I finally hooked up with Mr Trout- Jim Bohrer, and we went fishing in his boat at Round Island. We got a late start and the tide wasn't right and we both had trouble retying lines- but in the end- it was fun and we caught a few fish too!!!
Jim is the president of the Rod and Reel Club and an all-around great guy. He has caught more big sea-trout than anyone in this area and maybe more than anyone in the country-- after all this is one of the best big trout areas in the country. I guess his biggest is around 34 inches and 14 lbs and he has the pics to back it up.
Fishing Report 5-10-16 around 9am at Round Island dead low tide to incoming- Windy from south-east mostly South--fishing in Jim's boat with different plastics on jigs.
We launched at the Round Island ramp and headed out through the deeper cut. There was some chop on the water. The bait was flipping on the top behind two small islands which blocked the wind. Jim slowed down and told me to cast to the islands. My third cast- trout on!! It wasn't big and I lifted it up and unhooked it and back in she went. We went out some and the wind drifted us across a flat- usually there was grass there - but all he grass died in late August, a truly devastating loss for the fish and the fisherman. Grass=bait=shrimp=crabs and that's were the fish go to avoid being a bottle-nosed dolphin's slurp. Where are the trout? Everywhere but they aren't stacked in a nice grassy spot.
I got a snarl and had to cut my line. Jim wanted to show me one of his knots but then just tied it while I fished his pole. Trout on!! I caught a nice slot on his pole!!! I had two trout and Jim's a hell-of-a-fisherman so that wasn't going to stand. I got another snarl and it took 5 minutes to get it untangled and my line was messed up so I cut it and retied. In the ten minuted that took Jim caught two very nice trout, one about 19" and the other a slot. We drifted through and I got another trout then he caught one more. after another drift we headed to one of his special spots. But no grass was there and no bait was there and no trout were there.
We headed across some boat markers to the East bank and let the wind and Jim's trolling motor (hand operated with a remote control from the back of the boat by Jim) guide us. We were drifting shallow along the mangroves looking for redfish. Jim caught another trout- which surprised us. Then he caught a small snook. Then a redfish followed his lure to the boat and smacked it. Jim set the hook but the fish popped off- no slam today.
I lost a small fish then lost a nice one before hooking a 24" snook which came to the boat and flipped off. Jim wanted a pic but I catch a snook every day bigger than that. Jim hook a nice fish that splashed and pulled drag- "snook" he yelled. Then we saw it - a big trout. It wasn't long- maybe twenty-one inches but it was fat, He weight it- over 4 pounds. What a fatso!! I took a couple pics and will post one soon.
We headed back and drifted. I immediately caught a nice trout and Jim got caught up in a tree and busted his line. We drifted all over while he retied, I caught and small snook and missed a fish or two. We each caught another trout and he aid the total was 11. I knew he caught 6 so that was good.
We moved to another spot and caught a bunch of ladyfish. I had to go help my girlfriend so we had to head back with only 4 hours or so on the water.
Out totals- 11 trout with one over 20 and 4 pounds, 3 snook, and a bunch of ladyfish. a great windy day on the water.
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