Weather: 74 deg. at launch, 88 at landing Mostly clear to partly cloudy later in the day
Wind: moderate east winds, 8-10mph at launch, 15-18 +/- at noon
Water: Water has turned to a stained tea or brown color. I expect it’s due to the brown tide issues.
Target Fish: Redfish, Trout
Fish caught: (1) Ladyfish, (4) Redfish -mid- slot
We went back to the lagoon this morning to fish the spot we had all the action at last weekend.
We couldn't resist going back for more! We had a pretty good crew this morning....it was Myself, Rick Edwards and Dr. TR.
Unfortunately, the wind was forecasted to be 10 mph at 6 am and building to 16 mph by noon.
We decided to go ahead and chance it and hope against hope the forecast was wrong.
It wasn't!
We caught our live bait in a little creek on the paddle in and quickly fished as couple spots with top water as we made our way to "The Hole."
Unlike last weekend where the water was really clear we found it to be pretty dirty, probably due to the brown tide issues the area has been experiencing. We had to set up differently due to the wind direction.
It was some pretty slow fishing and most were caught well up into the morning.
We caught a total or (4) mid slot redfish and one small lady fish all morning. The three reds I caught were on live pin fish and mullet and Rick caught his on a Gulp shrimp again. I had (2) others on but only briefly. I think Rick missed one as well. The conditions were difficult with the chop, making it difficult to see the sandy area.
All the redfish were quality mid-slot fish and all pulled beyond what their size would suggest.
By noon we decided we had best start the paddle back. We were in a flat that was a little protected compared to the large open bay we had to cross. When we paddled out of the mouth of the creek we were met by some angry water and 15-18 mph winds. It was no fun but we made it...just a little wetter than we started out.
Larry S.