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.