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Kingfisher77 · Joined: 12 Oct 2017 Posts: 6

Figured that I would get one more trip in before the time change, forecast was in the 80's and I had Friday off, why not?

Picked up a quart of live shrimp on my way down, arrived at the jetty around 07:00. Tide was flowing out, quickly. I have always found the Packery Jetty to be best on a rising tide, yesterday was no exception.

First 30-40 minutes of fishing my dad and I each caught one Grover. Was starting to doubt that the day was going to be productive, until the water started coming up.

We fish the channel side, on the edge of, and sometimes in the rocks. The tide starting coming up a bit, and we went on a 2-3 hour run of "Mangrove Madness."

Grovers left and right, I only kept a dozen, threw back easily 2-3 for every one that I kept. I use the Florida rules for Mangroves, 10 inches minimum. Yesterday, if I even had to measure I threw it back. Caught several right around 12 inches, perfect eating size.

Hard to beat a mess of Mangroves, plenty of ceviche and fish tacos for the weekend.

Other than a dozen grovers I did manage to land my first nice Sheepie of the fall, he went about 17 inches. Also caught a few juvenile sheepies.

One thing that is noteworthy about this trip was that the grovers and sheepies were so aggressive that I didn't catch one single piggy perch. Not one.

Not much else going on in the way of fish landed by others, the couple fishing next to us landed a skipjack and an undersized red, and there was a small black tip landed between the first and second gut right at sunrise.

Water was dirty, was hoping for some clearer water at the end of the jetty.

No keeper reds, smacks, or specks for anyone on our end of the jetty, but I didn't care. I traded a quart of shrimp for a box of fish and was stilll catching grovers on almost every cast when I packed it in at 11:00am.

Ran down to Bob Hall pier to use their cleaning tables, $3 fee per person for access to the pier.

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chapcat54 · Horse Mullet Joined: 15 Jun 2015 Posts: 185

I just returned from Packery S Jetty, and the conditions were the same as you stated today on Sat 11/4. Outgoing tide, dirty brown water in the channel and surf. I arrived at 0900 and started with a topwater Spook, working from the beach down to the end of the jetty, with nary a blowup. I saw nothing caught by others, or heard of anything other than a few whiting, and one nice keeper red that had to be about 27 inches.

I got back to my car and changed to a Hogey shrimptail in red/silver sparkles, thinking it might do well in the dirty water, and sure enough, it got hammered right away in the channel at the jetty base. I ended up catching three trout, but only one keeper, but missed a good number of hits. I lost the hogey on a snag, and caught the last trout on a plum/chartreuse Down South. The water began clearing around 1030, and the tide went slack abut 1100, as did the bite.

I took the one trout home, and I am now digesting two delicious fresh fish sammiches. Very Happy

Sinker · Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 5:24 pm Post subject:

OK
This is a question that may sound dumb to the old "Salts" but what is the cause for periods of dirty water in the channel and/or along the beach.
What weather or sea conditions would clear the dirty water?
Sorry if this is hijacking the thread.

chapcat54 · Horse Mullet Joined: 15 Jun 2015 Posts: 185

Sinker · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:45 am Post subject:

Thanx for the info
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B-1 83 · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:53 am Post subject:

I was on the north Saturday morning from sunup to noon. It was a madhouse. Way too many people fishing on bottom with multiple unattended rods, and no comprehension for that current. LOTS of tangled lines.

The Wife managed a 21 inch snook, and I boxed some trout and mangroves. Most of the fish were caught from 10:00 on as the outgoing water in the channel started to clear slightly.