After getting beat up yesterday, we decided to take the tin boat out in the river and give it a try and not have our teeth rattled from the east wind.
It took a while, but we got it going as the morning progressed.
We started fishing in front of Tradewinds. I was trying to hook up on reds and I had Nancy throwing a carolina rig out the back into the channel with just a fish bite on her hook. She repeatedly was bringing in nice sand trout and viewing a manatee that surfaced behind the boat. The sand trout look big again this year.
We tried the big white bar with zero results.
With the tide rising, we headed over to Chaires Creek to see if any fish had started their journey into the creek. All we saw there was another big manatee. The sea cows are definitely on the move.
After a snack break and a discussion that I may want to become a philatelist, I decided to try the docks in the river.
On our journey back across the river I saw birds diving on bait near an oyster bar I have rarely fished.
As the water has cleared up beautifully, I could see the top of the bar and was able to fish it correctly for the first time.
The first cast yielded a beautiful spec, and then next cast and the next.
The fish ranged in size from 14" up to this 20" fish that were caught mainly on a jig head and a new penny gulp
We probably caught 18 or so trout and a pup red off the bar in 45 minutes or so. And we left them biting.
Nice to bang the trout again!
