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Wed Morning Fun!
Made a run out with Scott and his buddy this am.
I expected the water to drop out with the hard N winds last night. Our plan was to hit the redfish in the marsh early and then hit some winter spots and see if we could find some good trout. When we got to the ramp we saw that the water didn't drop much, but we decided to stick with the plan.
Wind was blowing out of the S at about 10 early and then got a little stronger later in the day. Tide was supposed to be dropping out hard all morning, but the drop last night and the S winds made for a slow incoming, but it was moving. Temps were a little cool but nice this am. Water temp was still about 60 when we got in the water and jumped up during the morning.
Got to the first spot and started catching small trout and reds right away. We worked some marsh drains and kept catching fish. Got back int he marsh and finally found a red that was hungry for a Skitter Jr.
While I was hooked up with the red, Pat hooked up with a good trout and tried to step up on the deck with me. He half missed and did a face plant into the front deck, but kept reeling until the pain hit him. I pulled my fish in the boat and he handed me his rod so that he could look at his injuries. I lost his fish for him and looked down and saw his finger swollen up to almost double the size. He said he thought it was broke and we asked him if he needed us to take him back so he could get to the hospital, but he told us to keep fishing.
We moved deeper into the marsh and then started catching trout one after the other for about 30 minutes. We had several triples on tops. I saw some birds working around the corner and was hoping to get into a school of reds, but by the time we got there they had dispersed. We had some decent trout in the box, so we kept looking for reds in more drains, but kept catching trout. We finally decided to make another move and left them biting to go look for bigger trout.
By the time we got to the next spot the tide had stopped moving and we made a long wade and laid a goose egg. We made one more run back to another marsh drain and caught a bunch more small reds and trout. Pat also caught a 32" 11 1/2 lb red.
Overall we probably caught 60ish trout, 15 or so undersize reds, 1 slot red and 1 oversize red. All were caught on a variety of tops and tails.
It was good to get out with Scott again and get on some fish. Pat's finger got better throughout the day and he seemed fine when we left.
Pat's Red
Pile of Fish
Another
My redfish
And the finished product - redfish, dirty rice, Mashed Potatoes and cheesy rice and Broccoli.
I expected the water to drop out with the hard N winds last night. Our plan was to hit the redfish in the marsh early and then hit some winter spots and see if we could find some good trout. When we got to the ramp we saw that the water didn't drop much, but we decided to stick with the plan.
Wind was blowing out of the S at about 10 early and then got a little stronger later in the day. Tide was supposed to be dropping out hard all morning, but the drop last night and the S winds made for a slow incoming, but it was moving. Temps were a little cool but nice this am. Water temp was still about 60 when we got in the water and jumped up during the morning.
Got to the first spot and started catching small trout and reds right away. We worked some marsh drains and kept catching fish. Got back int he marsh and finally found a red that was hungry for a Skitter Jr.
While I was hooked up with the red, Pat hooked up with a good trout and tried to step up on the deck with me. He half missed and did a face plant into the front deck, but kept reeling until the pain hit him. I pulled my fish in the boat and he handed me his rod so that he could look at his injuries. I lost his fish for him and looked down and saw his finger swollen up to almost double the size. He said he thought it was broke and we asked him if he needed us to take him back so he could get to the hospital, but he told us to keep fishing.
We moved deeper into the marsh and then started catching trout one after the other for about 30 minutes. We had several triples on tops. I saw some birds working around the corner and was hoping to get into a school of reds, but by the time we got there they had dispersed. We had some decent trout in the box, so we kept looking for reds in more drains, but kept catching trout. We finally decided to make another move and left them biting to go look for bigger trout.
By the time we got to the next spot the tide had stopped moving and we made a long wade and laid a goose egg. We made one more run back to another marsh drain and caught a bunch more small reds and trout. Pat also caught a 32" 11 1/2 lb red.
Overall we probably caught 60ish trout, 15 or so undersize reds, 1 slot red and 1 oversize red. All were caught on a variety of tops and tails.
It was good to get out with Scott again and get on some fish. Pat's finger got better throughout the day and he seemed fine when we left.
Pat's Red
Pile of Fish
Another
My redfish
And the finished product - redfish, dirty rice, Mashed Potatoes and cheesy rice and Broccoli.
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