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Fished with Sid Lacombe, long time Galveston angler. He wanted to learn some areas around West Bay to catch redfish. We started in a cove that usually produces reds and trout this time of the year. We caught the trout, but on two small reds that were willling to eat our topwaters. The bite was intermittenly good on spook jr and she dogs, and we landed somewhere between 15 and 20 trout with about 50% that were keepers.
We moved on to look at other spots and some of the back lakes. Rides across the bay were VERY INTERESTING!! Didn't really find much going on, missed a few bites, and learned alot about the structures and tide flows that make the lakes work. Decided that the wind had picked up enough that we really should be back on the other side of the bay.
Hit a few coves, and again couldn't find much going on. We were poling down a shoreline and saw the one and only tailing fish in the bay, but with the wind pumping and the speed that we were moving, we didn't get a good shot before she disappeared. This fish was well into territory that is normally dry ground.
Our last stop was a marsh behind one of the coves. Again we didn't see much but as we neared the small drain that empties the marsh to the cove, Sid hooked a good red on a spinnerbait. The fish ran left and got up wind of us, then headed straight for a small patch of grass. All of this right after running the line under the lower unit, Trimed her up and the fight was still on. Thank goodness for braied line. We landed her after a welll fought battle and she was right about 26 inches.
We were headed west to look at another cove, and noticed that there were a few ominous clouds easing in from the Gulf. As we got moving, it became obvious that if we didn't get moving fast, we were gonna get wet. This is where things get fun in the little boat, she doesn't have the speed to really outrun storms. We took every short cut I know, and got to the ramp just in time to get the boat on the trailer before the sky fell apart.
It was a fun day with a great angler. Ended up with probably 7-10 keeper trout, 3 reds, a couple of lost flounder and a bunch of missed bites. All were released.
We moved on to look at other spots and some of the back lakes. Rides across the bay were VERY INTERESTING!! Didn't really find much going on, missed a few bites, and learned alot about the structures and tide flows that make the lakes work. Decided that the wind had picked up enough that we really should be back on the other side of the bay.
Hit a few coves, and again couldn't find much going on. We were poling down a shoreline and saw the one and only tailing fish in the bay, but with the wind pumping and the speed that we were moving, we didn't get a good shot before she disappeared. This fish was well into territory that is normally dry ground.
Our last stop was a marsh behind one of the coves. Again we didn't see much but as we neared the small drain that empties the marsh to the cove, Sid hooked a good red on a spinnerbait. The fish ran left and got up wind of us, then headed straight for a small patch of grass. All of this right after running the line under the lower unit, Trimed her up and the fight was still on. Thank goodness for braied line. We landed her after a welll fought battle and she was right about 26 inches.
We were headed west to look at another cove, and noticed that there were a few ominous clouds easing in from the Gulf. As we got moving, it became obvious that if we didn't get moving fast, we were gonna get wet. This is where things get fun in the little boat, she doesn't have the speed to really outrun storms. We took every short cut I know, and got to the ramp just in time to get the boat on the trailer before the sky fell apart.
It was a fun day with a great angler. Ended up with probably 7-10 keeper trout, 3 reds, a couple of lost flounder and a bunch of missed bites. All were released.
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