linesider 159 Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Fished the IFA redfish tour in crystal river Saturday with a tough tide/moon phase. That place is downright scary to fish, nasty boulders, rocks, etc. I will say the fish are much more cooperative, and sight fishing them was pretty easy. Watched a 40lb cobia bust a mullet out of the water and eat it before I could throw a bait at it! Ended up sticking 2 right fish and as luck would have it we managed to win 1st overall and big fish. Went out Sunday for tarpon and they are here in full force! Egmont was scattered fish and inconsistent so hopped over to bean point and got 1 before the wind picked up and we left. Pass crabs were hard to come by but finally got a few and that's what did the trick. All in all a great weekend! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Great Job, Guys That's a sweet check ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Nice job all the way around.👍 Hard to win one of those events. At least you were in an area that has some redfish. Threw baits for 6 hours on the beach yesterday. Thanks to the Jet Ski tour operator out of Clearwater that managed to run over 15 flats boats with guys on the Platform poling on the beaches the Poons had lock Jaw. He ran the trough and between all the boats from Caladesi to North Anclote on the hour for 6 hours yesterday. I researched the company and have put his face on the coconut telegraph of the Tarpon Fly fishing guides in the area. I an see education coming in the coming days.👹 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linesider 159 Posted May 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Ouch! Ive had a little trouble the 2 times I went off the beach this year. Both times struggled to find any tarpon so figured I would hit the pass on the crab flush. I may bounce off the beach sometime this week or weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonV Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 "All in all a great weekend" The understatement of the week!! Nice job guys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 6 hours ago, linesider 159 said: Ouch! Ive had a little trouble the 2 times I went off the beach this year. Both times struggled to find any tarpon so figured I would hit the pass on the crab flush. I may bounce off the beach sometime this week or weekend https://www.finsjetskis.com/ Nuff said and he has been doing this now for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulligan Posted May 21, 2019 Report Share Posted May 21, 2019 Nice work Shane! Talking about jet ski... We made a quick trip Saturday just to get our and relax. Stopped by the sandbar early before the crowd, 9 or so. Must have been well over 200 of those things. Spoke to the LEO out there and they said they had a rally. High tailed out to there to the inside of the island. Got on the fish and no sooner all of them headed south and about 1/4 of them buzzed the inside of the island. Needless to say we were done fishing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linesider 159 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 Are you really even fishing if a jetski doesn't buzz you on the flats? Up in Crystal river it was the airboats. I had an airboat run between me and the shoreline, cut me off, etc. Some of the worst etiquette Ive ever seen came from those guys this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 I probably had 50 good shots Monday. Lots of fish. They would not eat. Probably shell shocked from what Mulligan witnessed over the weekend. It was a real *** show. I was told there were over 200 of those yahoos in that rally.😨 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conocean Posted May 22, 2019 Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 You guys north of the ENP boundary have it tough. I wonder how many more jet skis & jet boats will be on the water up there in 10 years?! 😑 If the ENP ever allowed jet propulsion then I'd likely sell my boat, fish camp & become a monk. ☯️ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linesider 159 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2019 I should be headed off the beach Thursday with that east wind. Hoping to get into them pretty good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Troy Posted May 24, 2019 Report Share Posted May 24, 2019 On 5/22/2019 at 11:55 AM, linesider 159 said: I should be headed off the beach Thursday with that east wind. Hoping to get into them pretty good We went yesterday afternoon and the wind ran us off around 7 pm. Struck out did not even see one. Water had gotten cloudy and a line of clouds on the coast made it tough to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linesider 159 Posted May 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2019 We found the same thing. Got out there at 7 and didn't see a single one. I thought for sure that east wind was gonna get them going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatwater Posted May 25, 2019 Report Share Posted May 25, 2019 I ran from IRB to bunces yesterday evening and didn’t see a single fish. So strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linesider 159 Posted May 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 2 for 2 off the beach this morning. Didn't see a single fish until 9. Had jet skiers and cruisers run over the pod twice. 1 are a crab and the other a pinfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradM Posted May 29, 2019 Report Share Posted May 29, 2019 Well done on the tourney and the couple of tarpon on the beach. That check should cover fuel for the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisIslander Posted May 29, 2019 Report Share Posted May 29, 2019 Congrats, well done guys! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabear Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Linesider 159 way to go $27,500 (congrats) IFA check looks rewarding for all the time your spending on the water getting ready for the competition . Great pictures thanks for sharing . Joe R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonV Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 On 5/22/2019 at 11:05 AM, conocean said: You guys north of the ENP boundary have it tough. I wonder how many more jet skis & jet boats will be on the water up there in 10 years?! 😑 If the ENP ever allowed jet propulsion then I'd likely sell my boat, fish camp & become a monk. ☯️ Not too sure about the Monk part, that might be pushing it! Aren't they not allowed any sex??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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