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Evening Report 2/26/2017
Hey everyone,
Went out Sunday evening near Jamaica Beach and here is the report.
Weather: Overcast with winds up to ~15 mph from the S SE
Tide: +1 ft. w/ little movement
Moon Phase: New
Launch time: 1430
Take out time: 1830
Location: Fished the coves near Jamaica Beach
Substrate targeted: Deep holes, oysters, marsh edge habitat
Lure: Soft plastics, Mirro (Suspended twitch early afternoon, topwater late evening)
Not a lot of action during my first 1.5 hours. Had a few hits, but nothing came of it. There was algae throughout that was really choking the system, and also wouldn't allow me to fish slowly as it would hang up on my lures. I just bought a push pole for when the water temps warm, so I jacked around with it for a while. Fished a drift using Mirro topwater along an oyster flat, adjacent to marsh habitat right before I called it quits (from about 1750 until 1820). The bite was on. In a matter 30 minutes, I caught three reds, and had a bunch of hits and misses on the top. The three that I caught were fully committed to the strike, but all the slaps were from fish that didn't want it bad enough. I blame the cooler temps for making them a bit sluggish. The key to the evening success was slowing my retrieve waaaaaaayyyyy down. I was getting hit after leaving my topwater still for close to 12 seconds in between twitches. That was the key! Snapped one pic before the phone died. And that's all I have to say about that.
I'm getting married in a week, and it's off to Costa Rica for the honeymoon. Maybe I'll bring in a roosterfish. That's a bucket list species of mine.
Went out Sunday evening near Jamaica Beach and here is the report.
Weather: Overcast with winds up to ~15 mph from the S SE
Tide: +1 ft. w/ little movement
Moon Phase: New
Launch time: 1430
Take out time: 1830
Location: Fished the coves near Jamaica Beach
Substrate targeted: Deep holes, oysters, marsh edge habitat
Lure: Soft plastics, Mirro (Suspended twitch early afternoon, topwater late evening)
Not a lot of action during my first 1.5 hours. Had a few hits, but nothing came of it. There was algae throughout that was really choking the system, and also wouldn't allow me to fish slowly as it would hang up on my lures. I just bought a push pole for when the water temps warm, so I jacked around with it for a while. Fished a drift using Mirro topwater along an oyster flat, adjacent to marsh habitat right before I called it quits (from about 1750 until 1820). The bite was on. In a matter 30 minutes, I caught three reds, and had a bunch of hits and misses on the top. The three that I caught were fully committed to the strike, but all the slaps were from fish that didn't want it bad enough. I blame the cooler temps for making them a bit sluggish. The key to the evening success was slowing my retrieve waaaaaaayyyyy down. I was getting hit after leaving my topwater still for close to 12 seconds in between twitches. That was the key! Snapped one pic before the phone died. And that's all I have to say about that.
I'm getting married in a week, and it's off to Costa Rica for the honeymoon. Maybe I'll bring in a roosterfish. That's a bucket list species of mine.
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