Fished with John this weekend at a very crowded Weedon Island. We started the morning off with boats around us and finished up with boats so close you could almost cast into them. I will definitely have to think twice about fishing there on a weekend again in the spring before the guides head offshore or to tarpon fish.
Well we found some potholes in some skinny water right off the bat but we never seemed to find any game fish. We caught quite a few puffer fish so we moved around for a couple of hours and didn't find anything other than a lone short trout and a 18 inch red over broken water. Boats were everywhere so we cruised around to the broken water area that I had fished the previous weekend only to find a bunch of very skiddish reds, trout and snook. Unfortunately, they were more interested in running away from the boat than actually feeding and although we had some "shots" at fish we unable to connect. We both had bites but just didn't connect as we had a couple of long line releases. It was frustrating to say the least but we were seeing fish and we were able to learn a little about how difficult it is to catch a fish that is aware of your presence.
Hopefully, next time we will be a little more prepared and a move a little more stealthy along the flats to cover those spooky fish. I'll be in Georgia hunting trout for the weekend so I should have a cold water report here pretty soon.
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