Hit the flats Sunday morning with my good friend Rob aboard. Water temps had dropped down into the low 50's, the weather man screwed up his wind forecast, again, but we were determined to find some fish.
Fished a couple of our usual spots first, but the wind was too much, so we went looking for a little break from the wind. Found a spot that was a little sheltered and Rob managed to catch a nice 8lb redfish. We keep working the creek and I was reluctant to say anything, but the wind seemed to be dying, just a little. We moved on to a flat that was blocked from the wind and soon it was on!!! Redfish everywhere. Huge schools. We drove the trolling motor down in the sand to hold our position and commeneced to have a ball. There is nothing like sightcasting to schooling reds in 12-inches of water and these were all 6-10lb fish. We managed to catch 10 before the school spooked for good and the wind switched and picked back up.
Hit a few more spots and ended up with 16 reds for the day, biggest right at 9lbs. All fish were caught using bucktail skimmer jigs tipped with Fish-bites or Berkly Gulp.
This last cold front that has hung around for the past couple of weeks has cooled the water back down, but that is supposed to change. Warmer, more normal temps are expected later in the week. King mackerel are thick in the 30-40 mile range. Heard reports of a few Atlantic Bonita and Albies out in the 20 mile range. A week or two of warm weather and they should be on the beach. Have heard of a few sporadic flounder being caught as well as some speckled trout.
I have plenty of good dates still available, so if you want to go catch some fish, give me a call.
Brandon, thanks!! Looks like you have been catching a few nice fish as well.
Ryan, don't worry man, I always give yakers a slow pass and lots of room. Nice speck you had the other week by the way!!! The reds are still chewing and you know where. Go catch you a few.
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