Wind blew most of weekend, so we tubed and boozed and visited. On cue - after a daylight storm - the bay came alive this morning. Headed out about 8 to a low and falling tide with the flip flop tide this past weekend. NW wind about 5, good water, 2 reefs produced, one did not (late in AM) and shoreline inside oyster reefs were so shallow all of the finning reds were terribly spooky (cool sight though)
First spot set up a drift and tallied three nice ones from behind the console without putting the TM down or even moving to the front deck. The first of many, many four lb sail cats ended the drift. Two more drifts resulted in fewer specks and more slimers. Plenty of pogies working. Trout seemed to be widely scattered, but very aggressive, really popping the jig (Deadly Dudley Bay Choveys and Terror Tails on 1/4 oz), but rarely two in a spot. And sailcats took over shortly thereafter.
Moved to a reef further out and lost a few twenty inchers, boxed a few 15s and the sailcats found me again. Got a few on topwater including a released 20. Ended with nine trout in boxy and a dozen sailcats released out of the same mold. Ended at 11:15 when fish quit at second reef, scratched at third reef and was much closer to home than headed out to first reef. So on to the reds, which wanted nothing of above mentioned baits in six inches of water. Would have been better with a spinner for making those casts into the wind as well. Oh well.
Beautiful morning with a nice breeze, but the wind and current were in sync and took me out of the fish (seemed like anyway) when attending to the cats. Fish are hanging in at these spots much longer than I imagined at beginning of the year. Also had a pod of white shrimp being picked on by gulls when I first arrived.
As always, good times!
07-29-2013, 02:47 PM
Dulac 7/29 quickie
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