Morning C&R Trip

Had a couple of gentlemen for a quick morning wade to try out a couple of new areas and help them with a few techniques. Not a lot of catching as we only ended up with three keeper trout and one really chunky 20" flounder. Seems like the flounder are still hot and heavy. Cajun Pepper Devil Eyes and Rootbeer/red glitter assassins did the most damage today.

Things That Make You Say .....Hmmm

Had nice conditions today with light winds until after noon. Fished basically the same pattern and baits as the past few days but struggld all day. Ended with 10 trout (biggest was 18") and one 19" flounder. Got a few days off to think it over and try again LOL.

Floundering In The Heat

Winds were somewhat lighter today and the fishing was still just as hot as the weather. We boxed 10 trout to 23" and 4 redfish to a perfect "tournament" size 28"er along with one oversize. We had numerous small trout and reds to keep the action steady and released several keeper size trout looking for the fatter ones to take home. We also managed these two hefty flounder on Rootbeer/ red glitter Saltwater Assassins on the spoil banks. Click on the pics for fullsize.



The reds and trout fell for a variety of 4" paddletail baits in just about every conceivable color. Grass and ptholes in thigh deep water was the ticket again.

Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

Record heat today and 35+ mph winds made it feel like a blast furnace. Saw water temps at 91 degrees today. Thank God the fishing was almost as hot. We boxed 13 trout with 4 topping 20" including a pair of 24"ers. We also added three nice reds for the grill and released three more oversize. All fish caught in less than two feet of water over grass and potholes. Hot lures today were Electric Chicken and Bloody/White Sea Shad and Pearl/Black back Cocahoe Minnows. Here was the biggest of the day weighing over 10 1/2 pounds. Click on the image for the full size pic.

Fishin' With The Newbies

Made a quick morning wade with the son-in-law and his two brothers. The two brothers are saltwater fishing virgins so it was an interesting wade. Both guys managed to pick up a keeper or two on Bloody/white Sea Shad rigged on Title SHot jigs. We fished potholes in thigh deep water. ended with one nice redfish and a couple of solid trout to 18". Not bad for a couple of Wyoming boys. Back to the grind tomorrow. I have about 5 days in a row booked so we'll see what kind of trends develop.

Hot And Windy

Starting to sound like a broken record huh?? It started out breezy and went downhill fast. We had some good fish early on various colored Devil Eyes. Nothing doing on topwaters today. One interesting occurrence today. I hooked a 17" trout in some very clear water around 9:30am. As I was about to land the fish, I noticed a very large trout following closely behind. I mean this was a BIG trout. I landed the 17"er and watched as the Big Girl slowly swam off and headed for a small grass patch. I then made about 15 casts thoroughly working that grass patch over. I was rewarded with a vicious strike and I knew I had a certifiable Baffin Big Girl on the line. She thrashed the surface about 40 feet away from me and I could tell she was just barely hooked. I kept my rod tip down hoping to keep her from throwing the hook. I played her down slowly and it was looking like I was going to prevail. You know whats coming next don't you??

She made one last run and the hook pulled free and she just sat there ten feet away from me, slowly rolled away, shot me the middle fin and swam off. But I know where she lives now.

All fish came on various colored Devil Eyes and the tried and true Bloody/white Sea Shad. Water temps reached 90 degrees this afternoon and winds gusted over forty. Sounds like fun doesn't it?

More With The Munoz Clan

Mark kept up his hot hand landing the biggest trout of the day early on a Cajun Pepper Devil Eye on the same dropoff we started at the previous day. Staying out of the rocks was the hardest thing to do. But if you managed that, the rewards were pretty good. Click on the images to see the full size pics.


Here is the lure of the day


A late day stop produced the most excitement as the boys got into some serious action on trout and a whole bunch of really good 17" to 19" flounder. Looks like some good eating coming up soon. The Cajun Pepper Devil Eye picked up all but one of the flounder which was caught on a New Penny Gulp Shrimp.



Looks like they were fishing a little deep LOL.

I'll Take It

Had a so-so topwater bite early this morning. Mark picked up a solid 20"+ trout on a chartreuse Super Spook Jr. In the same spot, we picked up ten nice trout including a 24" and a chunky 26 1/2"er. Brown Lures Devil Eyes in Firetiger and Cajun Pepper were the hot tickets.





