Texxan1
February 4th, 2009, 12:37 AM
I headed out today around noon for what i hoped was a few small fish for the dinner table.. Trout Dip and Redfish on the halfshell were on my mind.
I came out of highland bayou into jones lake and the water looked perfect for trout.. Not too clear, but clean clean clean.. I love winter waters.
I headed out into the main bay area and cut a drift back towards the ICW.... I had a few small hits, and then a GIANT THUDDDD.
That thud ended up being a 26" trout that was right at 7#s.... I was stoked, although when i saw her.. I thought she was BIGGER lol...released to fight another day
I continued on and had a few small hits and a few lost fish that just came off... I hit another tight spot with some water flow and gota another serious hit... I missed this fish, then threw right back into that spot and had another good fish on.... This one is the one in the picture below.. She was gill hooked and bleeding bad so she went into the livewell for dinner..
I was using my trolling motor, so i circled back out of the current and around again to do that same drift again... I threw back almost into the place where i caught the last fish and SMACK a hard hit and the fish is running on me.. My mind is thinking BIG TROUT, but it ended up being a nice 22" red... The red was kept for the grill tonight before work.
The very next cast I threw a few yards ahead of where I had just caught the red and SMACKKKKKK another solid fish.. This was a trout about 26.5 and a little under 7#s...
Around 1pm the bite just kinda dropped off so i headed towards confederate to fish the drops and see what might happen over there.. I cut several drifts inside the reef and nothing was biting but the oysters... So i headed back in and stopped and tried the earlier spot again for one quick drift.. I hit one trout about 18" and headed back to the house.
I got back in at 230, cleaned the boat and headed to the house to cook Kaylin a nice redfish dinner.. She was up, so ended up taking the pic for me.
All in all a great few hours fishing before work. A total of 7 fish caught. 2 trout and 1 red kept... All fish were caught in an area with alot of water flow , 3 to 4 ft deep on saltwater assasins in Troutranger special...
The water was BEAUTIFUL with a slight SW wind about 10.
Thomas
I came out of highland bayou into jones lake and the water looked perfect for trout.. Not too clear, but clean clean clean.. I love winter waters.
I headed out into the main bay area and cut a drift back towards the ICW.... I had a few small hits, and then a GIANT THUDDDD.
That thud ended up being a 26" trout that was right at 7#s.... I was stoked, although when i saw her.. I thought she was BIGGER lol...released to fight another day
I continued on and had a few small hits and a few lost fish that just came off... I hit another tight spot with some water flow and gota another serious hit... I missed this fish, then threw right back into that spot and had another good fish on.... This one is the one in the picture below.. She was gill hooked and bleeding bad so she went into the livewell for dinner..
I was using my trolling motor, so i circled back out of the current and around again to do that same drift again... I threw back almost into the place where i caught the last fish and SMACK a hard hit and the fish is running on me.. My mind is thinking BIG TROUT, but it ended up being a nice 22" red... The red was kept for the grill tonight before work.
The very next cast I threw a few yards ahead of where I had just caught the red and SMACKKKKKK another solid fish.. This was a trout about 26.5 and a little under 7#s...
Around 1pm the bite just kinda dropped off so i headed towards confederate to fish the drops and see what might happen over there.. I cut several drifts inside the reef and nothing was biting but the oysters... So i headed back in and stopped and tried the earlier spot again for one quick drift.. I hit one trout about 18" and headed back to the house.
I got back in at 230, cleaned the boat and headed to the house to cook Kaylin a nice redfish dinner.. She was up, so ended up taking the pic for me.
All in all a great few hours fishing before work. A total of 7 fish caught. 2 trout and 1 red kept... All fish were caught in an area with alot of water flow , 3 to 4 ft deep on saltwater assasins in Troutranger special...
The water was BEAUTIFUL with a slight SW wind about 10.
Thomas