A beautiful morning greeted us with a little less humidity and a LOT less wind. We decided to make sure the tin boat would still run and headed out to the mouth of Ochlockonee River to see if any trout were still available.
They were, all be it, for a short period of time.
We were on the last bit of an incoming tide and as we pulled up to the horseshoe bar I could see the fish were moving, as there were many chasing the small minnows on top of the bar.
The first cast with the badonkadonk yielded a big blow up but the second cast didn't get missed as a nice speckled trout came aboard. Nothing like topwater in the morning.
Nancy quickly landed a pup red and then picked up a bomber jerk bait with a red head and white body and was quickly hooked up.
She brought in this nice 21" trout that was released to see another day.
We brought four nice trout to the boat and lost numerous others as the bite died with the tide in about 45 minutes.
We hopped, skipped and jumped to various oyster beds and picked up a few ladyfish, but the ebbed tide had shut down the bite.
We also did our first drift of the year over the clam bar. Nothing happening yet, but Nancy did see a tarpon jump.
We also saw two guide boats putting in to chase tarpon with fly rods, so they must be around. Both boats were seen heading toward Alligator Point.
It was a good morning trip and back in time for lunch.
