Hi,
We thought it was going to be a good day to go fishing-- it wasn't. It was cold and the windy blew steady from the North and then North East at 17-20mph with three foot waves and breakers. But something good did come out of this day that was so hard to fish. I caught a 28 1/2" trout that weighed an estimated 8lbs. What a monster- details follow.
Fishing Report 2-27-16 Walton Scrub about 12:30pm high tide incoming then outgoing. Water was about 68 and air was about 66. Windy about 17mph NE. Fishing 1/8 jig with CAL paddletails.
I went fishing with my neighbor Jim. we saw the waves breakers and knew it was windy. When we got on the water we found out how windy- it was almost unfishable especially since there's not much of nothing shallow- it's been dead shallow except when the snook were shallow but the cold has moved them out. Just brutal conditions.
We both went deep and made it past the sandbar. I got a strike as I pulled my jig up near me- I couldn't see the fish but it wasn't big. We went to our spot deep and I got another strike, then fish on!!! A wild an crazy ladyfish jumped out of the water, then again and again. I got her over to me and unhooked the 3 pounder- a fish at least-- and. . .they fight. Jim put on a heavier jig and he caught a ladyfish, then a small jack. I fished North and ahd two strikes but missed them. Then I caught my second lady fish, this one I didn't have to unhook as she jumped near me and threw my jig. I caught one more ladyfish but it was too windy to really feel your line so I went shallow. Jim stayed.
I fished shallow all the way to the 1st pier- nothing, not a strike. I carefully fished the first pier- nothing. Jim had come down and was fishing deep off the first pier. I fished the short 2nd pier nothing. Then I went to the long third pier and it was high tide so I went down nearer the shore. I made a long cast under the pier and wham fish on!!! Huge splash, then another!! This was big fish and at first I was sure it was a snook. Then I thought, "She's heavy but she isn't running like a snook." "Redfish?" I wondered. Then she came up again and shook her head- I saw her head. "Trout!!" I yelled to Jim. "Big Trout!!!"
I brought her up and she splashed again, unable to clear the water. I wheeled her around and at last got a glimpse- "Huge trout, my biggest!" I saw she was well hooked and pulled her to me. I quickly measured her against my fishing rod and took two pics (upcoming) of her in the water. Jim was nearby and headed my way so I took her over to him. He unhooked her while she was in the water but she jumped and flipped out of his grasp before I could take another pic. What a fish!! Jim who knows lagoon fish and has been fishing her for 18 years told me she "weighed at least 8 pounds" and was the biggest he had seen caught when he had been fishing. Later I checked her length by measuring the marker on my rod- 28 1/2 inches. Woah!!!
The rest of the trip was uneventful- too windy. I caught a nice jack on the way back and we got off the water.
Jim's totals: 2 jack 3 ladyfish
My totals: 1 trophy trout, 1 jack and 3 ladyfish
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