Clear Cool Water

11.25.12

Water:  60 degrees

Air:  59 degrees

Fishing for us has slowed a little between working more and holidays.

We did manage a couple of quick trips recently.

Doug and I did a quick pre Thanksgiving feast trip in Elmore Cove.

We saw lots of reds and trout, but due to the extremely clear water, we were flushing them and not catching them.

Nancy and I went out for a fast afternoon trip on the coolest day of the year and hit Chaires Creek, where she caught a small trout and we hit the white bar and caught this flounder.

He got to go free as I was feeling lazy and didn't want to clean him for dinner.

Time to start looking for the fish in warmer water as it looks like winter fishing is upon us.

More Trout

11.6.12

Having our fill of trout catching yesterday, we wanted to catch a big bull red today.

So off we went with some cut mullet and some ideas where to catch the reds.

Tried the mouth of Tide Creek, the white bar, the clam bar, and the assorted oyster bars in front of OR.

The only thing we could catch were trout, trout, trout.  Speckled and white.

Lots Of This Happening Today

Probably caught another 20 or so and wasn't even trying.  Also had some whiting mixed in.

No reds, but another beautiful day on the water.

Whack Fest

11.05.12

Water: 66 degrees

Last half of out going tide

We fianlly got out on the pond after weeks of visiting, fog, wind, work, fog, wind, etc., etc.

A beautiful fall day and the fish were biting as we set down at our favorite oyster bar in the OR.

The water was falling nice and a north wind was blowing against the tide and was setting up a good chop where we wanted to cast our lines.

We were rewarded with trout after trout that came aboard the tin boat.  Every cast was greeted with a solid strike that produced a nice trout or a trout the got quick released due to the quick tide.

I was throwing a megabass jerkbait and Nancy was floating live shrimp.

Nancy caught the only non-trout when this sheep head decided it wanted a shrimp cocktail.

We got back in time to load the boat on the trailer before the bottom of the tide fell out.

I cleaned the boat and the fish and headed to Stacey's and she produced the final product.

Blackened trout, YUM!!