Vero/FP Gettin Skinny for Trout 7/18
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 8:02 pm
Planned on getting out early, but awoke to rainy skies and sheer laziness so back to sleep. Get up around 8am and it's overcast but not raining. Load up the gear and head out.
Hit the water around 9. Tons of mullet milling about but only one hit on the topwater in the first 30 mins. Get out on the flat and the water feels cool - exactly what I was hoping for. With the overcast skies I expect the trout to still be shallow and remain there.
On the flat I finally see what I expected to see in May and June (and didn't), that is, the water alive with bait. Tons of mullet showering here and there, pins, greenies, etc. It didn't take long before I had a trout shoot out of the water on my lure, no hookup 0/2. The water is relatively clear but tannin stained, the fish don't seem to mind.
A few casts later another trout, but this one stays on. 1/3. Several more casts another hit. 1/4. Keep on casting and finally get another to stay hooked. 2/5. This went on for the rest of the morning, final tally was 4/10. Included in those 10 was about a 5-6 lb. bluefish that made a frenzied run under my yak and cut me off, a couple of redfish, and other trout.
All fish were in 12-24 in. of water. Hit some deeper spots after the sun came out around 10:30 and nothing. Used a red/white skitterwalk (bluefish took it with him) and a silver/green skitterwalk. Sorry no pics, forgot camera.
Hit the water around 9. Tons of mullet milling about but only one hit on the topwater in the first 30 mins. Get out on the flat and the water feels cool - exactly what I was hoping for. With the overcast skies I expect the trout to still be shallow and remain there.
On the flat I finally see what I expected to see in May and June (and didn't), that is, the water alive with bait. Tons of mullet showering here and there, pins, greenies, etc. It didn't take long before I had a trout shoot out of the water on my lure, no hookup 0/2. The water is relatively clear but tannin stained, the fish don't seem to mind.
A few casts later another trout, but this one stays on. 1/3. Several more casts another hit. 1/4. Keep on casting and finally get another to stay hooked. 2/5. This went on for the rest of the morning, final tally was 4/10. Included in those 10 was about a 5-6 lb. bluefish that made a frenzied run under my yak and cut me off, a couple of redfish, and other trout.
All fish were in 12-24 in. of water. Hit some deeper spots after the sun came out around 10:30 and nothing. Used a red/white skitterwalk (bluefish took it with him) and a silver/green skitterwalk. Sorry no pics, forgot camera.