Solo Trip 7/11 Trout

Made the boat ramp by 4:30 to try my luck at catching some finger mullet only to loose my net to a underwater obstacle on the second throw! Daylight came and I was where I wanted to be, alone in my boat with no other boats around, it didn't feel like a Fri morning. The first cast with my Topwater produced a solid trout as did my second. I quickly and quietly put the Stick It down and commenced to catch em. At least every third throw was a trout. It was Narvana. Just a little wave action from the north wind and working the bait into the wind. They either wanted it into the wind or side sea, but not a strike fishing with the wind. Cool thing about this morning was that I only lost 1 trout that I hooked up on, and that one broke me off. It was probably my best morning for hook up/catch ratios on Topwater ever. Started out with a white/red head but switched to black/chrome. The sun came up as the 15th keeper hit the box. I caught 26, some undersized or close. I only kept the bigger ones.

I ventured out to try a reef near the ship channel half way to the Pass. A pole marks it. As I'm easing up to the pole I notice something in the water swimming around the pole.....it's a Lemon Fish that had to be 4' long!!! I was only 15 feet from him and pitched my jig to him. With my heart racing out of my chest, he followed it all the way to my boat! His nose was within inches of my trolling motor!!!!! He swam back to the pole and I quickly tied on a 5/0 Game Day Jig and put a hot pink jig on. I fished that spot for 30 minutes hoping to hook him up, but it wasn't meant to be. He gave me a thrill!

Just a great morning on the water. I'm ready to do it again!