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With Cameron off doing his own thing, I decided to fish in the morning before returning home to study. I decided to fish the drain that has been productive the last few trips for flounders and reds, maybe even going for a wade if it looked promising. The "stream" I described in my earlier post was a mini rapid now releasing the water from the rain. There was bait present though, concentrated around the drain. Every so often there were swirls of some fish. The first 10 minutes was nothing. I was about to move further down the bank when *WHAM* something hits my morning glory hackberry. My drag peels a bit and the fish launches itself out of the water. It was a nice looking bass! After some pictures, I released him, hopefully to become some 10 lber in the future. By now the tide was starting to fall and the fish seemed to become active with bait coming to the surface more frequently. I used an active presentation with triple pops of the rod tip once the jig hit the bottom.
A few minutes later, after I jigged the hackberry to the surface, another bass launches itself out of the water and inhales the bait. This one is a little bigger and after another jump, I bring him in for pictures. Then, after the release, I see a dust cloud in the water which told me one thing- flounder. I tossed (it was a few feet from the bank) my hackberry past the cloud and hopped it through the middle of the cloud. Once it was in the middle, I felt the slightest of taps which prompted me to set the rod tip down and wait. I felt the flounder munching on my bait and after my ten count, I gave him a sharp hook set. Flounder darted away and peeled some drag. He ended up being a nice 17 incher. More pictures and another release.
Another 20 minutes go by without a hit. The bait has more than disappeared from the surface. I knew some fish were still to be found. With the water levels receding though, I knew I didn't have much time before the bite shut off. I stopped blind casting and started paying close attention to the water. I then noticed a ripple and a dust cloud with fleeing bait fish making their wakes under the surface. I casted in the general vicinity hoping for another flounder. I, again, gave it an active presentation, and on the fall of the 3rd hop, I felt the hit and set the hook. The fish made a beeline for the rocks and I tightened the drag and drug him out, thinking this was either a red or a nice flounder. The fish came to the surface briefly, and created a swirl. After a few more seconds, I had him near the bank and was surprised to see a catfish! What kind of cat fish, I don't know. Hopefully someone can identify it for me. After that, I called it a day and went home to study Alkyl Halides.
A few minutes later, after I jigged the hackberry to the surface, another bass launches itself out of the water and inhales the bait. This one is a little bigger and after another jump, I bring him in for pictures. Then, after the release, I see a dust cloud in the water which told me one thing- flounder. I tossed (it was a few feet from the bank) my hackberry past the cloud and hopped it through the middle of the cloud. Once it was in the middle, I felt the slightest of taps which prompted me to set the rod tip down and wait. I felt the flounder munching on my bait and after my ten count, I gave him a sharp hook set. Flounder darted away and peeled some drag. He ended up being a nice 17 incher. More pictures and another release.
Another 20 minutes go by without a hit. The bait has more than disappeared from the surface. I knew some fish were still to be found. With the water levels receding though, I knew I didn't have much time before the bite shut off. I stopped blind casting and started paying close attention to the water. I then noticed a ripple and a dust cloud with fleeing bait fish making their wakes under the surface. I casted in the general vicinity hoping for another flounder. I, again, gave it an active presentation, and on the fall of the 3rd hop, I felt the hit and set the hook. The fish made a beeline for the rocks and I tightened the drag and drug him out, thinking this was either a red or a nice flounder. The fish came to the surface briefly, and created a swirl. After a few more seconds, I had him near the bank and was surprised to see a catfish! What kind of cat fish, I don't know. Hopefully someone can identify it for me. After that, I called it a day and went home to study Alkyl Halides.
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