Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats

JBK · 06-22-2010, 09:55 PM

Down here for the week. On Sunday caught a few catfish and a ladyfish. Didn't get a bite all day Monday but got some cigar minnows and tried again later at around 9pm and caught a bluefish and some more catfish.

Went out today at around 10 using cigar minnows and shrimp. Ended up catching another blue, another ladyfish, 2 small sharks and probably 15 catfish, they were all over the place. The rain came in and i got soaked but the fish didn't stop biting and I enjoyed every minute of it. I'll add another update or 2 later this week.

Had tarballs wash up on Sunday for a few minutes but it wasn't too bad.

Also had another nice catch Monday night after a storm moved through but this one involved a tripod and camera instead of rod and reel. :takephoto

Jaw Jacker · 06-22-2010, 10:11 PM

That is an awesome picture of lighting.:bowdown

Kookmeyer · 06-23-2010, 01:00 AM

Fantastic!!

Gulflady · 06-23-2010, 01:48 AM

<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wonderful pics of the lightning!!!

Kookmeyer · 06-23-2010, 03:11 AM

Hey brother,

Love the photo. I was chased inside by that storm. I was fishing the Inter Coastal by Hub Stacey's at the time. I live on Innerarity Point. I'm also an avid fisherman and photographer. I fish Johnson Beach mostly, and have done very well this spring and early summer. Hope to run into you sometime. <a href="http://livinginpensacola.blogspot.com/">http://livinginpensacola.blogspot.com/</a>

Steve

Baitcaster · 06-23-2010, 06:32 AM

good lookin' blue, how long was it ?

JBK · 06-26-2010, 07:56 PM

Didn't get a chance to measure the blue but I'd say it was around 14 inches.

Well, on Tuesday after my last post I went back out with my sister at around 5 and caught a ladyfish and a few more catfish and then at 6:30 my sister was headed in to eat dinner with the family but I was feeling lucky so decided to stay for a few more casts. Bad idea. Caught yet another catfish (realize now that I should have changed locations), and I've always been hesitant about holding them to take the hook out because of the barb I've heard about. so I just grab the hook with needlenose pliers and give him a shake. The probably 8" cat flopped off the hook and flopped all around on my foot, and in the process put his fin bone about a inch into my second toe.

This picture was taken today so it's well on its way to healing but that red line is the path that the barb took under my skin. Right after the incident I asked a couple of kids who were watching me fish to keep an eye on my stuff and I hobbled about 75 yards through the sand trailing blood and in some pretty intense pain. We called the hospital and they said to come on over to the Pensacola ER (that place is a whole 'nother story) for x-rays to see if the barb was still in there. Luckily it wasn't and I got home around 12:30 am with antibiotics and some nice pain meds.
Moral of the story....eat dinner when told to.

Many of y'all been hit by a catfish barb? Hurts like absolute hell and the pain didn't stop for 3 hours straight.

Anyway, fished Thursday and Friday with nothing too exciting to speak of. I did go to the lagoon side of Johnson Beach and caught a few of these

Wasn't sure exactly what they were. Is the top one some kind of grunt? They looked like possibly good baitfish.

Hoping to hit the beach one or two more times in the next couple days. Hope everybody's doin' well.

hogdogs · 06-26-2010, 08:08 PM

Only got the "horn" one time... I had junior in the front seat of a 12 foot skiff, I was in the back seat. He caught a little cat and i told him to swing it my way but keep it "over the side" of the boat... he thought that meant "back over to the inside"... Well before i could grab the line, it swung and spiked me about an inch inside from my left nipple... GOD THAT BURNED LIKE FIRE!!!! While I have never been shot, I have known literally dozens who have and one common denominator in their description is HOT SHARP PAIN!!! Well I guess I my first thought was "So this is what it feel like to be shot!"

It literally felt like a white hot metal rod/ice pick had been stabbed into me... No doctor, No good legal drugs... Several hours of pain that radiated from the wound, up the left side of my neck, and down the inside of my left arm to my elbow or so...

Brent

Ron19 · 06-27-2010, 05:53 PM

That is an awesome pic of the lightning. Nice work......

Croaker Chris · 06-28-2010, 10:49 PM

Och .... Oh my toe ....... Congrats on the catch !

