I had not been out on the kayak in a while so I decided to take it out this morning. I got to the boat launch at Weedon Island just after 6AM. I didn’t have as much luck as I was hoping. I wound up fishing from the launch all the way to Mile 2 Marker of the trail, but going backwards. There was one are that I thought I saw a bunch of tailing redfish so I got a pinfish on and chased them down. I could see the school’s wake in the water moving around. At first I didn’t get a bite but they came back around and they one took it. I found it for what seemed to be 5 minutes…probably more like 2 or 3. It was pulling me all around which was pretty fun. It wound up being a pretty big Jack Kravel. The next and only fish I caught was a 20 inch snook. I was following the trail backwards just exploring and I came out of some mangroves into an open area that had 3 boats (not kayaks) out fishing. I cruised in really slow close to one of the mangrove lines just checking out the water. As usual there was mullet jumping all over the place. I found a nice point right where the mile 2 sign is and anchors away from it. On about my third cast I was under and I realized it was a nice snook. He put up a really good fight and I must say, it felt pretty good just to cruise up there and pull in this snook. I saw all the other boats looking over checking me out. THAT’S HOW IT’S DONE! After that I worked my way back. I had another couple of nice bites but missed them. All in all, it was great to get out on the water. I didn’t get back until a little after 1PM and used up all 24 pinfish I came out with. Here are a couple of pictures from today. Click here to view all of the pictures.

22 Inch Snook

My kayak and the sandbar I always stop at. Someone put an American Flag in it which you can see way behind my kayak.