Hi,

I've only been out once in the last few days and caught three trout that time. Here's a fishing report from yesterday:

May 9, 2:30 pm; 2015. Fishing Report; Walton Road, temp 89, water temp low 80s; wind 15mph from East, tide very high.

When I got there the tide was very high and I could barely make it out to the deeper water past the sandbar. I stood on the shallow shelf near the shore in 2 1/2 feet of water and looked at the water quality- visibility was good. I made a couple casts with a paddletail swim bait on a 1/8 oz. jig and saw a fair sized redfish swim by. I tried fishing shallow around the mangroves --nothing. I switched swim baits and cast my way out to the sandbar.

The tide was almost completely full or already full on slack tide. I made it out to the deep water and fan cast until I reached the first pier- nothing; no bites. I fished the first pier- nothing. Then I fished shallow to the third pier and fished the third pier- nothing. I started to go out to the deeper water and noticed that the tide finally was moving- it was now an outgoing tide. Maybe the fish would turn-on soon.

I was having trouble with my light spider-wire line; it was not wrapping tight and I had to manually click the bail shut (best anyway) and watch it on every cast. I already had a bad snarl in the deeper side and had to cut my line and re-tie.

I fished deep and headed for the 3rd weed bed-- nothing. Then just past the bed toward the deep cut, I got a small snarl-- when I got it undone I lifted my jig--I had a fish on!!!! I reeled in a nice specked trout and had the insta-release (it came off when I was trying to unhook him). The next cast I felt the slightest pressure - held my tip up and waited a sec- boom - I set the hook, another nice trout- not big but around 15 inches. The trout were here!!!

Next cast I had a strike and missed him. I moved down a few yards. Then one cast later landed a small 12" trout. They were out almost as far as I could cast in 4 1/2 feet of water. There wasn't much grass there, but there was some in spots.

Then I caught a larger trout about 17 inches that I had to unhook (according to Jim Bohrer, any fish you could have netted is credited as a catch, but they have to be close enough to net. Jim counts the fish he catches). Then two casts and nothing. I went back South 10 yards to the first spot and hooked two more small trout, one that I had to unhook. I went back and forth three times and had caught 11 trout and lost 2 and missed about 3 on the hook set. I had lost 4 baits that color and only had one left. It had been about 40 minutes and I needed to head back.

I thought I would get a trout or two on the way back but nothing was going on for several hundred yards. I came to the second weed-bed one of my favorite spots and got a strike- then fish on--it was bigger and I hoped it was a nice trout. After a couple minutes I pulled up a 2 1/2 pound Jack and struggled to unhook him. He swallowed it but somehow I still had my bait!!! I got two more bites but I don't think they were trout- I headed back to the shallow water- nothing. I had spent 2 1/2 hours on the water.

Caught 11 trout, 1 Jack. A good day on the water!!!

Richard