We started out a little early to beat the Sunday traffic at the boat ramp. It was the only nice day of the week so we new it would be packed. The weather had been warm for a few days so water temp was up a bit.That made it perfect for an early morning bite! As we dropped in, we kind of spread out to cover more area and find out where the bite was. Because there was a little water left before the negative tide ,I decided to stick close to the shore line while I could. It was beautiful outside. Temperature was perfect ,with the sun coming up behind us, Not even ten minutes of being in the water ,I hooked into a nice redfish Then not even five minutes later I hooked another! Both fish inhaled the lil john in golden bream. I heard Otis hooting and hollering so I came up to his yak. He hooked into a beautiful redfish that crushed his mirror lure! The morning was young and was starting out great. Minutes later the other two guys who were with us both hooked into reds on gold spoons. One measuring 21' and the other 26.5. The 26.5 inch red got hammered on the way in by a shark! Luckily it was by he head of the fish and didn't mess up the fillets of the fish. All the fish we were catching were in 1-3 ft of water but, the tide was moving out fast. We ere forced to fish the outer deeper edge. As the tide bottomed out so did the fishing for about an hour. We did manage to pick up a few trout,ladyfish,and small mackerel in the mean time. Once the tide picked up and there was some more water on the flat,we started picking redfish again. I managed to pick up 4-5 more reds all on lil johns golden bream and mama's 14k saltwater assassins. The other guys picked up more reds on the good ol mirror lures. Turned out to be another beautiful day in Ruskin ,Fl
