Big Girl hunt 12/9

[imhammer]

I had planned to hit west this afternoon after it warmed up and look for some reds and then hit some shell for a big trout. I got a call from Neil last night and he wanted to go to E Matty and look for a big Bite and he needed someone to go with him. I told him I would join him but it was going to be COLD in the am.
We left the ramp a little after 6:00 in a frigid 34 deg with water temp at 48 and headed to some shell and mud. We jumped in and made a long wade and I finally got my big bite after about an hour of grinding with tops & corkies. I then finally found her with a catch 2000. She thumped it and came out of the water for about 10 seconds tailwalking. I thought for sure she would spit it but the front hook was in her gills and she was bleeding like a stuck pig....lol. She wasn't going to make it so she went on the stringer. She was 26" and a little over 6 lbs.
We worked the area for a little while longer and decided to look elsewhere since we hadn't seen a single piece of bait in the area.
We made another long wade at the 2nd spot which was a muddy cove and found plenty of bait. I got 1 bite again and this time it was a 21" red caught on a Waker. Nothing else at this spot, so we headed to another spot with some mud and shell.
We jumped out again and made our last long wade. I chunked tops for a while since there was some active bait and then switched back to the 2000 and hooked up again with a BIG fish. She made a few runs and I fought her for a while and she came up and I could see BIG silver sides, but she made a mad dash and pulled loose. I hooked up again a while later on a XL Corky Devil and landed our last fish of the day at 19".
We headed back to the ramp at about noon wishing we could stay and fish as it got warmer but Neil had to get to work. Total for the day - 4 bites = 3 fish.
Neil did a great job of putting me on fish and taking pics!

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[Baby Tran Cat]

Very impressive fish...

[kenny]

Nice fish!

[slyell]

sweettt!

[TTU Wader]

Way to grind it out in the cold.

[Charlie's Custom Rods]

Good job Fellas

[dbarham]

I am sure ready to go down there.... good job! I gotta hop in with sneeky soon

[reeltime]

Nice trout Chip well worth the trip!

[kenny]

Way to grind it out in the cold.

Alex, fishing four hours isn't really grinding! LOL

[FP10]

Nice Trout.

[FP10]

Hey guys look in the net on the second picture it looks like a dead finger mullet. Chip were you chunking bait????

[gsb]

Jealous

[Ibtsoom]

Nice Fish!!

[Mell Wader]

That's what winter fishing is all about....good job guys!

[imhammer]

Hey guys look in the net on the second picture it looks like a dead finger mullet. Chip were you chunking bait????

If you look again you will see that it is a mullet pattern catch 2000....Match the hatch! Try it sometime Jerm

[Nwilkins]

Great fun Chip, always nice to get on the water with you podsy. 5 hours went by so fast, I hate half day trips

[trophytroutman]

Thats what im talking about!!!!!!!!!!Nice trout.Nothing like winter wading for the big girls.

[Dawg]

Way to go Chip,nice trout>

[imhammer]

Great fun Chip, always nice to get on the water with you podsy. 5 hours went by so fast, I hate half day trips

Thanks for the invite Neil.......Can't wait for Baffin. Albert said he's a go!

[FishinAddiction]

Nice lookin Girl Chip! Congrats!

[fish a holic]

Good report , awesome fish .

[aqua pimp]

Very nice Trout!!!!!! Congrats

AQUA PIMP

[txwhaler 22]

ok now you are startin to irritate...i mean excite me... LMAO
nice fish bro! been a long time since ive been to gorda!

[SUPER SPOOK]

good one!!!

[speckledred]

Very nice trout!

[Race1Mopar]

You get em imhammer
That's a couple of beauties! Thanks for the report.

Kenny, now I know you're messing with Alex.. Must be like the washers tournament... oh did I bring that up again. Dang Alex.. I guess that will never die, lol. Btw, i've seen Alex grind with the best of them, sun up to sun down rain wind and cold. Youth !!!! hahahahah

[WestEndAngler]

Hey guys look in the net on the second picture it looks like a dead finger mullet. Chip were you chunking bait????

Jeremy you've been on a 3 week hiatus since we started your group don't make us start a photo album :LMAO:

[lurefisher]

Good fish Hammer!

[buoy37]

Kick azz catch!!!!!

Excellent report and great pics.

[Curmudgeon]

Those are some nice fatties, Hammer. Way to ignore the cold!

[GreenTide]

WTG Chip. Looks like it was well worth the cold grind. I sometimes lose my concentration when it gets so long between bites enough that I sometimes miss the few bites possible on a day like that. Nice bait selection and great pics.

[TTU Wader]

You get em imhammer
That's a couple of beauties! Thanks for the report.

Kenny, now I know you're messing with Alex.. Must be like the washers tournament... oh did I bring that up again. Dang Alex.. I guess that will never die, lol. Btw, i've seen Alex grind with the best of them, sun up to sun down rain wind and cold. Youth !!!! hahahahah

shhhhhh lol.

[RockFish11]

Sweet!

[FP10]

Jeremy you've been on a 3 week hiatus since we started your group don't make us start a photo album :LMAO:

I have not been on a hiatus. I just have not been fishing,but I have still been commenting. Work has been crazy busy so far this month and I have had softball playoffs on my Monday and Tuesday night leagues.

[imhammer]

I have not been on a hiatus. I just have not been fishing,but I have still been commenting. Work has been crazy busy so far this month and I have had softball playoffs on my Monday and Tuesday night leagues.

Excuses excuses......Just go fish and post up a report!

[Nwilkins]

Great looking avatar Hammer

[FP10]

I am going tomorrow even if I have to hole up in a corner somewhere out of the wind. Wed I am going to find a big girl...

[imhammer]

Great looking avatar Hammer

I had a great photographer!

[imhammer]

I am going tomorrow even if I have to hole up in a corner somewhere out of the wind. Wed I am going to find a big girl...

I hope to see you pull out one over 8lbs. I got my new camera so I am ready to take some pics and videos!

[FP10]

I hope we all get one over 8 on Wed!! Looks like my old man is going with us. He is getting all of his wading gear so I don't have to baby sit him!

[imhammer]

Albert may want to get out Wed also. I will let you know. Should be a good morning.