Back In The Saddle

Not a great day but not too bad. We ended with 5 trout to 18" and 10 redfish with two oversize. All on the usual bloody/white Sea Shad on 1/16oz Title SHot jigs. Water is up slightly and most fish were in calf deep water around grass and potholes. Water temps are so warm that the fish are almost cooked when you land them LOL.

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

Well, I went fishing of course. Had the great opportunity and pleasure to fish with some good friends offshore for three days. The fishing was great and I am sore in places I didn't even know you could get sore. We trolled a five lure spread and I was the one in the chair when this big wahoo hit. Click on the photos to enlarge.



We deep dropped and caught a nice variety of fish. Chuck was catching them two at a time on knife jigs.



We did a little "chunking" at night near a deep water floating rig and got into some really nice yellowfin tuna. All in all it was a great time on the water. The weather cooperated nicely and we all got back safe and sound with just a couple of scratches LOL.



Looking forward to chasing some fish in somewhat shallower water. I'll be at it again starting tomorrow so stay tuned for a more "normal" report.

Confirmed

Took a wild bunch out today and had a blast. Traded insults and plenty of good natured ribbing. Put the new theory to the test and its confirmed. We started early out of habit but didn't really get into the fish until after noon. We ended up catching over twenty redfish and 5 or 6 nice trout. There were huge schools of drum on the flat with our redfish mixed in. Ankle to calf deep water using bloody/white Sea Shad and chartreuse Cocahoe minnows on 1/16 oz Title SHot jigs. All reds were sight cast and a couple of the trout were as well.

The Light Bulb Comes On

I may not be the sharpest pencil in the box but I can recognize a pattern when it slaps me in the face 5 or 6 times........ or can I?!?!

I mentioned that we have not had much of a morning bite recently. In fact it really killed one trip last week when the guys I was fishing with could only fish for the morning. See: Morning C&R Trip from July 30


Well, after discussing this with a few guide friends and a couple of other guys I know that have been fishing a lot lately, we all came to the same conclusion. The fish just are not biting very well until about noon or so.

I put the new found theory to the test yesterday. We had one red and 4 trout in the box at noon. Over the next three hours, we added six more trout to 19" and the redfish hordes came in waves until once again we were too tired to cast. Estimated 40 to 50 reds.

Ten trout to 19" and easy limits of redfish to just over 28" on Bloody/white Sea Shad and just about any red and white paddletail style baits we had. ankle deep to calf deep water over MUD and grass. Emphasis on the mud. I think I'll sleep late and try to recover. My calf and thigh muscles are aching today LOL.

And August Begins

Had an exceptional day today with easy limits of redfish. We caught plenty of trout but they were on the small side for the most part. We only boxed one trout but the hot and heavy redfish action more than made up for it.

Quote of the day---Bert: In my 48 years on this earth, I've never caught so many reds that My arms just got too sore to fish".

We didn't start counting until we had over 10 reds but we guesstimated we caught and released between 50 and 60 reds from just keeper size to 30".

Bloody/white Sea Shad and red whie Cocahoe Minnows in ankle deep to calf deep water over mud and grass. One word to anyone wanting to try this. Make sure you don't have any health problems because this is one UGLY wade.

July Is Done...... Finally

Its been a hot one for sure and for about the third straight trip there just hasn't been much of a morning bite. We managed a few reds and trout for the box and released one nice 25" trout but eberything came in the last hour and a half. Bloody/white Sea Shad on 1/16oz. Title SHot jigs in knee deep water over mud and grass was the pattern.

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.