Got some pics with my new waterproof phone. Not great, but it's a start. Unfortunately getting the phone which has a camera out of my back-pack in deep water while I'm playing a fish is not easy. And I lost a fish doing it :) and I forgot to take a pic of my neighbor's grouper, which I could have done- even tho a storm was coming!!!
Fishing Report: Walton Scrub 5-24-15, 12:40 pm, water rough; wind 20 mph out of East. Air temp around 89, sunny; water temp in low 80s. Water was churned up deep with waves from wind and boats. Fishing 1/8 jig with DOA plastic paddletail- see pic below.
We went past sandbar to fish deep. I let my neighbor go first he usually stays in shallower. I went North for a bit and followed behind him. He caught a 10" small trout right off and followed it with a 12" trout.
I got a hard bite and then a trout tap- neither took it. I got a hard hit (Jack or ladyfish) a few casts later and it took off the tip of my plastic paddletail. I re-baited and a few casts later, slowed the bait down. As I picked it up of the bottom I hooked a nice 16" trout. I decided this would be a good pic so when I got her in close I slipped my phone in a new waterproof case out of my backpack. I took a couple pics. Here's the first one:
This is about average size and there are some big ones in the Lagoon. My buddy, Jim Bohrer has caught a 12.2 lb. trout. So here's the other pic- you can see the lure more clearly:
We fished South past the 4 white posts and I was expecting my neighbor to start catching trout in the 3rd weedbed- he didn't. I cast deep and finally got a strike, trout on- this one came up and shook his head. I pulled him over to me and released him. The 2nd trout was about the same size, a 15" fish. I caught a third smaller trout and then hooked something heavier-- I pulled it up a 2 1/2 lb catfish!!! Oh well!! My neighbor started ribbing me about catching catfish.
He hooked another trout, the biggest so far about 18" and it took a while to get it unhooked. He went shallow to fish the 3rd pier and I stayed deep and caught my 4th trout. I moved down shallower and landed my fifth trough a small one about 13". My neighbor caught a snook near the 3rd pier and I went down and fished it with him. We fished shallow around the 2nd pier- nothing. There was a storm coming so we decided to fish the 1st pier and head back - maybe it would miss us. Dark clouds were forming in the East and moving across the water just South of us.
I got to the 1st pier and cast two good casts on the South side then crossed under the pier and cast on the North. There was a huge strike and a swirl- fish on. It was a slot snook!!! I pulled it way from the pier and headed away so it wouldn't wrap the line on a piling. It shook its head, not huge but over 5 lbs. It jumped completely out of the water. I pulled it to me and it took line out and tried to go under the pier. I turned it and brought it back. I asked my neighbor if he would take a pic- he said, "Sure." I started taking my back-pack off and as I pulled the fish around while I was opening my backpack up- it jumped and the lure popped out. Haha!! Next time I'll catch the fish --then get my camera!!!
We started back fishing deep, but the storm was overtaking us. Some of the dark clouds had disappeared but the wind was really blowing and more clouds and rain were on the way. We went across the sandbar and cast the shallow water. My neighbor hooked a small ladyfish, then a few casts later he had something fairly big. It bend his rod double and when he brought it up we couldn't believe our eyes- it was a 5 lb grouper. The storm was almost on us and I forgot I had a phone-camera. We quickly got off the water and didn't even get wet. It rained some on the way home- but there was no lightning.
Totals: 8 trout, 2 snook, 1 catfish, 1 ladyfish and 1 grouper. a great day on the water! We only fished for 80 minutes.
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