Took the Hooked SUP paddleboard out this morning to Dutton Island (off Mayport Road). I was hoping to catch some tailing redfish on the fly, but alas - the universe deemed it was not the day to do so. The cuts made by the tidal flows were pretty cool - like a maze of spartina grass. A lot to see for the observant - including this manatee.
I was out for 4 hours and I saw tons of finger mullet, a bunch of needlefish and only got a couple of follows from something I couldn't identify (murky water).
I did get a shot a a smaller sheepshead and a burrfish - I saw they snacking on the snails and crabs that crawl up the grass during the high tides. For a first time out, I'd say this was a good recon (I'll take the skunk).
I'm going to have to tie up some flies that look like these crabs.
Took the Hooked SUP paddleboard out this morning to Dutton Island (off Mayport Road). I was hoping to catch some tailing redfish on the fly, but alas - the universe deemed it was not the day to do so. The cuts made by the tidal flows were pretty cool - like a maze of spartina grass. A lot to see for the observant - including this manatee.
I was out for 4 hours and I saw tons of finger mullet, a bunch of needlefish and only got a couple of follows from something I couldn't identify (murky water).
I did get a shot a a smaller sheepshead and a burrfish - I saw they snacking on the snails and crabs that crawl up the grass during the high tides. For a first time out, I'd say this was a good recon (I'll take the skunk).
I'm going to have to tie up some flies that look like these crabs.
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