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Anytime we’re approaching or near a full moon I’m not overly optimistic about how the fish will react. I’ve had some fantastic days fishing in the days preceding or following full moons in the past, but from experience I can tell you that those days are isolated.
Boy, was I wrong, and unlike my usual miscalculations this one had a favorable outcome. The fishing was excellent with great weather and good company, and for the first time this year the catching was on the same level. Fishing has been a little off since the big freeze and the sporadic weather that ensued since, but the topwater redfish bite exploded, pun intended, last week.
The bite has been early, for the most part, during the strong early morning outgoing tides we’ve had here on the upper coast. I still haven’t seen many fish deep in the marsh although a few have started to venture into the marsh when water levels have allowed. We have been targeting areas near deep water over mud and scattered shell. Most of the fish we caught last week were caught while drifting open water away from shorelines in water about 2′-3′ deep. With the high winds we have made a concerted effort to slow down and really working an area over thoroughly by fan casting before moving.
I fished three different but very similar areas 60+ miles apart and found much of the same at each locale. Food for thought pattern fishing skeptics. Skitterwalks and Top Dogs produced the most fish with white/redhead and redfish being the colors of choice in the off-colored water we were fishing. You have to love any weekend you never set your topwater rod down
Full report and additional pictures here...
Boy, was I wrong, and unlike my usual miscalculations this one had a favorable outcome. The fishing was excellent with great weather and good company, and for the first time this year the catching was on the same level. Fishing has been a little off since the big freeze and the sporadic weather that ensued since, but the topwater redfish bite exploded, pun intended, last week.
The bite has been early, for the most part, during the strong early morning outgoing tides we’ve had here on the upper coast. I still haven’t seen many fish deep in the marsh although a few have started to venture into the marsh when water levels have allowed. We have been targeting areas near deep water over mud and scattered shell. Most of the fish we caught last week were caught while drifting open water away from shorelines in water about 2′-3′ deep. With the high winds we have made a concerted effort to slow down and really working an area over thoroughly by fan casting before moving.
I fished three different but very similar areas 60+ miles apart and found much of the same at each locale. Food for thought pattern fishing skeptics. Skitterwalks and Top Dogs produced the most fish with white/redhead and redfish being the colors of choice in the off-colored water we were fishing. You have to love any weekend you never set your topwater rod down
Full report and additional pictures here...
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