Nice catch!
Sea trout, sheepshead, not sure on the rest... Gulf of Mexico Florida?
Fun day to launch and slime both. Gotta see if I can do that in a year.
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First trip and you are catching fish! That has got to feel good for many reasons.
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Nice! Congrats! Never saw a permit there.
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Awesome Bro!! Pompano is my guess.
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Man, All that hard work and great paint job and the first time in the water you get it all slimmed up and dirty!! I guess it paid off.
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Is it a jack crevalle?
Whereabouts do u fish? Looked like real shallows.
I won't be on your spot. I went to Florida and fished like 8 hours and caught one lousy slimy, gross catfish.
I was fishing the brackish water of the Caloosahatchee and was really far from clearer gulf waters.
The last day I trolled a spoon like an hour in the wind and something slammed it really hard, but missed.
So I am mostly curious if you were closer or further from salt water, clear water, etc.
Whereabouts do u fish? Looked like real shallows.
I won't be on your spot. I went to Florida and fished like 8 hours and caught one lousy slimy, gross catfish.
I was fishing the brackish water of the Caloosahatchee and was really far from clearer gulf waters.
The last day I trolled a spoon like an hour in the wind and something slammed it really hard, but missed.
So I am mostly curious if you were closer or further from salt water, clear water, etc.
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Thanks Everyone, I fish out of citrus county, Chassahowitzka mostly. The consensus at the bait house on the fish was a permit. we catch a couple runs of pompano and the occasional permit this time of year and then they are gone. Usually catch several out of one school. The boat was nasty, FWC has been doing controlled burns in the area along with the pollen it was dirty before it even got launched. i'll be spending the day cleaning it up
The Chass river is a series of fresh water springs that dumps into the gulf, during these cold fronts the fish push towards the warm water springs in pile up in the deeper holes. most of the water we fish is 4-5ft deep and rocky. Here's a video of me cruising the river in my micro skiff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_bd26oyWnI
The Chass river is a series of fresh water springs that dumps into the gulf, during these cold fronts the fish push towards the warm water springs in pile up in the deeper holes. most of the water we fish is 4-5ft deep and rocky. Here's a video of me cruising the river in my micro skiff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_bd26oyWnI
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Great catch and launch photos!!
That’s a permit.
That’s a permit.
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Thanks. I like fishin and knowin how. Best of luck. I was in an area where trout, snook, and one other were not allowed to catch to red tide recovery...CatfishHunter wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2020 8:44 am Thanks Everyone, I fish out of citrus county, Chassahowitzka mostly. The consensus at the bait house on the fish was a permit. we catch a couple runs of pompano and the occasional permit this time of year and then they are gone. Usually catch several out of one school. The boat was nasty, FWC has been doing controlled burns in the area along with the pollen it was dirty before it even got launched. i'll be spending the day cleaning it up
The Chass river is a series of fresh water springs that dumps into the gulf, during these cold fronts the fish push towards the warm water springs in pile up in the deeper holes. most of the water we fish is 4-5ft deep and rocky. Here's a video of me cruising the river in my micro skiff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_bd26oyWnI
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Congrats!!! She looks great in the water!!! Jeff
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