imhammer
March 18th, 2009, 10:45 PM
Subterrain - 4-5' over mud and scattered shell
Water Temp - 62-66
Wind - SE 5 - 10
Level - normal
Skies - Sunny
Temp - upper 70s
Pressure - steady
Fished today with my buddies Clint Gonzales and Maurice Estlinbaum. Was planning on heading to West this afternoon, but since the tide was going to be slack all afternoon, we decided to head north. After a LONG drive we finally launched about 3:00. On the way out the channel from the ramp we saw abundant bait, so we were thinking it was going to be on. When we got into the bay, we saw the dreaded brown water everywhere with visibility about 6". We ran all over looking for bait and finally decided to slip in for our first wade about 4:00 after finally seeing a few mullet. Not one bump on the first wade so we moved about a mile and splashed in again. Nothing happening there either.
We finally found some good bait and slipped in again.
The tide started pushing in some Green water and Maurice had the first Blow up about 15 minutes later. I waded into a shallow cove in about 1 1/2' of water with tons of bait and had a HUGE blow up. I saw spots and was thinking that this was the Wallhanger I have been searching for. It fought for about 10 seconds and then started rolling.......S__T - a 4' alligator gar had annihilated my Skitterwalk. It took me about 5 minutes to shake her loose and I waded back out of the cove as I heard Maurice yell "BIG TROUT". First trout of the day - 27" and just under 7 lbs released. They started feeding and a few minutes later I was hooked up and she was staying down and taking line....Redfish......Wrong. Got her in and now have a new PB of 26 1/2 and just over 6 1/2 lb. She had a hook in the gills and I tried to get it out without hurting her, but ended up pulling a gill out, so she came home with me. We kept getting HUGE blow ups, but couldn't hook up. I finally snagged a 20" and a 16", and then had another huge blow up that I figured had to be another big trout......wrong.....Redfish. It died off after that and we headed in about 7:15.
It was a gorgeous day to be on the water and it was awesome to finally see fish really hammering tops again. I will be back out in the same spot tomorrow!
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii160/imhammer/Trinity31809005.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii160/imhammer/Trinity31809008.jpg
Water Temp - 62-66
Wind - SE 5 - 10
Level - normal
Skies - Sunny
Temp - upper 70s
Pressure - steady
Fished today with my buddies Clint Gonzales and Maurice Estlinbaum. Was planning on heading to West this afternoon, but since the tide was going to be slack all afternoon, we decided to head north. After a LONG drive we finally launched about 3:00. On the way out the channel from the ramp we saw abundant bait, so we were thinking it was going to be on. When we got into the bay, we saw the dreaded brown water everywhere with visibility about 6". We ran all over looking for bait and finally decided to slip in for our first wade about 4:00 after finally seeing a few mullet. Not one bump on the first wade so we moved about a mile and splashed in again. Nothing happening there either.
We finally found some good bait and slipped in again.
The tide started pushing in some Green water and Maurice had the first Blow up about 15 minutes later. I waded into a shallow cove in about 1 1/2' of water with tons of bait and had a HUGE blow up. I saw spots and was thinking that this was the Wallhanger I have been searching for. It fought for about 10 seconds and then started rolling.......S__T - a 4' alligator gar had annihilated my Skitterwalk. It took me about 5 minutes to shake her loose and I waded back out of the cove as I heard Maurice yell "BIG TROUT". First trout of the day - 27" and just under 7 lbs released. They started feeding and a few minutes later I was hooked up and she was staying down and taking line....Redfish......Wrong. Got her in and now have a new PB of 26 1/2 and just over 6 1/2 lb. She had a hook in the gills and I tried to get it out without hurting her, but ended up pulling a gill out, so she came home with me. We kept getting HUGE blow ups, but couldn't hook up. I finally snagged a 20" and a 16", and then had another huge blow up that I figured had to be another big trout......wrong.....Redfish. It died off after that and we headed in about 7:15.
It was a gorgeous day to be on the water and it was awesome to finally see fish really hammering tops again. I will be back out in the same spot tomorrow!
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii160/imhammer/Trinity31809005.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii160/imhammer/Trinity31809008.jpg