Fishing was slow, but slowly I caught a few fish. It was a nice day not too cold or windy. A nice day for an inshore slam= redfish, snook, trout.
Fishing Report: Walton Scrub 2-6-16. Medium low tide outgoing. Time 12:25pm sunny with clouds windy 5-12mph E. Water temp 72, air temp 72. Using 3/8 oz jig with different DOA baits.
I went down the bank and started fishing shallow. The water looked better today after a week of dirty water being drained into the lagoon from Okeechobee. A guy was just staring to fish at the same time as me only he came down the bank 100 yards North. I went deep past the sandbar and he stopped and was fishing on top of the sandbar!?!
I first threw a DOA keylime paddletail and I got a good strike after a couple casts but missed the fish. I headed North past the other fisherman and went all the way to the post (200 yards) without another strike. I had two pearl white giant paddletails (over 5") that I had been catching bluefish on so I tied one on and headed back South. It didn't take long before I had a great strike- fish on!! This was a big trout and it came up and shook it's head twice before it headed North into the shallower water. I took a pic then it jumped-- a good 20" trout. As I pulled it to me, it flipped off. The pic didn't come out, just a splash :)
I cast back out and on the next cast tap, hook set-- fish on!! I was another nice trout. It came up and shook it's head and the lure came off and flew right back at me!!! Some action at last.
I met the other fisherman on my way back. He said he finally figured out that I went across the sandbar and that's how I got so far out. He hadn't had a strike- he was fishing an electric chicken DOA. I talked to him then headed South. 50 yards away I had a strike, then another then, fish on. By the time it grabbed the bait the bluefish was only 20 feet away and it was crazy. It jumped then took off around me. I pulled it up and got a good look before it jumped and the lure popped out. I was drenched, water had splashed everywhere- even in my mouth!!! I spit it out and kept on fishing.
I went south and another bluefish hit my bait and simply exploded it but it missed my hook. There were three slashes across the head one almost cut the bait into. I tied on my last white paddletail. A few casts later and wham, a strike and a miss. Probably another bluefish, I thought. This time the whole body was gone. Since they were hitting white I took the head off the other damaged paddletail and fished with it's tail!!! Instead of over 5" bait, it was a little over a 3" bait!!!
When I got to the 1st pier, I went shallow. The tide was fairly low now but there was still some deeper water around the pier. I got parallel and cast shallow pulling my lure across the pier supports. Wham- fish on!! It wasn't big but it was a redfish (see pic below). I haven't caught many redfish this winter and I almost lost it under the pier but somehow my line didn't get cut and it swam out.
I released it and two casts later, wham!! bigger fish on!!! This was snook and it was a nice slot, over 28". I had to get it away from the pier so I waded North and it too went away from the pier. After I unhooked it I held it up to the fisherman I met. He looked my way but didn't say anything. I took a couple pics of the snook but I couldn't find them because I had trouble downloading my pics. Eventually I'll find them and add the snook pics, they gotta be somewhere!!!
I went to the third pier and got nothing, so I headed deep. I went way out since it was almost low tide and a had nice strike- missed it. I fished North back toward first pier. Wham fish on!! I set the hook and the fish was twenty feet way before I felt it again. Crazy!!! It was another bluefish and this time I got it in but it too splashed me badly. At least it didn't cut my line!
Two casts later I hook a ladyfish which careened out of the water and skipped 15 feet on its tail. Wow! I got it around and it jumped again and flipped off. I fished North and wham- another bluefish, this one stayed down until it swam by me- it was foul hooked (in the back) and I quickly released it. I caught a Jack on the way back and saw the same fisherman shallow. So I headed back in and talked to him. He said he caught a trout and lost a snook both shallow. So he was excited.
I got a strike shallow but missed it. When got off the water I realized that I'd used the tail of that paddletail to catch most of my fish and it was still on there although badly mauled.
My totals: 2 trout (one flipped off and shouldn't count), 1 snook, 1 redfish, 3 bluefish, 1 jack and 1 ladyfish. A beautiful day on the water!!!
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