Fish Catching Travel
I love it when a plan comes together. The weather looked great, the tide was perfect, and the wind was not blowing. My last trip to POC did not go as well as I liked, but the more I thought about the flat at the old Coast Guard station it seemed like the place to be. And I did catch 10 or so last time, but only a couple kept. So the plan was to stay from the last of the rising through high, and until it started dropping.
I parked the boat not that far from the old ruins and hopped over the side. For the next hour or so it was good, but none kept. It was probably around 20, they were really biting on plastics, but the size was not cutting it. So with some cloud cover I started throwing a small Skitterwalk, and though they were hitting that they were small. But I did catch a nice Seagull who did not put up that good a fight so he was unhooked no worse for the wear. So I actually used my head for once and went back to the boat and got the bigger 3 hook KVD topwater in a sexy shad. At this point the water was just starting to fall.
This is the 2 I did manage to land.
I was in less than waist deep and throwing out into about 4, right in the area where the grass ends and the sand pockets begin. When the reds showed, or I found them, whichever, they were real active. 2 made the net, a couple got off, and 4 or 5 missed it or chased it. When I was in them they were chasing it right up to me. An awesome flurry. When they slowed I just worked the grass edge, and the trout starting eating that topwater.
The best of the trout.
As the water fell the trout were right on the edge of the grass where the was a current ripping by. I caught 3 more keepers, and several that were right on the edge. It also helped that the cloud cover stayed. With the rip came the floating grass. It was in a long line and there were baitfish flipping around in it. So I worked the edge of that and then I got this guy.
This is the biggest Spanish I have caught in a long time. Reminds me of some of the Florida Spanish.
The bite was off and on, for about 5 hours. The plan was to work that area over the whole trip. There just had to be some good fish there, and once I switched to the big topwater it was some good fishin’. Not to often you get little wind, a light cloud cover, and a perfect tide, but when you do it all comes together. It is so awesome when they blow up on that topwater, I had not had that good a topwater bite in a while. I did lose several nice fish, but considering it was topwater it goes with the territory.
Normally I try to avoid the dead fish pictures but my buddy Jeffish’s 96 y/o granddad is here, he loves him some fish, so I took these for him, ergo the dead fish pictures. I have really tried to keep off the trolling motor and just stick to wading. So after a couple marginal trips I finally got in to them. It will be interesting to see if I can duplicate today. It was probably 2o on plastics and a dozen on topwater, which made for a really great day. Where next I am not sure, but this has got my saltwater juices flowing. I have a few other things on my mind, I will get to them tomorrow. So keep stopping in and thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines.
