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Report for May 9
Report Date: May 10, 2006
Well we had a severe thunderstorm hit the Bay County area last night. With winds of up to 70mph and a whole lot of rain, I was a little worried about how the storm was going to effect the fishing. This morning the water was slick calm with little or no wind. I headed off with my clients towards North Bay. The water clarity was still pretty good and with the low wind conditions we were able to spot a school of redfish working close to the shoreline. Of course we started off throwing top water plugs with positive results. The redfish didn’t seem too spooky. The overcast conditions combined with long cast resulted in my clients landing 13 redfish. Not all of them on top water. Black Johnson silver minnows and Berkley Gulp Shrimp did the trick too. Four of these redfish were over the slot limit. My clients decided to keep a couple of redfish for the grill.
Later on in the morning after the water started moving we pushed of a little deeper and started throwing the Cajun Thunder with the Gulp Shrimp. Ended up catching about 25 school size trout with several being nice sized keepers. If you target just about any point in the bay in 3 to 5 foot of water with a jig and or a Cajun Thunder you should be able to pull in a healthy number of trout.
Capt Rob Womble had a trip this morning too. He decided to fish the creeks and marsh islands past breakfast point. The sandy bottom there is great for wade fishing and that is exactly what he did. They caught several Reds on top water and a couple on a Capt Mike’s gold spoon. Unfortunately the catfish happen to be where he was so they caught a couple cats on top water too. He says that’s ok because they fight just as hard as a redfish. His client was also able to land a 24 inch trout on top water. Later on in the afternoon he returned to the same area and pushed up into the creek with his fly rod. Capt. Rob was able to boat two more reds both on a streamer he tied himself.
The Cajun Thunders popping cork used in conjunction with Berkley Gulp shrimp, D.O.A shrimp or any of your favorite jig/grub combo’s is a great way to take a kid fishing. They can see the strike when the cork sounds and they don’t get to bored because they are constantly casting and working the cork…..not to mention reeling in the fish.
Just a reminder here. I know Capt Rob Womble and myself are telling you the fish are in the 2 to 5 foot water depth. Be careful motoring up to the flats. Trim up your engine, slow down and watch for the water to start getting shallow. This will help you not leave prop scars in the sea grass. Folks the sea grass is where it all starts. This is where the bait fish forage for food and where the bigger fish forage for the bait fish. Destroy the grass and you hurt the fishing so please boat smart and be safe. Good luck on the water.
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Capt. Todd Jones & Capt. Rob Womble
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