The conditions were perfect; overcast with a slight breeze, dead flat seas. We immediately paddled past Bird Island toward the 3 square-mile flat.
We began to work the narrow channels in the flat and caught a couple cudas and trout using a Gulp Alive! Shrimp on a jighead under a popping cork. The popping cork imitates the sound of a trout feeding and attracts other trout to the area.
Once the action died down we moved east to drift fish the large channel. EVERY cast yielded a fish. In some cases, the bait hit the water and we had a trout on. The "tactic" if you want to call it that was to drop your Gulp down and set the hook. Automatic.
Trout have very soft tissue surrounding their mouth. Be careful not to set the hook too hard or you will find yourself not only losing fish but having a lure flying right at your face.
My dad ended up with the largest trout of the day, a modest 14.5 incher.
We fished until we ran out of Gulp shrimp and let me tell you that the trout were still whacking our baits with less than an inch of Gulp left on the hook!
Day Totals:
30 trout
5 over 13inches
3 cudas
1 puffer
All caught on 6 Gulp shrimps. Talk about stretching out the bait.
Until next time!
Dave
