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Wasnt in the west end, but did pretty well Friday.
We're definitely into the Fall Transition and a lot of the fish are moving off the deep shell and onto shallow shorelines. There are a lot of birds working but most of the fish under them are small. You don't have to fish the birds. It's not always the case, and that can be a lot of fun, but I just like catching better fish. If you are going to do that focus on bird groups that are over shell or some sort of structure. You can still locate fish using slicks as well.
Did real well on Friday morning keying on slicks over mud and shell on shoreline drop offs, as well as satellite reefs on mud bottom in 3-6 feet. I did not go fish the birds, there are still quality fish being caught on deep reefs and quite a few fish moving to shallow or shoreline mud and shell areas with bait present. Mostly finding my fish by finding slicks and working back through the area.
Just about everything has produced from Plum Bassasins. TTF trout killers in plum, OneKnocker spook in bone and Oakie shad, and a couple of fish on FatBoys. It's a good time to get your fat boys and corkies out to start practicing for the winter if you lack confidence with them, plus they are great when the topwater bite dies off. Same for using a plastic under a mauler or click cork. I even beat a banana that was on the boat... #just a myth. Ended up with 14 trout to 18 (lost a 24") and a nice 29" red on top.
Bananas are ok, what do they say,? "Just don't bring them if you're invited on a friends boat". LOL.
If you haven't perfected locating fish check out the TroutSupport.com DVD's especially the 4pack since it includes where to look seasonally and that applies to trout and reds alike. Plenty of testimonials on 2cool about them
http://www.troutsupport.com
Gotta have good equipment and keep your boat in top notch condition like SunCoast Marine in LaMarque does for me. Lew's reels are still going strong and I love my BB1 Pro.
We're definitely into the Fall Transition and a lot of the fish are moving off the deep shell and onto shallow shorelines. There are a lot of birds working but most of the fish under them are small. You don't have to fish the birds. It's not always the case, and that can be a lot of fun, but I just like catching better fish. If you are going to do that focus on bird groups that are over shell or some sort of structure. You can still locate fish using slicks as well.
Did real well on Friday morning keying on slicks over mud and shell on shoreline drop offs, as well as satellite reefs on mud bottom in 3-6 feet. I did not go fish the birds, there are still quality fish being caught on deep reefs and quite a few fish moving to shallow or shoreline mud and shell areas with bait present. Mostly finding my fish by finding slicks and working back through the area.
Just about everything has produced from Plum Bassasins. TTF trout killers in plum, OneKnocker spook in bone and Oakie shad, and a couple of fish on FatBoys. It's a good time to get your fat boys and corkies out to start practicing for the winter if you lack confidence with them, plus they are great when the topwater bite dies off. Same for using a plastic under a mauler or click cork. I even beat a banana that was on the boat... #just a myth. Ended up with 14 trout to 18 (lost a 24") and a nice 29" red on top.
Bananas are ok, what do they say,? "Just don't bring them if you're invited on a friends boat". LOL.
If you haven't perfected locating fish check out the TroutSupport.com DVD's especially the 4pack since it includes where to look seasonally and that applies to trout and reds alike. Plenty of testimonials on 2cool about them
http://www.troutsupport.com
Gotta have good equipment and keep your boat in top notch condition like SunCoast Marine in LaMarque does for me. Lew's reels are still going strong and I love my BB1 Pro.
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