thien 261 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 I've been getting great redfish reports from a buddy of mine, so I decided to change it up and pursue reds on the flats of south St. Pete. Got off work at 4, loaded up my yak, and was on the water by 4:45. Love the simplicity and efficiency of a yak! Being my first time fishing the area with only an hour of the incoming tide remaining, I wasn't too hopeful. Launched my yak, peddled to the location, and I was immediately greeted with tons of happy mullet. Also saw a couple redfish tails waving at me. I started by throwing my trusty ol' Lil John on a worm hook, but couldn't get a bite. Then I switched to the new AquaDream pinfish spoon I just purchased. Saw a red chase my spoon, but still didn't hook up. 30 minutes later, I switch to my RedBone PaddlerZ with a jighead, cast it out past a big oyster bar, and immediately hook up after a couple cranks. Set the hook twice and I'm on! This red felt solid and made some real good runs for a few minutes before it gave up. Brought her yak side and knew she was an over slot fish. She went around 27.5-28 inches, but was extremely fat!! Definitely one of my fattest redfish!Afterwards, the tide went slack and all the mullet frenzy essentially died. I haven't caught many redfish on lures, but hopefully that'll change soon! What a great start to the beginning of Spring! 9 Tim, bassin assassin, barrynfla and 6 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arti-6 1,595 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Solid work T! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tim 566 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Awesome Red bro and really cool pics!!! Keep it up bruddah! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phil030 1,719 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Nice man! Fat and healthy Red! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bassin assassin 1,029 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Nice one T! Catching a nice red like that makes my day regardless if I catch another fish. Beauty!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoogies hooker 303 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Nice fish and I groove on your picture quality, especially the first one! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
barrynfla 975 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Nice goin', T. Really fat overslot fish. Action seems to be heating up finally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phisherman813 448 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Nice red dude! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
plfalcon 354 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Nice Red, T . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyluck 626 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Nice red T Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thien 261 Report post Posted March 11, 2015 Thanks, guys! Definitely had fun catching it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
