Shell mound is some very good flats fishing on the gulf coast that is near cedar key Fl. I took my craig cat out at high tide and had a great time fishing around some of the small islands for reds and trout.<br /><br />A large Center console kept fallowing me around and crowding me everytime i found a good spot, there where 5 people in the boat and it got crowded trying to throw you line out.<br /><br />I asked them why they kept following me and running me out of my fishing holes and just got some rude answer and decided to go fish the shallows closer inshore. <br /><br />So i crank up and head out back to the shallows following the markers running about 30 mph. it takes about 10 min for me to make it to the flats i fish and not more than 8 min or so i look back and see that boat following me and gaining ground, so i open her up and pass over the sand bar into the flats. <br /><br />I look back in time to see the boat slam into the sandbar and get very very stuck as the water over that bar was 4 in at the most. so i slow and turn around and can only come about 75 feet to them before it's to shallow for me to go over inless i am on plane. <br /><br />Ask if there ok and if the need me to contact the coas guard for them as even in high tide that bar only has 9 in of water 
. there ok except bumps and bruises and after much cussing at me for letting them hit the sandbar i left them to finish my fishing trip.<br /><br />When i came back by 4 hours later they where still sitting there with a local Fish and game warden in an airboat sitting there talking to them. <br /><br />I waved and went on by, Felt pretty bad about that but i really did not think they would ignore the large floating markers and sign that warns of the sandbar.
. there ok except bumps and bruises and after much cussing at me for letting them hit the sandbar i left them to finish my fishing trip.<br /><br />When i came back by 4 hours later they where still sitting there with a local Fish and game warden in an airboat sitting there talking to them. <br /><br />I waved and went on by, Felt pretty bad about that but i really did not think they would ignore the large floating markers and sign that warns of the sandbar.