Stoney Bayou - 9/30/15

Fyrewalker · Post by **Fyrewalker** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:44 pm

I made the mile cart pull back to the spillway this morning. Caught some of the biggest lady fish I've seen on top water right at the spillway. Tide was going out and I caught some 26" - 28" reds on live shrimp and a LiveTarget soft shrimp about 3/4 mile down. Made my way out to Palmetto island and got a few bites. Went back towards the spillway and stopped at a sand bar. Got into some more reds and trout until the dolphins decided they wanted my spot.
The gators were out in force, even had a real good sized one swim underneath me in about 3' water.

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Fishbaitbilly · Post by **Fishbaitbilly** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:03 am

great effort! you put in some time and miles in on that trip. Some good looking fish too. Thanks for a terrific report and awesome pics.

WannaDoDat · Post by **WannaDoDat** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 8:41 am

Nice adventure! The reds are sure chasing those shrimp now.

Jean

salty gator · Post by **salty gator** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 10:49 am

Love that sandbar at low tide. Nice work

bk · Post by bk » Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:13 pm

All of that area is fabulous. The spillways, the bayou, the creeks. Keep heading down the levee and it gets better in places. There are some pads on the fresh side a mile down that hold some nice bass as well. Way to go on your day. Looks like you had a great one.

I don't know why a lot more people don't fish there. It's really not even that bad of a hike.

fishshooter99 · Post by **fishshooter99** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:55 pm

Great report and great pictures. Thanks for sharing!

luceror · Post by **luceror** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:11 pm

Nice report.... Good pics. Good trip!!

luceror · Post by **luceror** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:11 pm

Nice report.... Good pics. Good trip!!

SRAces · Post by **SRAces** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 8:32 pm

Nice report and pictures! Thanks for sharing!

Baja Bob · Post by **Baja Bob** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:46 pm

Looking good Kevin

fishbster · Post by **fishbster** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:28 pm

Well done!

Post by **jsuber** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:56 am

Awesome

garydroze · Post by **garydroze** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:48 am

Great pix and good job!

I was on that sandbar the weekend before your trip. Had an upper slot red on for about 30 seconds. As it rolled on top near shore, a bull gator exploded on it, showering me with spray.

Just another typical "what the fuh?" moment at the St Marks Refuge.

Impressive that you roundtripped to Palmetto Island from there. That's a decent workout!

Fyrewalker · Post by **Fyrewalker** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:03 am

I was pretty tired by the time I got back to the truck. Not sure which is harder, putting in at the spillway or at the lighthouse to get to palmetto island area. But I'm always up to the challenge.

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