05-10-2009, 09:00 AM
Made our last foray onto St. Joe Bay today (this trip). Trout fishing was not as good as Thursday AM, but better than yesterday.<br /><br />My buddy Randy is a hardcore flyrod guy (although he will cross over the dark side in a heartbeat). But he remained &quot;pure&quot; today and never put the flyrod down.<br /><br />I beat him in numbers, but he whipped me on size. He nailed a 21-inch spec on a clouser minnow. That was some fun (watching and fighting)! I managed to raise a few fish on a Mirror Lure (topwater). It is a rush watching &#39;em bust on top.<br /><br />The ride home was fun. Tide had dropped more than I realized and I ventured across a shallow section of the Bay in Randy&#39;s 23-foot Key West with a 150 Evinrude. It got very hairy when we started blowing sand at 30 mph, but I knew if I set her down, we&#39;d be there a while. I just trimmed it up and &quot;let &#39;er eat&quot; and we fortunately made it back to deep water.... in St. Joe Bay that means about 3 or 4 feet.<br /><br />My heart has returned to a near normal rate, the fish are cleaned and the boat is washed and &quot;put away&quot; for the ride home tomorrow. We might venture out to fish on the beach this evening, depending upon how much liquid refreshment we enjoy.<br /><br />Life is VERY good and gettin&#39; better everyday! emoBig