Tweet
We arrived at Bluff’s Landing late Wednesday afternoon and motored with gear all the way down the ICW to one of the last small spoil islands just east of Baffin. My friend has a very cool cabin powered by a commercial diesel generator. Grilled steaks, poured toddies and watched the sun go down over the Laguna. First morning the wind was blowing from the south about 20 and getting worse. Bait right now in Baffin is fairly scarce due to the recent cold. Water temperature was around 50 degrees. Most of the bait we found was in deeper water, so all the wades were usually chest deep. That day we caught 8 or 9 trout and 3 reds. Trout were up to 25” (all released). That night the winds shut down, and the temperatures climbed. We only had a half day on Friday, so we had to make our first spot count. It is one of my favorite spots and always holds big trout. Twice that morning I lost two very big trout. The biggest one broke my line at the leader. There was a 30 minute window when all of us were hooking up. After I lost my big trout Brian lands a solid 5.6 lb fish. Not sure how many fish we caught, but all of them were released. We were throwing Corkies, Devil Eyes & Bass Assassins. Soon after the first wade the winds shifted north and started howling as the approaching front beared down on us. Tried to make a few more wades, but decided to head back.
Comment