Hurricane Gustav Synopsis
Well, like Dolly (Unlike Fay) we had some good surf for an extended amount of time. Hurricane Gustav surf showed up small on Saturday night and held through Tuesday afternoon. It seemed like no surf really got to us until the storm center was about due west of us in the Gulf of Mexico.
With the storm reaching Category 3 strength south of us I thought we would be in for some overhead conditions but they never really got that big at Upham Beach. Though there were some larger waves breaking out beyond the pass. A report from Jorge Pagan in Bradenton was that surf did reach 1-2 feet overhead down there on Sunday afternoon but the biggest waves in St. Pete were probably in the chest high range.
Fishing Report 7/22/08
Fished some docks last night with very little to offer. One snapper was caught all night. Bait shops are out of shrimp so call before you go. Most shops in the St. Pete area did not get shrimp delivered yesterday and it could be the same today. Don’t know why, but I imagine the boats were not out due to the moon and the shrimp being scattered. I was able to net some small pinfish and pigfish, I should have taken them out to the beach. Onshore winds may stir up the waters some over the next couple of days but by the weekend the snook should be back on fire again.