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Fish Catching Travel
The Shoedog finally shook loose from his remodel job and plans were made to hit the Gulf. We got to the ramp about 8 and there was only a few trucks in the lot so we in the water in nothing flat. After waiting a couple of days to fish I was chomping at the bit.
The water temp was 53 degrees at the ramp, the sun was shining, and low and behold it was dead calm. The drain I have fished the last couple of trips in Big Bayou has been holding some nice trout so that was the first stop on the agenda. I was throwing the Down South plastic in the Chicken of the C Southern Shad and Shoedog was throwing a Yumm plastic that was similar.
The tide was falling pretty quickly when we got to the bayou. We headed down the last channel bank at the end of the bayou and right off the bat caught 3 rat reds. When we got to the end of the island we found the trout in a small drain where it emptied into the deeper water and the catching began.
We started off with a double.
In the blink of an eye we caught a limit. They were 1-3 foot deep and as we worked the bait out of the cut, and then let it fall on the drop, they would eat it. It wasn’t one of those they were making the line jump thing, they were just there when you lifted up.
They love the Down South Lures plastic.
Check them out here. Ask your local tackle store.
We ended up catching 12 in an area about the size of my living room and they were a little better than average. As soon as we had the limit in the box it was time for a move. Like the comment the other day, I felt like the dog who caught the car, now what?
Heck we just got here.
We headed up to the Oil Cut and did the usual trolling motor and tossing it to the bank thing. I don’t think we had a bite anywhere near the entrance. The best area turned out to be the last big arm on the right. Redfish was the target at this point, Shoedog threw the Strike King Redfish Magic and I stayed with the plastic.
Redfish are one tough fish.
These pictures do not do justice to how broken this guy was.
We fished a good bunch of the Oil Cut and probably caught 6 or 7 reds. I caught one in the there that just touched 20, so he went back. Then I caught the one above, who was bent right in the middle. Shoedog caught one on the Redfish Magic.
The only one that fell for a spinnerbait today.
I think we caught maybe one or two small trout, and I put a small flounder in the boat. The whole time we were in there it was a fairly slack tide, and though we caught fish, it was one here and one there. Late in the afternoon the tide started to move so we stopped at the old coast Guard ruin and drifted that flat, which was a complete bust. On the way back to Big Bayou we stopped and fished a couple of drains in Mitchell’s Cut.
We probably caught 3 or 4 trout in front of those so we kept on going. To finish our day we went back to make a pass on the place we limited. To make a long story short we put a few more reds in the boat, another flounder, and worked our way through another 20 trout, though they were more scattered and were actively feeding. You could feel them thumping it much better in the afternoon. We left them biting and headed back to Froggie’s to clean fish.
For the day it was probably 30 or so trout, a dozen reds, and a couple of flounder. Neither the reds or the flounder made the grade, but we were happy to catch them. The weather was fantastic, the bite was steady though nor spectacular, and a good time was had by all. I managed to break one red off in a dock and Shoedog broke off what was a good trout. Not bad considering we both were throwing 8lb. test most of the time.
Tomorrow the weather looks even better so it will be back to the Gulf first thing in the morning. Now where exactly I have no clue. It will be get up, load up, and make a decision at the end of the driveway. We may do a little wading tomorrow, good way to make sure neither of our waders are leaking before we hit Baffin. So keep stopping in, there is lots more fishing to come this week. Thanks for reading my stuff.
Good Luck and Tight Lines
