Feels like forever since I actually posted some catches. Oh well.

I went out to St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge hoping to tie into some redfish, sea trout, and maybe some bass as a fall back option.

High tide was going to be around 1:45 and I made it there by 1, so I was feeling pretty good. I cast a bunch of suspending lures for a while, working the oyster bars and some of the inlet cuts.

Nothing.

So I finally switched to a 1/4oz D.O.A. shrimp and worked it really slowly, giving it between 3-5 twitches as I raised it up through the water column before letting it settle to the bottom again. This took a long time to do, but before I could retrieve my very first cast with the shrimp, this guy came and ate it. I had never caught a flounder before, and quite honestly, didn't even know how to hold it (notice the pliers). Unfortunately, I had forgotten to bring ice for the cooler so I had to pack up before too long. A really sweet older couple actually had a freezer pack ice block they let me have and were kind enough to snap these pics for me. It wasn't real big, but I was excited to get my first flounder. Filleting him was a pain, but I'm looking forward to surprising my fiancee with him for dinner.

Anyway, here's some pics:

Very nice Jason. They are a pain to clean but very tasty.  Just be careful of the size limits.  I don't want to have to come bail you out of jail.

This one was two inches past the minimum requirement so I was ok. You're allowed 10 per day so hopefully I'll catch a few one day.

That bass looks weird :-/     ;D

That bass looks weird :-/ ;D

Yeah, I thought he was a little flat. 8-)

That flounder is 14 inches? wow ...

My heart almost stopped when I saw you put that little flounder in the cooler. Let it go and catch its mom ...

Um, no.