11/5/2006
After to many days off the water my son and I braved the ruff seas and cool overcast conditions.
We were rewarded with large flocks of gulls working over Speckled trout. There were a lot of 14" fish caught but by 11:30am we had near a limit of 15" trout and a few 16" to 22" trout mixed in. The wind was blowing to hard to use the fly rod so spinning tackle was used.
Soft plastic DOA shad tails and tout tails in glow/chrt and pearl/chrt on 3/8 oz DOA lead heads
was the ticket. We struggled with pumpkinseed/chrt. and bone/diamond at first but the glow/chrt. Got an instant hookup.
The better fish were just off the bottom but we did catch on a popping cork, but most were smaller fish.
Preston got this nice 22 inch Speck just off the bottom in 8 foot of water.
The spinning gear really makes things better when trying to fish in the high winds we had today, no back lashes. Spinning tackle spooled with power pro braid and 4 foot of fluorocarbon tippet has made my fishing more productive. If you haven't ever tried spinning tackle you might want to give it a try. I did and now use it over bait casters in most situations. The bait casters still have their place though.
The heavy rains of the past 2 weeks don't seem to have hurt the fishing on the lake. If the winds will give us a break there should be no reason for not catching lots of fish next week.
Don't wait to long and miss out on this great bite, give me a call if you need a charter.
Tight lines , Mike  ¶ 2:34 PM