06-22-2010, 09:55 PM	#1
JBK Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Nashville, tn Posts: 10	Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats Down here for the week. On Sunday caught a few catfish and a ladyfish. Didn't get a bite all day Monday but got some cigar minnows and tried again later at around 9pm and caught a bluefish and some more catfish. Went out today at around 10 using cigar minnows and shrimp. Ended up catching another blue, another ladyfish, 2 small sharks and probably 15 catfish, they were all over the place. The rain came in and i got soaked but the fish didn't stop biting and I enjoyed every minute of it. I'll add another update or 2 later this week. Had tarballs wash up on Sunday for a few minutes but it wasn't too bad. Also had another nice catch Monday night after a storm moved through but this one involved a tripod and camera instead of rod and reel. :takephoto

06-22-2010, 10:11 PM	#2
Jaw Jacker Senior Member Snapper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Milton fl. Posts: 504	RE: Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats That is an awesome picture of lighting.:bowdown __________________ Jaw Jacker

06-23-2010, 01:00 AM	#3
Kookmeyer Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Innerarity Point Posts: 19	RE: Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats Fantastic!!

06-23-2010, 01:48 AM	#4
Gulflady Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Pensacola, Florida Posts: 131	RE: Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats <span style="font-family: Arial;">Wonderful pics of the lightning!!!

06-23-2010, 03:11 AM	#5
Kookmeyer Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Innerarity Point Posts: 19	RE: Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats Hey brother, Love the photo. I was chased inside by that storm. I was fishing the Inter Coastal by Hub Stacey's at the time. I live on Innerarity Point. I'm also an avid fisherman and photographer. I fish Johnson Beach mostly, and have done very well this spring and early summer. Hope to run into you sometime. <a href="http://livinginpensacola.blogspot.com/">http://livinginpensacola.blogspot.com/</a> Steve

06-23-2010, 06:32 AM	#6
Baitcaster Topwater Bluefish fan Grouper Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,141	RE: Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats good lookin' blue, how long was it ?

06-26-2010, 07:56 PM	#7
JBK Junior Member Cigar Minnow Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Nashville, tn Posts: 10	RE: Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats Didn't get a chance to measure the blue but I'd say it was around 14 inches. Well, on Tuesday after my last post I went back out with my sister at around 5 and caught a ladyfish and a few more catfish and then at 6:30 my sister was headed in to eat dinner with the family but I was feeling lucky so decided to stay for a few more casts. Bad idea. Caught yet another catfish (realize now that I should have changed locations), and I've always been hesitant about holding them to take the hook out because of the barb I've heard about. so I just grab the hook with needlenose pliers and give him a shake. The probably 8" cat flopped off the hook and flopped all around on my foot, and in the process put his fin bone about a inch into my second toe. This picture was taken today so it's well on its way to healing but that red line is the path that the barb took under my skin. Right after the incident I asked a couple of kids who were watching me fish to keep an eye on my stuff and I hobbled about 75 yards through the sand trailing blood and in some pretty intense pain. We called the hospital and they said to come on over to the Pensacola ER (that place is a whole 'nother story) for x-rays to see if the barb was still in there. Luckily it wasn't and I got home around 12:30 am with antibiotics and some nice pain meds. Moral of the story....eat dinner when told to. Many of y'all been hit by a catfish barb? Hurts like absolute hell and the pain didn't stop for 3 hours straight. Anyway, fished Thursday and Friday with nothing too exciting to speak of. I did go to the lagoon side of Johnson Beach and caught a few of these Wasn't sure exactly what they were. Is the top one some kind of grunt? They looked like possibly good baitfish. Hoping to hit the beach one or two more times in the next couple days. Hope everybody's doin' well.

06-26-2010, 08:08 PM	#8
hogdogs Senior Member White Marlin Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Da-Fun-We-Lack Springs Fla... The Bikini State Posts: 2,765	RE: Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats Only got the "horn" one time... I had junior in the front seat of a 12 foot skiff, I was in the back seat. He caught a little cat and i told him to swing it my way but keep it "over the side" of the boat... he thought that meant "back over to the inside"... Well before i could grab the line, it swung and spiked me about an inch inside from my left nipple... GOD THAT BURNED LIKE FIRE!!!! While I have never been shot, I have known literally dozens who have and one common denominator in their description is HOT SHARP PAIN!!! Well I guess I my first thought was "So this is what it feel like to be shot!" It literally felt like a white hot metal rod/ice pick had been stabbed into me... No doctor, No good legal drugs... Several hours of pain that radiated from the wound, up the left side of my neck, and down the inside of my left arm to my elbow or so... Brent __________________

06-27-2010, 05:53 PM	#9
Ron19 Senior Member Trigger Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Navarre Posts: 226	RE: Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats That is an awesome pic of the lightning. Nice work...... __________________ Bluewater 2350

06-28-2010, 10:49 PM	#10
Croaker Chris Senior Member Mingo Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 107	RE: Perdido Key - blues, sharks and cats Och .... Oh my toe ....... Congrats on the catch !

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