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Foggy Fishing

Foggy Fishing

Capt. Dan Shannon

Last Saturday November the 4th the sea fog was so thick, I could barely see the channel markers around the Cedar Key, Florida area. It didn`t look so bad as we sat at the dock before we left. As we motored out the south west channel. I kept looking at my fathometer to make sure I didn`t stray too far out of the channel. If it showed 3-4ft. I`d steer back the opposite way. Every now and then we`d pass a channel marker and I`d realize we had a little farther to go.

Fishing was slow the 1st half of our trip, then I manage to slide up on the edge of the channel that goes by Deadman`s Key and anchored up in about 5ft. of water over all grass. You could just make out the profile of the little key in the thick fog. About 100 yards away. It was the very 1st of the incoming tide. The very beginning of the rising water. The 1st toss out of a shrimp under a float produced a 20in. speckled trout. Then the fishing turned very quick and active. Slow one minute, crazy the next. We finished our trip there over the grass and caught 10 more big trout. Everyone caught 2 to 3 nice fat, meaty trout. We had 1 trout that was 17.5in. The rest were 18 to 22inches long.


The fog never let up. The sun would shine a little and we`d say, "now it`s gonna burn off and we`ll be able to see better". It cleared up after we returned to the dock and I was cleaning their fish. The water temperature was 66 degrees F. The water has cooled down after the cooler days we`ve had. I hope we have a few more weeks of this speckled trout weather. It`s trout season, right now. Also the redfish are all over the bars and up the tidal streams.

The folks had a great time, even though they could hardly see where they were, and everybody had fresh fish that evening. They gave me the small one so I had trout too. In the picture is Ben Akers holding up his 21in. trout, and the other pic is of half our catch before I cleaned them all.

The folks had a great sense of adventure to cruise out in the fog as thick as it was. To catch all those fine fish made it a real special trip. It`s trout and redfish season right now so lets get out there and bring some back home. Call me at 352-221-5463, and go to:

http://www.inshorefloridafishing.com


to set up your trip. thanks, Capt. Dan

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