imhammer
February 15th, 2009, 07:45 PM
Wind - NNE 10-20
Water - Green w/visiblilty 2-3ft
Water Level - about 1' low
Tide - Slow outgoing
Tagged along to Trinity today with the 3 Amigo's. Left the ramp at about 8:30am
I fished with Kevin and Steve fished with Walt.
Started at a spot close to the ramp with no takers. Made a long run and spotted a few slicks, so stopped to check them out. I lost a hefty trout on a Corky Devil and next cast caught a 17" trout. No more takers so we moved and fished another slick with no more bites. We decided to move in shallower and work our way out to see if we could find the right depth. I hooked up with a nice little red at 22" in 1 1/2' and then Kevin caught a couple that were 24" & 28" & 8 lbs at about 2'.
Made the drift a couple more times with lots of mullet flipping so I put on a top. I hooked up shortly and after ripping out about 10' of drag, the leader snapped. I had the drag too tight....oops. She was either a big red or trout. Kevin caught another slot red to finish off his limit. He caught 2 on a catch 2000 and 1 on a gulp shrimp.
I was getting quite a few blow ups and hooked up again, but she spat it.
Next drift I had a huge blow up, but never felt her. After waiting to feel her for about 10 seconds, Kevin said you either have her or you lost your lure, so I cranked about 20 times before she finally turned back away from me and I felt her. She put up a valiant fight, but I got her to the net. 24 1/2" trout 5.2 lbs. we got a few more bites with no takers and the bite shut off a few minutes later when the sun popped out.
Walt and Steve didn't have as much luck. They couldn't find us while we were on the fish, and they had turned off by the time they they finally found us.
It was a great day out there with the amigos and ended up back at the ramp about 2:45pm.
Thanks guys for letting me tag along!
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http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii160/imhammer/21509017.jpg
Water - Green w/visiblilty 2-3ft
Water Level - about 1' low
Tide - Slow outgoing
Tagged along to Trinity today with the 3 Amigo's. Left the ramp at about 8:30am
I fished with Kevin and Steve fished with Walt.
Started at a spot close to the ramp with no takers. Made a long run and spotted a few slicks, so stopped to check them out. I lost a hefty trout on a Corky Devil and next cast caught a 17" trout. No more takers so we moved and fished another slick with no more bites. We decided to move in shallower and work our way out to see if we could find the right depth. I hooked up with a nice little red at 22" in 1 1/2' and then Kevin caught a couple that were 24" & 28" & 8 lbs at about 2'.
Made the drift a couple more times with lots of mullet flipping so I put on a top. I hooked up shortly and after ripping out about 10' of drag, the leader snapped. I had the drag too tight....oops. She was either a big red or trout. Kevin caught another slot red to finish off his limit. He caught 2 on a catch 2000 and 1 on a gulp shrimp.
I was getting quite a few blow ups and hooked up again, but she spat it.
Next drift I had a huge blow up, but never felt her. After waiting to feel her for about 10 seconds, Kevin said you either have her or you lost your lure, so I cranked about 20 times before she finally turned back away from me and I felt her. She put up a valiant fight, but I got her to the net. 24 1/2" trout 5.2 lbs. we got a few more bites with no takers and the bite shut off a few minutes later when the sun popped out.
Walt and Steve didn't have as much luck. They couldn't find us while we were on the fish, and they had turned off by the time they they finally found us.
It was a great day out there with the amigos and ended up back at the ramp about 2:45pm.
Thanks guys for letting me tag along!
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii160/imhammer/21509015.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii160/imhammer/21509017.jpg