On Saturday September 19th twelve kayakers arrived at Turtle Bay
and were greeted by calm winds and flocks of birds working in the middle of the
bay. We unpacked as fast as possible with hopes of trout limits. Only Gafftop
catfish and hard heads were caught in the many flocks of birds. I landed
Gafftops on soft plastics and top waters. The tide was too high to paddle
through the culverts so we opted to paddle two miles west to the other Sartwell
Lake marsh. I landed a 29 inch red fish on the west shoreline. Upon entering
the marsh I paddled upon a very large group of feeding Redfish. I called all
that were close by on the vhf radio to join in on the fun. Three of us paddled
up to the school and casted. Everyone hooked up but only two redfish were
landed, my Redfish swam under Michael’s kayak. We followed the Redfish down the
shoreline but could not get another bite. Several large Black Drum were seen in
the marsh. Mike M, Mike E and I all caught keeper reds. Ken had a keeper trout,
and several flounder were caught. Overall it was a great day of fishing.
Bruce