Fish Caught: Snook, Lady Fish, Sail Cat

High Tide: 6:00 AM 2 FT Low Tide: 2:00 PM .25 FT Wind: 5-10 E Air Temp: 75/93 Water Temp: 85 Clarity: murky

We decided to go back to see if we could catch that shark. Our neighbor, Bimini, came along for the excitement which began when we left the dock about 6:45 AM. We went right to the end of the Apollo Waterway drifing threw the sea walls with sardines both live lined and under bobbers (this time with steel leader) and casting a Gulp Mullet and a Heddon - Zara Puppy. It was very quiet, no action at all until we were almost in the Myakka River. We could see a lot of commotion on the glassy water surface just ahead. I dropped anchor before we got too close and Bimini was able to cast a sardine, apparently right on the head of a big jack. It seemed to grap that sardine practically before it hit the water and Bimini battled it into the net. We sat there for a while and then decided to head back up the canal. As I was hauling the anchor Bimini took one more cast into the mangrove roots and a little snook blasted out and grabbed her sardine. We went back up to the Jupiter Waterway and played with some sail cats and lady fish. One of the sail cats was quite large and I talked Karen into trying it for supper. We've heard from a couple different friends that they are very good and the one you see in the photo was so big we thought it was time to try it out. We've been pleasantly surprised with other fish, such as spanish mackerel, that most people don't eat. But very fresh fish can be very good when the same fish purchased at a store may not be fresh and can be less than satisying. We made the dock by 10:30 AM I'll let you know how the sail cat was.

Labels: Lady Fish, Sail Cat, Snook

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