We departed at 7am and headed straight to the Jetties. I was rigged and ready for Float-rig fishing, and bottom fishing. Well the bottom fishing was what worked.
Yellowmouth Trout, Croakers, Whiting, a small Blacktip Shark, and a just over sized Redbass were caught at first...not to forget a monster Toadfish, and even a 2 foot long eel!
We moved around a bit looking for an even better bite. So with that said, we found the Black Drum, and a 20 pound Redbass.
Perfect eater sized Black Drum.
Second Redbass on just a piece of dead shrimp! No special baits needed. Not this time of year!
Smoked the Shimano TRN-100G reel and bent the Ugly Stik "stiper rod". Jessies arm was hurting.
We ended the bottom fishing (so I thought) on a good note and a big azz fish. So we packed up the bottom rods and tried a few float-rig spots for Trout. Between the 2 areas, all that was caught was one Jack Crevalle, by Dad, Dave.
It was a rising tide and it was flooding in pretty fast, and I didn't want to waste time searching around especially at high water, for a trout bite. So we packed in the Float-rigs and live shrimp and went back to bottom fishing. A few more small fish were caught, and then another Black Drum came aboard (no photo). With the high water, a box of good eater fish, we packed it in so I could clean up the fish and the guys could head over to Singleton's Seafood Shack for a late lunch.
It was nice and cool out there. The winds weren't light, out of the north. But work'able.
Now I have the same crew tomarrow. I still have a livewell full of shrimp. So we may have to head into the river and hunt up some Trout and Reds float-rig fishing.
The Marine forecast is:
TUESDAY
NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. INLAND
WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. INLAND
WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
The "could be 20 knots" is a good reason to head in the river and look for a Trout bite, with an early morning falling tide.
