Yates Creek - 7-1-2017

[SRAces]

Met Tim at Yates Creek around 6:15am. The weather conditions for most of the day were ideal. We had an early storm cloud near us, but it ended up moving away from us. The loose grass was prevalent in a lot of areas, but we did find some areas where we could use treble hook lures without bringing salad back to the yak.

Tim managed to out fish me...lol! He boated 1 small red, 14 trout, 5 black sea bass and one very large sailcat. A few of Tim's trout were keeper size but we both agreed that the larger trout are just not there in any numbers. Tim also managed to catch a 3 foot long nose gar that put up a good fight. Since he does not usually carry a net, I pedaled over to assist.

I didn't catch anything of size except for 2 sharks! One of the sharks took a beeline under the yak and managed to snap off one of my Vortex rods. So it got away with the popping cork rig attached! At least it was a cheap rod and the popping cork was one I had found in the Gulf.

I managed 2 sharks, 2 trout, 1 Jack and 10 black sea bass. I also caught 2 Tomtates and 2 other small fish I could not identify (similar to a sheepshead, but regular sharp teeth).

Here are a couple of pics from the trip.

[salty gator]

Thanks for the report. What is a tomates? Google search said freshwater fish in South America. Thanks

[SRAces]

Thanks for the report. What is a tomates? Google search said freshwater fish in South America. Thanks

A tomtate is a member of the grunt family. It's about the same size. 6-9 inches long. Thin body, silver sides and a significant black spot at the base of the tail. It was the first time I had caught one. Looked it up when I got home. They are found around the Florida coast.

http://identifyfish.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... eatum.html

[WannaDoDat]

Way to go, Steve and Tim!! Nice report of your fun day.

[salty gator]

Thanks for the report. What is a tomates? Google search said freshwater fish in South America. Thanks

A tomtate is a member of the grunt family. It's about the same size. 6-9 inches long. Thin body, silver sides and a significant black spot at the base of the tail. It was the first time I had caught one. Looked it up when I got home. They are found around the Florida coast.

http://identifyfish.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... eatum.html

Interesting, I've never heard of them. I think I omitted a t in my search. Looks a little like a spot tail that we catch a lot. Thanks

[jsuber]

Great report.