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ST. JOSEPH SOUND
By franky V, 03/07/10

Set out for Honeymoon Island with a friend of mine and soaked the waders a bit today. Water is obviously still a bit on the cold side, so we waited for the sun to come up before we started our day. Arrived around 11:00 AM with practically no wind. Decided to wade the back side of Honeymoon. First time for both of us. Got in the water and fished the beginning of the incoming tide. Walked and fished many pot holes with success in one particular location. The mullet were plentiful in the area we fished and we figured there had to be some game fish mixed in. We were casting paddle tail jigs, (DOA, Mirrolure), with assorted colored jig heads. Chartreuse heads seemed to be the color of choice seeing that the water was somewhat discolored, and silver mullet tails performed well. We only fished for a couple of hours, but managed to land two redfish and one trout. Lost one that felt nice and healthy. It was his day today as he spit the hook about two seconds after I had him on. All in all, it was a beautiful day with great weather, a few fish and good laughs. >>Forum Thread & More Photos

REDS AND TROUT
By JMSnooky, 02/25/10

Saturday was the Kayak Fishing Classics tournament, which was held at Whiskey Joe's over by Courtney Campbell. First place I launched the kayak I picked up a 25 inch red. I relocated to my second spot and got on a real good topwater trout bite with the overcast morning. Ended up getting 7 trout between 22 1/2 and 24 1/2 up to 5 lbs. Good to see much more of the bigger trout all around. >>Forum Thread & More Photos

CLOWNING AROUND
By Jayzilla, 02/16/10

So I get this call from Capt. Brian Epperson and he sounded all depressed and bummed out. He rambled on about how he has lost his touch and can no longer locate the elusive shallow water winter redfish. He begged and pleaded for me to "help show him the way.” My first thought was to tell him to get lost, but then I remembered, he had a few fly rods and I've been wanting to try my hand at fly fishing once again. For those who don't know, the last time I picked up a fly rod it resulted in some bleeding, physical scarring, and a near trip to the hospital. Brian reluctantly agreed to bring along a fly rod if I would agree to show him the way in upper Tampa Bay… >>Forum Thread & More Photos

PEARL ISLANDS, PANAMA
By BryanC, 02/16/10

My brother Brett and I flew to Panama City, Panama last week to fish with Jocko (Deron) in the Pearl Islands, in the Gulf of Panama. We arrived Wednesday evening, and were pleasantly surprised with an excellent fillet mignon dinner, prepared by Deron’s wife Johanna… >>Forum Thread & More Photos