[wacotiger]

Sunday night, I was fishing off my dock in Big Lake (Old Settlement) and waiting for the high tide to come in. Predicted high tide was around 1:30 a.m. My pier had the only lights on around me. It was incredibly calm, with winds, if any, less than 2 knots. Water color was ok (could see bait about a foot down. I started fishing around 11:00 p.m. I saw trout all over the place hitting minnows (?) - bait fish on the surface. The lady fish, that had been there early in the evening, were all gone. I threw several plastics and didn't get a hit. Then I threw a pink Corky's Fatboy and caught a nice trout. I then threw a Vudu Shrimp (natural) and caught a very small rat red. Nothing on the Vudu after that. I thought game on for the Fatboy. I caught about 10, but only 5 keepers over the next 2 hours. The trout kept exploding on the surface hitting the bait fish. I could see them hit the surface. I didn't have any live bait and rarely fish with live bait any way. By the way, it was a pretty full moon. I tried several other plastics in several different colors. Some success (a few), but nothing big. I had 8 different rods from my fishing trip that day. I even tried top water baits like top dogs, she dogs etc. My question - what would you have thrown in this situation? Was I doing anything wrong? I saw so many trout that I thought I was going to caught a 100. Thanks for your tips.