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Had perfect conditions today, so made a late afternoon wade over shell and mud from 1' - 5'. Had the pleasure of fishing with 2 of the best fishermen I know, Maurice Estlinbaum and another buddy.
Wind was howling out of the SE from 15-25. It was misting rain most of the time. Tide was slowly moving in and the bait was plentiful. Water temps were up around 60 and the topwater bite was pretty good.
We caught 20 - 25 trout to 6 lbs(Maurice caught the biggest), with a 5 and a bunch of 3 1/2 - 4 1/2 lbers mixed in, and 1 red about 7 1/2 on tops, corkys and mirrolures. All fish released for you guys and gals to catch later.
On the last wade, I went across the gut while they stayed on the side of the reef with the boat. I caught 1 small trout and then saw 2 mullet run for their lives, so I chunked a corky in the area and twitched it once and hooked up with a trout that was making some big sweeping shakes and I could tell that she was big. She surfaced twice before shaking loose. She was definitely over 25" and fat. After about 45 min the fog rolled in and I could barely see the boat, so I headed back down the reef to cross the gut and couldn't find the shallow spot. I tried to get across and got water int he waders before backing back onto the reef and waiting for them to come pick me up. Good thing the water was warm! The fog was thick on the way in.
I will post up the pics when my buddy sends them to me. I forgot my camera and we only got a few pics because we were releasing everything as we caught them and were fishing a ways apart most of the time.
Wind was howling out of the SE from 15-25. It was misting rain most of the time. Tide was slowly moving in and the bait was plentiful. Water temps were up around 60 and the topwater bite was pretty good.
We caught 20 - 25 trout to 6 lbs(Maurice caught the biggest), with a 5 and a bunch of 3 1/2 - 4 1/2 lbers mixed in, and 1 red about 7 1/2 on tops, corkys and mirrolures. All fish released for you guys and gals to catch later.
On the last wade, I went across the gut while they stayed on the side of the reef with the boat. I caught 1 small trout and then saw 2 mullet run for their lives, so I chunked a corky in the area and twitched it once and hooked up with a trout that was making some big sweeping shakes and I could tell that she was big. She surfaced twice before shaking loose. She was definitely over 25" and fat. After about 45 min the fog rolled in and I could barely see the boat, so I headed back down the reef to cross the gut and couldn't find the shallow spot. I tried to get across and got water int he waders before backing back onto the reef and waiting for them to come pick me up. Good thing the water was warm! The fog was thick on the way in.
I will post up the pics when my buddy sends them to me. I forgot my camera and we only got a few pics because we were releasing everything as we caught them and were fishing a ways apart most of the time.
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