Hunter is back and the Reds are Biting

11.21.10
Water temp: 68 deg., very clear
Wind east 10mph
Tide: very high (full moon), to outgoing
Air: 70's

Well, Hunter is in from college and waiting to get on the water.  Every time he gets in the boat in the fall, you know the reds are coming aboard.

We had a great battle plan.  High tide was at 2:30 PM and we would hit the edges of the OR and fish the weedlines until the water started to move, and then hit the oyster bars.

Well the first part of the plan was really bad in execution. We fished the west side of the OR, for a couple of hours, skipped over and hit a couple of oyster bars in the middle of the OR and then fished the docks and a couple of oyster bars by Tradewinds for another hour or so and all we had to show for it was Nancy's 10" redfish.

The tide finally started to move out and we headed to the mouth or the OR to fish the clam bar.  We hooked, but didn't land a few small trout.

For the finale, we decided to hit the oyster bar between 11 and 13 markers.

We pulled up to the bar, and the mullet were jumping everywhere, which was the first activity we had seen.

As we eased up along the bar, I had to start fishing ol' reliable, white gulp shrimp on a jighead.  It didn't take long and the first 24"  6 lb. red came aboard.

About 10 minutes later this beautiful multi spotted red decided to take the bait.

He was so pretty he got a reprieve and got to swim off, maybe wiser to gulp.

The next few casts produced another 18" red, which also was released.
We lost a couple of nice trout also.

They were on fire and it was almost dark when we finally left the honey hole hoping they would be there tomorrow!

We placed this fishing trip in the category of keep your line wet and good things will happen.