It was a beautiful day, temperatures were perfect around 80 degrees, the winds were just right at 5-10 mph, and high tide cooperated at 11:00 am. The morning started out slow, we were on the flats about a mile and half out from Shell Island but didn't get a bite for what seemed like hours. We kept moving in closer a little at time. I noticed 3 Dolphins feeding and a lone Sea Gull diving on the scraps they were leaving so we followed their movement and before long we were getting action.
It was about 2 hours before high tide and we were in to within 1000 yards of Shell Island. The water was about 5-6 ft deep now and we were just on the edge of a large Kelp grass flat.
We were catching a lot of small Spotted Sea Trout and Black Sea Bass. It seemed like every time the Dolphins came near the action increased. As High tide came closer we started getting a few Mackerel and keeper sized Sea Trout. The bait was live Shrimp on a black wire leader below a small split shot supported by a small float. We also had one rod rigged with a 1" square piece of cut mullet, which we rotated with a live small pinfish when were able to catch one. The Spotted Sea Trout took the shrimp, the pinfish, and the mullet.
About 2 hrs after high tide the action slowed dramatically.
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