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LOTS OF TAILERS
By, yaknitup, 10/2/08

Went out to Pineland this morning with my buddy Doug for one reason, some big overslot tailers. We did pretty good with Doug catching 3 fish to 28", and I got a 31" and missed several others as big or bigger. We've found an area they stage at waiting for the incoming tide. Here's a bunch of pictures we took today. All fish were caught on arti's. >>Forum Thread & More Photos

REDS AND SNOOK
By, BFISHN, 9/27/08

Got a call from forum member Capt.Flossman to head out fishing with him and his dad. We were on the water right before the sun came up headed out in his Mitzi 17. The tide was starting to roll in and we hit the beach in search of bait. A ton of action going on. A lot of mixed bait, accompanied by mackeral, jacks, snook, and tarpon. We decided to head back inside to catch some white bait on the flats.

Found some pelicans diving and it took two throws of the net without chumming to load up the livewells. Bait was perfect....4-6 inches. We hit one spot west of the intercoastal which produced a decent bite, and we tried a new spot east of the intercoastal which turned out to be the best bite of the day.

It was non stop for a good hour on the higher tide stage under the bushes, and off of the bushes in good grassy areas with great sandy depressions. Live bait freelined and under popping corks (really got the fish going) worked well. Off the water by 11:30am to come home and watch the Gators lose . Here are a few pics.....(wish we had been in a redfish tourney today, we had some perfect fish) >>Forum Thread & More Photos

GROUPER GRAB
By, anzuelo, 9/20/08

After a long break we finally made it offshore (well - to 145' at least) and it was well worth the trip. First stop put us on a really nice yellowtail bite with a good average size and some that were pretty good. Next stop was an area of hard bottom that produced Red Grouper, Gags, Mango's and a bunch of 5lb ARS (what a shame to toss all of them back!). In total we brought home 40 fish for the table and had a blast. We had planned to do some trolling but just could not leave our bottom bite and fished until we ran out of bait. Here's some photos. >>Forum Thread & More Photos

1st KEEPER SNOOK
By, yakinup, 9/13/08

Haven't posted a report in a while, I dropped the good camera in the water so I was in the doghouse for a while and not allowed to bring any cameras along with me. She was in charge of the camera while we were out. Here's what happened today, I went out for a short paddle this morning with the wife and got outfished. The snook bite was on fire with us catching quite a few smaller snook and these 2 slot fish. Mine was just over 28" but I was feeling nice so we snapped a quick picture and released it. This must have appeased the fish gods because 5 minutes later she landed this 30" beauty. This fish was not as lucky as the first one and we'll be having snook for dinner tonight. By the end of our paddle she had named the snook Bernard and felt bad about bringing it back for dinner. After I reminded her how good Bernard was going to taste she reconsidered. All fish were caught on Gold Mullet Skitterwalks. >>Forum Thread & More Photos