Flats 4/28 report...boaters said they got nothing

[dtandrade]

Great job guys, I am still waiting to get my first of the year!. What was the lure of the day? guessing an x-rap because you mentioned treble hooks.

[HJS]

I'll add a few pics of one of Alan's nice stripers. Alan fighting, unhooking and showing off a nice fish.

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[jhoss]

Great work and great pics Alan! The one really had me laughing. Nice work on getting your fish and your buff to coordinate…(what will you do when go fishing for snakeheads?) Now I feel really foolish for not hitting the flats this weekend.

[Yak Fish]

Great work and great pics Alan! The one really had me laughing. Nice work on getting your fish and your buff to coordinate…(what will you do when go fishing for snakeheads?) Now I feel really foolish for not hitting the flats this weekend.

I'm glad someone noticed my new buff

[ronaultmtd]

Shallow waters favor non-powered (read motor noise) boats- same in the Florida flats or any flats- the whine of a outboard propeller can be heard a long, long way underwater...

[AbuMasgouf]

Sweeeeeeeet! Way to represent gents! Alan you sir are a machine! LOL

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[jhoss]

Are you guys running heavier wt. line when fishing for big girls?

I think I have 30lb. power pro on my one rod, the rest I'm thinking might be a little light ?

[sparky1423]

I use 20lb power pro and 50lb leader. Landing high 30s and low 40"s with a liberal amount of drag last week

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[Yak Fish]

I use 20-30 lb braid and 20 lb fluoro leader, which broke 4 times in the last 3 trips. It wasn't at the knot either. I think their spines or gill plates, or something else that they get leverage on cuts it. That 20 lb fluoro is pretty tough but maybe I need 30 lb. I just fear going too high because of potentially limiting lure action....dunno. It probably would have helped to retie a new leader after some of those big girls. I got complacent and didn't in order to get back to the action.

[jhoss]

Great, thanks! I have a tendency to overdo things sometimes, so looks like I'm good to go with what I have already. I think I'm feeling a severe illness coming on...maybe one of the sunny and warm days next week :-)
Hope some fish are still around then.

[longislandtomd]

I limit (and just about stopped) using fluoro because I can't trust its abrasion resistance. One little nick, and you are losing fish (and expensive plugs). I've gone back to using mono...thirty pound test seems like enough. Then again, I dont catch the numbers you do at the flats so maybe i should reconsider my thinking.