We belived the LIES of the weatherman, and with forecasts of 4-7, we planned a trip for this AM. It didnt take long once we hit the coast to realize that the lying liars had lied again. Is it really that difficult to give close to realistic information. It wasn't long after stopping at the first spot that the winds picked up to well over 20, and being on the east side we were getting the full force of if.
With the waves and cloud cover, sight casting was virtually impossible, and didn't really see fish until we were on top of them. The usual MO is to Pole and locate individuals and small schools then throw shrimp at them, and this works great when you're not in a gale.
Coming up behind an island gave us a litttle break and we were able to spot some cruisers that weren't at all interested in our offerings. It probably took another hour of fruitless sniper mode to start to focus primarily on blind casting artis. A short while later the first mid-slot comes in the boat. Much further down the flat, and a good time later, another mid-upper slot fish is landed.
A lot of ground was covered today with fish being few and far between.
One last crack at the first successful location yielded one more upper slot fish, and shortly after that, it was time to call it a day even though the wind had finally subsided considerably.
Total: 3 nice mid-upper slot reds. All caught on new penny or rootbeer DOA's.
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Originally Posted by Capt. Tyler Vollmer
