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[quote="JohnS, post: 289595"]Not long til the fall pompano/redfish run....catch one for supper and release the rest.  Anyone catching them yet?  Lots of sand fleas in surf's edge.[/quote]paddled up on a total of about 6-7 Redfish within the window limit, on Western Lake, Sunday morning. They are in the shallows around the shore line.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="JohnS">Not long til the fall pompano/redfish run....catch one for supper and release the rest. Anyone catching them yet? Lots of sand fleas in surf&#039;s edge.</blockquote>paddled up on a total of about 6-7 Redfish within the window limit, on Western Lake, Sunday morning. They are in the shallows around the shore line.

memespend

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Thanks for the reply.  The window limit has worked well.  A good example of proper management.  Not that many years ago when reds were endangered.

A few hours ago, a guy caught what he thinks was a Bull Shark, just under 4ft in length, on the Bay at the end of Cabbage Rose Ln.

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[quote="Smiling JOe, post: 291954"]A few hours ago, a guy caught what he thinks was a Bull Shark, just under 4ft in length, on the Bay at the end of Cabbage Rose Ln.[/quote]
Did he release it?

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Smiling JOe">A few hours ago, a guy caught what he thinks was a Bull Shark, just under 4ft in length, on the Bay at the end of Cabbage Rose Ln.</blockquote>Did he release it?

[quote="grace, post: 291969"]Did he release it?[/quote]You'd be looking at a photo of the shark if he didn't. He wasn't fishing for sharks.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="grace">Did he release it?</blockquote>You&#039;d be looking at a photo of the shark if he didn&#039;t. He wasn&#039;t fishing for sharks.

John

[quote="JohnS, post: 289595"]Not long til the fall pompano/redfish run....catch one for supper and release the rest. Anyone catching them yet? Lots of sand fleas in surf's edge.[/quote]
 
Yes, Pompano are being caught.  Lots of ladyfish.  Catches of Bluefish, Spanish Mackerel, and Redfish have also been reported lately.  The water seems to be cooling a bit.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="JohnS">Not long til the fall pompano/redfish run....catch one for supper and release the rest. Anyone catching them yet? Lots of sand fleas in surf&#039;s edge.</blockquote> 
Yes, Pompano are being caught. Lots of ladyfish. Catches of Bluefish, Spanish Mackerel, and Redfish have also been reported lately. The water seems to be cooling a bit.

Jdarg

[quote="Smiling JOe, post: 291954"]A few hours ago, a guy caught what he thinks was a Bull Shark, just under 4ft in length, on the Bay at the end of Cabbage Rose Ln.[/quote]
 
 
:eek: 
 
I wonder if it followed Toots and I home from the beach.:funn:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="Smiling JOe">A few hours ago, a guy caught what he thinks was a Bull Shark, just under 4ft in length, on the Bay at the end of Cabbage Rose Ln.</blockquote> 
 
😱 
 
I wonder if it followed Toots and I home from the beach.:funn:

greenroomsurfer

[QUOTE]A few hours ago, a guy caught what he thinks was a Bull Shark, just under 4ft in length, on the Bay at the end of Cabbage Rose Ln[/QUOTE]  Yea and I almost caught this guy putting up a 4' Caldwell Banker sign off that same road.:floor: :rofl: :rolling: :funn: Seriously, I took my Makita dog for a swim around 5 an she usually swims out at least 100yrd strait out from the end of Cabbage Rose. I got my pot from Dwight says they hook into bull sharks all the time at the entrance of Black Creek.:yikes:

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="">A few hours ago, a guy caught what he thinks was a Bull Shark, just under 4ft in length, on the Bay at the end of Cabbage Rose Ln</blockquote> Yea and I almost caught this guy putting up a 4&#039; Caldwell Banker sign off that same road.:floor: :rofl: :rolling: :funn: Seriously, I took my Makita dog for a swim around 5 an she usually swims out at least 100yrd strait out from the end of Cabbage Rose. I got my pot from Dwight says they hook into bull sharks all the time at the entrance of Black Creek.:yikes:

The cooler temps are starting to work.  Caught a pompano on a sand flea late yesterday in ths surf.  Understand the reds are being caught in the bays.

Not long til the fall pompano/redfish run....catch one for supper and release the rest.  Anyone catching them yet?  Lots of sand fleas in surf's edge.

Not long til the fall pompano/redfish run....catch one for supper and release the rest.  Anyone catching them yet?  Lots of sand fleas in surf&#039;s edge.

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