mxracer19

Thursday Afternoon: I got out in the kayak today to work the sound for anything that would bite. I put in at Oriole Beach boat ramp north of the Portofino and headed east working the northern shore with all the boat docks. 400 yards down I ran into a nice area...on the first cast I hooked up with a catfish. I threw him back and kept moving. 100 yards east of there I found myself 2 16" specks before hooking up with a nice 24" red. The red made it home with me and it was grilled redfish with asparagus and fresh tomatoes under a cream sauce for dinner.

The catfish was caught on a natural gulp shrimp. The specks and red were caught on fresh frozen shrimp with a 4/0 light circle hook/24" flouro leader under a popping cork with 10# braid. All fish were caught in 4' of water over grass beds between 1:00 and 3:00pm. High tide was at 12:51. Upon examining the stomach contents in the red I found a whole blue crab approx. 2" wide and more blue crab claws in the intestines...it always pays to know what they're feeding on and when.
-Matt

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Pompano Joe

Great report Matt! Thanks for taking the time to pass all that info along.

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trectenwald

Sounds like a good day! With the crappy swells offshore, I just might have to give the sound a try.

wflgator

Great report - thanks for sharing. Been meaning to get over that way and try the new (to me) Revo I bought.

cablechris

Great report. Neat that the blue crab was in his belly.

h2o4u

Nice. Very detailed report. I have done very well around that area myself.

todd in the bay

mx, Great post!!Baby blue crabs are like ribeyes to Redfish. One of my favorite bait. And, the "3 Catfish Rule" is 3 so you won't leave that spot before you catch a Red, ha!
Glad to hear you studying the contents,... cleaning for great fillets!
YUM!!

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