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Snapper
 
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| Fished Alligator Point east of Carrabelle, last Friday- wind blowing 25+ knots, looked for spots in the grass out of the wind, found some reds up deep in the grass, mostly singles and 1 oversize guy having a blast slapping his tail around, it was fun to watch; but it was hard to put it on their nose with the wind blowing the lures off by 20ft...end of day Zilch!! Windy Saturday, blowing a 3ft chop at Turkey Point, so we hammered across the top and over to Dog Island out of the wind, Southside, West of the ferry channel and driftted the grass flats 2-5ft of water for specs. We caught about 30+ specs, got some nice ones 18:-20' . one over 21", and lost about a 5lber when he laid on his side at the top of the water and said "screw you pirate" Also picked up a couple of small flounder, a few bluefish, and later in the afternoon when the wind dropped we headed to some docks around Lanark Village, 1 small red in the boat, and one upper slot broken off in the docks. Sunday of course it was flat and we were headed home, but we stopped at Lanark Village and hit the docks again for a couple of hours, the front had moved thru no reds, hit some grass flats and caught about dozen specs, mostly dinks! Oh yeah, my cost for fuel for my diesel truck and hauling the Bay pirate over there for this trip was $250 OUCH!! Here are some pics: 
nice spec 
Cap'n Jimmy with a Poor Mans Tarpon 
Cap'n Jimmy with a nice spec 
Kirk , whoops dropped him, he dropped his spec 
a decent bluefish FYI- Alligator Point looked real fishy on the south and east side, spartina and assorted grasses and lots of oyster bars. but it would take some time to scout around, I was limited to what everone else wanted to do, so i'll have to wait till next time!
Bay PirateKeep an ocassional fish for the table, but PRACTICE HEALTHY CATCH & RELEASE TECHNIQUES to save resources for the future!
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Ruby Red Lip
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Been thinking about scouting out that area myself. Did you rent a house over there to stay out?
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Snapper
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Yes, we rented a 3 bedroom, nothing fancy but adequate and the local realtor's husband helped us out with a lttle local knowledge, and he got a free fishing trip. if you decide you want to try it Pm me and I'll hook you up.
Bay PirateKeep an ocassional fish for the table, but PRACTICE HEALTHY CATCH & RELEASE TECHNIQUES to save resources for the future!
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Snapper
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| 2 more pics, think the water was clear Sunday? 
Bay PirateKeep an ocassional fish for the table, but PRACTICE HEALTHY CATCH & RELEASE TECHNIQUES to save resources for the future!
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Mingo
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| Bay Pirate, what kind of boat do you have? If you stay over there again, you might want to take a charter with Capt Alex Crawford. He could really help you get oriented to where the fish are. Good report. Sorry the weather was not the greatest.
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Snapper
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| 23 Hydra Sports Bay Bolt, '05...300 Yamaha, Dark green hull here's a partial pic with my daugther with a red 
Bay PirateKeep an ocassional fish for the table, but PRACTICE HEALTHY CATCH & RELEASE TECHNIQUES to save resources for the future!
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Ruby Red Lip
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Nice report. i feel your pain with the gas prices....
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Mingo
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| That is a very nice boat. It seemed big for a bay boat, but you seem to be able to get to where you want. What trolling motor and battery size do you have? The reason I ask is that I am thinking about a trolling motor for my boat which is also large. Thanks for the picture and for the information.
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