a serious case of cabin fever due to the past colder weather we've had and lack of yak fishing, the warmer temps. encouraged me to get out for a paddle despite the small craft advisory!.. So I meet up with Scott B. and Braley S. I was also anxious to use my new video-cam on its first real kayak fishing trip. With water temps. in the high 50s the Reds were not active. We managed to find 2 with blind casting around oysters. A very slow drifting lure in the natural current was the ticket to get them to eat. When they hit it felt like a Flounder. Just a mild..thump! Not to hard and didn't run to far but as always put a nice bend in the rod and woke up around the kayak. We finished up my late morning because it was blowing to hard and paddled home in 25+ MPH winds! Here's the vid...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btavk5kCRuE

Here's another (non-yak)video I did in my new used 16 Mitzi Skiff..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWwhmbDqbh4

 

Tight Loops and Lines all!...Rich Santos 

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01/23/10 - YA NEVER KNOW...
Jerry Plaaten
This afternoon I decided to fish in spite of the NE wind, cool temps and much higher tide than I usually try. As I got into St. Augustine and the wadable section of the ditch that I frequent, I saw the fog hanging along the coast too. But I was there and was gonna give it try. The NE wind was quartering in my face at 12-20 mph from left to right which, for a right hander, isn't all that bad. It WAS only 55* though, as was the water, and mighty chilly overall. The fish did not notice as over the next 2 hours I caught and released 14 very healthy trout from 14"-16.5" on chartreuse and white Clouser deep minnows. Then I couldn't solidly hook a fish...I missed 8 or 9 hits and takes in a row and then a couple dolphins decided to occupy my space and the catching was over! Still, quite a treat.

01/20/10 - TUESDAY REPORT
Woody Huband
    
I went out from Brown's dirt ramp on Tuesday and was surprised by the muddy water. Managed a few trout and that's about it.


01/17/10 - IN SPITE OF THE WIND...
Jerry Plaaten
Cannonball jellyfish
First 17" fish of the day
Typical result
Best of the day, 18+. It even posed nicely!
  
It was blowing like stink, 15 to 25 mph easy but it was going to be at my back so I took off for the ICW in St. Augustine where I often have good trout success. I was greeted by a bunch of cannonball jellyfish all over the place but they are pretty harmless overall. It was a slow start but after 30 minutes or so I got a couple bumps and then the first hookup. Over the next 2 hours I picked 9 trout, 2 smallish ones, the others 16"-18+" and very fat and solid. I hit myself 3 times with the clouser and the rod 4 times, fortunately with no damage. But when the wind eased just enough, a good cast could be made, often with a hit or hookup being the result. With the water at 55* and the air at 65*, in spite of the winds, it was a good day.
01/15/10 - WATCH YOUR GOLDFISH
Woody Huband
   
I've been taking care of my neighbor's dog and koi for a while and today was the first day in a week that the koi were hungry. I took that to be a good sign and it was. Here are a few pics from this afternoon.


01/14/10 - CLOUDS BUT FISH
Chase Hancock
     
went out today and seen quite a few fish, many of them seemed to have lockjaw but always leave it up to the little guys to save the day!
01/09/10 - IT'S COLD BUT REDS HAVE TO EAT!!
John Chapman
  
The last couple of days I've had some great luck with the Reds off Hecksher in the creeks. They are loving the soft plastics moved just over the oysters methodically slow.  They are hitting like a hung oyster and fighting close to the same way.  No big runs just heavy fight right under the kayak.  The trout are somewhere else I guess. I hung one nice one this week that was 23.5 but mostly just nice Reds. Today Tim, Kevin, and I went and here are some pics. 
01/01/10 - NEW YEAR'S EVE OUTING...
Jerry Plaaten
Small seatrout
Small bluefish
    
New Year's eve + 65* + light breezes = fishing! Add a few Clouser deep minnow flies to the mix and this is what you get...last fish of the year! One fish, two fish, weakfish, bluefish...

Wandered down to my so called trout hole but found it full of small bluefish and 1 small seatrout...2 hours worth of the annoying little choppers but at least it was sport on a pleasant afternoon! Even switched over to a popper and continued to catch 'em, one after the other! Donated way too many flies to them too but it was fun on the last day of the year so it's okay. Happy New Year all...
 
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