We hit our second spot on a grass/mud flat and picked up a couple more trout and some mid slot redfish. Here is a limit of reds on Daniel's stringer. Bloody/white Sea Shad and chartreuse Baby Minus-1 did all the damage.


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More July Heat

Don't know if this is the hottest summer down here but my utility bill sure says so. A small window in the mornings before the winds get too bad. Had a few nice fish swipe at topwaters but no takers. We managed 8 keeper trout and 4 nice redfish, even a couple of "tournament" reds. Cajun Pepper Devil Eyes and bloody/white Sea Shad were the hot tickets. Shallow mud grass flats in clear water on both the north and south shorelines. Can't wait for some rain.

Chillin' With The Family

Our daughter and her family came down to spend a few days with us and I got to spend some quality time with my new grandson and my two "instant" grandsons. I took Josh (8) and Isaac (6) out with their Dad for their first ever saltwater fishing trip. We worked hard to get things off on the right foot. Finding some working birds in the bay made things so much easier. Here are Josh and Isaac with their first ever keeper trout. Both were caught on bloody/white Sea Shad. Josh cast and caught 6 trout all on his own. Proud of my boys. Click on the pic for a larger image

Repeat

Another day and similar results. Winds are light until about 9:00am and the topwater bite is good but most trout are on the small side. Finished with ten trout with two over 20" and three redfish. The "Young Guns" got beat again today but made a much better showing. Rootbeer/red glitter, Firetiger, and bloody/white Saltwater Assassin and Sea Shad were best today

Double Report

Fished yesterday (July 8) with two friends on a mini scouting trip. Caught a bunch of small fish but we managed 2 good trout (24" and 26") on topwaters and plasics. Off the water early because we could LOL. Fished with three father/son pairs today and had a blast. 3 fourteen year old boys can really put you through your paces. But when it was all said and done, the "young guns" were outfished and outlasted by us old guys LOL. We had a decent box of fourteen trout up to 24" four reds up to 31" and two flounder. Several fish were lost for various reasons but thats another story. Firetiger Saltwater Assassins, bloody/white Sea Shad and Baby skitterwalks and Top Pups in various colors were top producers.

Happy 4th

Switched gears and tactics and headed for the Laguna today. No problem catching small fish. They were everywhere. We had a bit of a topwater bite early and fish came on chrome/chartreuse She Dogs. Like I said, trout were plentiful but small and most fell for strawberry/white paddletail assassins, red/white Sea Shad and red/white 5" assassins. Headed down to 9 Mile Hole and found plenty of redfish in all sizes from barely keeper, to perfect tournament reds to 45" monsters. They were very skittish probably due to the heavy weekend boat traffic. However we did manage to pick up several nice size reds on red/white Sea Shads on 1/16oz. Title SHot jigs. The reds liked the off colored water a lot better than the clear stuff. I'll be visiting my new grandson for a few days but back to the grind on Thursday.

Prelude To the 4th

Kinda disappointing today. We boxed 8 trout up to 23" and a nice 25" redfish but it looked like it was going to be killer day. The morning bite was very sporadic and we had lots of blow-ups on topwaters but just couldn't seem to hook them up.

Rocks were the ticket today as almost all of our fish came from rocks in about 4 feet of water. Bone/Chrome She-Dogs and red/white assassins worked best. Daniel and Debbie were troopers today and had plenty of fillets to take home with them. Gonna try it again tomorrow

July Fireworks

Fished with Ed Dodds, a good friend of mine this morning on a little scouting trip for a two day trip coming up this weekend. We did pretty well boxing 8 hefty trout and releasing four Big Girls. No wall hangers but trout up to 5+lbs were there. We lost a couple to the rocks including one real big trout on a topwater. The fish hit about 50/50 between topwaters and soft plastics. Strawberry/white Saltwater assassins, rootbeer/red glitter assassins were the top plastics. Ed rigs his on a flutter hook which is an offset 4/0 worm hook with a weighted shank. Works very well around the rocks. The topwater of the day was a bone/chrome She Dog.

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