Fish Catching Travel
Of course I woke up an hour before I planned to, but the fishing clock was on fast forward. It was the anticipation of throwing some topwater that got me up early, and it ended up working out just fine.
Initially I was headed to Indianola, but I was so far down the road I had plenty of time to get to Froggie’s by sunup so I kept on going. The wind was blowing some when I got there, but the water color looked just right. So off to Big Bayou I went and out came the Skitter Walk, the same one I caught on last time, and it wasn’t long before I caught my first keeper.
A great day to be fishing.
The first bite of the morning. Wanted you to see the Skitter Walk we have been catching them on.
It became real apparent real fast that the pattern was anywhere there was a point or a drain with wind and water flowing around it. And when you would get to where the wind and current hit the calm spot, there was the trout.
A good one, she smoked it.
From that point on I was using it aggressively in the walk the dog motion and it seemed they wanted it moving right along. When you would hit the perfect current/calm combo it was just a matter of throwing it to the bank and working it out. From about 7:15 until they quit hitting it around 11, it was fairly consistent.
This was the average for the topwater, she just made the picture cut because she smacked it at the boat. Cool bite.
I ended up fishing from Big Bayou to the old Coast Guard station. Find a drain with falling tide and catch one or two. I did try to re-fish some of the places but it was definitely catch some and then move on. I did miss several more nice fish, caught some small ones, and lost a big red before they started to just boil it less and less.
So I switched to plastics, a 4″ paddle tail in Electric Chicken on a 1/16oz. jig head. They wanted it jerked right along and I got several big bites, to bad I managed to lose 2 good trout and had one big ass red break me off.
This guy thumped it and was the best for the day.
After the trout slowed down around noon I decided to throw some Strike King Redfish Magic. The wind had picked up so I hit some grass banks, both flat and channel hoping to whack a good one. I had already caught a couple of small ones, lost a big one on topwater and had another real nice one break my line.
I took a picture of the first one I caught on the Redfish Magic, to bad it was the biggest.
Over the next few banks I put 3 reds in the boat, but they were all small. Then a good shower came and I called it a day. It turned out to be a good morning. I am not sure how many keeper trout I put in the boat, but it was close to a limit. The nice thing was they kept hitting the topwater until later in the morning. I think if the wind had been down some it might have been a better bite even later in the morning. But who is complaining. The topwater bite is on and should hold nice and steady for the next couple of months, give or take the first really cold front of the year.
I will be fishing with Todd on Thursday and I can not wait. The wade fishing should be good and with them on topwater I am looking forward to it. Monday it is off to Fayette County for some bass fishing. I will probably try to fit a morning trip to Indianola in on Wednesday. When it is like this, it is time to keep after them. Throw your favorite topwater next time you head to the coast, you may be surprised.
So thanks for stopping in. I appreciate each and every one of you who reads my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
