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Post by karneei on Jun 10, 2017 13:54:55 GMT -5
Arrived at 7am and stayed till 1130. The bait shop was out of live shrimp so I got some small greenbacks. First thing I noticed was a mid-sized Tarpon cruising between the spans. There were a lot of sheepsheads high up on the piling. While trying to get pinfish a nice large sheeps head hit my sabiki that was tipped with berkley fishbites (shrimp). As I was bringing him up he bent the hook and back in he went. Bummer. Never got any pinfish, but four grunts, some small sand perch and a few things that looked like lizard fish with finger looking appendages under their chin. The threadfins showed up around 945. I didn't notice anyone else catching much of anything. I did see several green sea turtles cruising around and left when I noticed flipper sneaking around under me and the clouds getting heavy.
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Post by bman on Jun 10, 2017 13:57:41 GMT -5
Call the local bait shops and see if they have shrimp. Get back out there later this evening and fish the rocks. You have a good chance at taking home some dinner...
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Post by Mackerelman on Jun 10, 2017 14:03:03 GMT -5
Arrived at 7am and stayed till 1130. The bait shop was out of live shrimp so I got some small greenbacks. First thing I noticed was a mid-sized Tarpon cruising between the spans. There were a lot of sheepsheads high up on the piling. While trying to get pinfish a nice large sheeps head hit my sabiki that was tipped with berkley fishbites (shrimp). As I was bringing him up he bent the hook and back in he went. Bummer. Never got any pinfish, but four grunts, some small sand perch and a few things that looked like lizard fish with finger looking appendages under their chin. The threadfins showed up around 945. I didn't notice anyone else catching much of anything. I did see several green sea turtles cruising around and left when I noticed flipper sneaking around under me and the clouds getting heavy. We all appreciate Your Report whether You caught anything or not. Thank You.  |
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Post by Mackerelman on Jun 10, 2017 14:04:01 GMT -5
Call the local bait shops and see if they have shrimp. Get back out there later this evening and fish the rocks. You have a good chance at taking home some dinner... Call O'Neill's Marina. It is up in: Bait & Tackle Shops in the Tampa Bay Area up in "STICKY - Useful Links - Add yours also" |
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Post by karneei on Jun 10, 2017 14:31:08 GMT -5
Call the local bait shops and see if they have shrimp. Get back out there later this evening and fish the rocks. You have a good chance at taking home some dinner... Wish I could. I will have to hit up one of the baitshops on my way in next time, the last two times I have been they have been out shrimp until the truck shows up later in the morning. |
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Post by seabird on Jun 10, 2017 15:28:45 GMT -5
Karneei: Thanks for posting the report. Sorry you did not get much but reading about a sheeps head hitting a shrimp fish bite was encouraging. You could use frozen shrimp but the live ones are certainly better.
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Post by tears143 on Jun 10, 2017 16:29:58 GMT -5
a few things that looked like lizard fish with finger looking appendages under their chin. Sea robin. |
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Post by detroitd on Jun 10, 2017 17:01:09 GMT -5
Thanks for the report.
Yes, much better to get bait before you get there. You can usually do better on price, availability and friskiness!
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