John Becker

3 days in a row, we've been fishing near the pier. Seems like it's Spanish mac for the first wave, lady fish the second, then reds till you can't stand them.



First day 3 of us had to cull a bit to the people on the pier. Bull reds were few and far between, but slot reds were over and over.



Second day was the same but all of the reds were large slot...no bulls.



Third day we brought several friends so we could fill a cooler, and we had no problem doing just that!



They come in shallow...no need for the pier. If any of you saw us out there, you know we were begging people to take fish.



Was a fun 3 days....gonna take t'mor off but while they're running, we'll be doing it every day!

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begging people to take fish? wtf?

Shiznik

I think you guys are pretty lucky to be able to enjoy fishing like that. Hope you guys are taking a ton of pics, and lots with the kids in them!

truth

Try catch and release. If everyone in the parking lot wants fish let them learn how to catch them. That may be against the Law if not it should be.

Splittine

If you were begging people to take redfish you might wanna take your own advice and read your signature.

Snatch it

What kind of bait Just curious?

Phishinitis

Its nice to be able to out catch the tons of people on the ft pickens pier that insist on loading it out every day and stand shoulder to shoulder to fish. nice job.



we've been tearin up the reds ourselves but a bit more east down ft pickens. its a good time of the year.

Shiznik

Had a topic like this for discussion not long ago. I brought up the fact that when you read the regs, at the very bottom, it states the regulation on Bag Limit for the harvester. I might think twice when I let someone reel in a Redfish from the surf next time just because I know its a Redfish and I already have one for dinner.

I used to love to fish Pickens, we always had a blast and brought home dinner too!

Tight Lines

User6882

the last few times ive been we dont catch anything

pole squeezer

If I read your post correctly, you didn't actually say that you were begging people to take the redfish. Nor did you mention giving away the spanish either. It's amazing how easily conclusions are made based on assumptions. Sometimes when I'm fishing and am catching pretty good, and I see a family with children fishing and not doing so great, I have shared my catches with them. Yes,I've even given away redfish occasionally. Though i like sharing tips better, I don't see nothing wrong with sharing fish, even sportfish. To see the look on someones face when I do something unexpected for them is worth paying a fine. Some things are priceless. I don't own the fish, and the One who does once fed 5000 with His fish. And there were folks condemning Him for it too.