hawkman
Eight Pointer
I'm sitting here with a few fixits on the boat that I'm just not doing. Stupid me. Missing some awesome fishing.
We made a scouting trip over that way yesterday. Considering we didnt get there until noon, we didnt do to bad. Think we had 14 or 15 drum up to about 25" , a dozen keeper trout, and about 20 flounder. About half the flounder were legal size. Also spooked a door mat off the edge of a shoal at a creek mouth. Dang thing was about as long as a fish tote.Fished an area this morning that I’ve never fished before. Pretty good topwater bite. Caught 23 trout 15-22”, 1 drum 23”. Happy the water temps have finally gotten to a point that makes finding these fish more predictable.
When the water surface is calm, look for pop up slicks (caused by fish oils left when bait is being eaten).
Absolutely. You see a slick pop up and get a smell of that fishy watermelon scent, it's game time. We catch a lot of trout behind the house chasing slicks from trout feeding on shrimp. Terns picking on the slicks are dead give aways too.“Why are you in such a hurry to bomb a bait out? Nothing has been happening”
“They’re here! A slick just popped up...”
People think you’re crazy when you say you see a slick from the beach or pier, but it’s a sure fire way to know drum are there. Never really heard them mentioned with trout or other fish, but then again I’m not in that crowd.
Absolutely. You see a slick pop up and get a smell of that fishy watermelon scent, it's game time. We catch a lot of trout behind the house chasing slicks from trout feeding on shrimp. Terns picking on the slicks are dead give aways too.
I caught more fish this weekend than I could believe . Caught 20-30 flounder and most were keeper size. Caught 15-20 drum all keeper size. Caught 15-20 trout most were short but did catch 3-4 nice ones . I wish all days could be like these were!!!
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Soft plastics?
Croaker, pigfish or pinfish under a popping cork. A lot of the inshore guides here keep pinfish pots set to get them for their charters or use a sabiki rig to catch them.Talk to me about live baiting trout, I've never even tried it. I know it works, just haven't done it. In my mind, I'd throw a couple live baits out once I found fish, and would continue to cast artificials. I'd probably want to try 6" mullets in hopes of drawing a larger fish. Again, no idea....never done it. Educate me.
I don't use live bait when I fish from my boat. I have a spot I fish from the bank that has oysters and other structure. I lose a few rigs but the reward is worth it. As for your situation, I would fish around oysters with some current or maybe where a creek flows into a body of water. I know that is vague but that's all Ive I've got.I understand what baits, the rig, etc. I’m asking if you just roll up on a spot and throw 2-3 live baits overboard, have a seat and just drift? or do you pitch out a few live baits once you’ve located fish using artificials? do you continue to cast artificials while drifting?
I've caught many on a Zara spook jr "walking the dog". My buddy caught his on a live target mullet wake bait.What kinda topwater lures are you guys catchin em on. Never tried topwater for trout. Sounds like some fun right there. How deep o water?
Thanks