Spring Bite

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Edward
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Spring Bite

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Went to my go to, never fail, redfish spot on Sunday and other than one good blow up on a surface plug, I caught one jack the same size of the lure. No ladies, nothing. I'm thinking the water temp needs to jump another 5 degrees or so. Are any of you having the same experience or am I just in a funk?
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It is fishing. I went Sunday and caught 2 reds, 10 trout, a bunch of ladies and some jacks. Still don't think the reds have shown up in big numbers.
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From my perspective things were looking really good until yesterday's front rolled into TPA.
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Freshly Salted and I went out to our usual UTB spots Sunday and the Reds were stacked up almost everywhere. Even caught a few nice Snook too.
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Edward wrote:Went to my go to, never fail, redfish spot on Sunday and other than one good blow up on a surface plug, I caught one jack the same size of the lure. No ladies, nothing. I'm thinking the water temp needs to jump another 5 degrees or so. Are any of you having the same experience or am I just in a funk?
I don't think you are in a funk. In the last ten weeks I've hit six of my " go to " spots multiple times, many well known to members. A couple of good reds here and there but never with the consistency or numbers I've experienced in the past. I keep logs of every trip over the past 10 years that I refer to to remember what my old brain can't. We should be on fish but we aren't...or at least I aren't. I fish Pine Island to the South all the way up to Southern Tampa Bay. Same picture. As a point of reference, I usually can pick up 100 reds from October through March. This year, maybe 20. Never multiples from one area. Sigh...perhaps I, too, am in a funk but I really think something is different.
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One of my regrets in life. Not keeping a log.
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The funk continued on Sunday, though I did go somewhere I've only been once before, only one trout and an over abundance of ladies who would hit every cast. Of course one cut off a nice new mirrordine to brighten my morning. I did mange to see a big red hawg swim by, it looked like she was smiling at me. Maybe next week.
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Most people strike out way more than they would like to or will ever admit to. Just keep at it, it is part of it. I never fret over a skunk day, being out on the water usually beats anything else anyway.
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