Hi,
I finally bought used waders that didn't really fit but I'm back on the water some. It had gotten very hot and the water temperature reached the 80s the last week.
Fishing on the West side (Walton- Midway) and in general has slowed down April 19- April 27. There are some snook in the shallows but they tend to be small. I've gone fishing and have had few good days (like the winter). I've blanked and also caught just one fish several times.
The trout bite has disappeared. I did catch two trout one day (and I lost one ) in the heat but catching 10-15 trout in a few hours is no longer happening. The big Jack are not there (or any Jack for that matter) and for the first time the saying, "I'm not catching Jack" is literally true. I'm not sure where the Jack are but during the winter months you would always catch a few and get some strikes from Jack.
My neighbor, who I fish with some, caught a beautiful 6 pound redfish on one trip but he hasn't been catching Jack either. Here's one fishing report from last Friday;
Fishing Report: Midway (West side) April 24, 5:30 pm heavy wind from north east on high outgoing tide. Fishing green florescent plastic swimbait on 3/8 lead jighead. My neighbor and I went to the deep pool and noticed the heavy grass. I was surprised when I had a strike pulling the jig through nearly 2 foot waves.
It was a snook and a good one, the biggest since mid-March. He came up and splashed then pulled drag. I had hooked him about 15 feet out so I took my time, he came in then pulled some drag. I circled him around away from the pier and after going into shallower water, he came to me. I lifted him with one hand but I couldn't unhook him with my fingers so I brought him around to my neighbor who had his pliers ready. This snook was at least 5 pounds and a chunk.
We fished into the pool but it was too deep so we headed South until we could cross over to the sandbar. When I got deep as possible I got a strike, then another and hooked up, this fish was moving but it wasn't big- it was a nice Mackerel. I unhooked it and rebaited. I got another strike- the tail of my bait was cut off, I rebaited and a cast later pulled in another nice Mackerel. I got a couple more strikes and lost another bait tail - more Mackerel.
My neighbor had moved South fishing shallower so I followed him and left the school of Mackerel. 10 minutes late I hooked what I thought was a small Jack but it wasn't exactly a Jack. I showed him to my neighbor who said it was a Pigfish, or a Grunt.
We fished down and then came back up and I caught another nice Mackerel on the deeper flat. It was getting dark and the grass was creeping out my neighbor who was wet-wading (without waders). We got off the water.
I caught 5 fish in 1 1/3 hours and one was a nice snook.
Richie
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