Conditions:
Water Temps: 76-78
Outside Temps: 75-85
Skies: Clear/Partly Cloudy
Winds: East 5-10mph
Water clarity: slight stain
Current: slight from the North
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
Fishing Time: 06:30-1:30pm
Fish boated: 36
Top 5: 10lbs Mostly peacock, 1 decent bass.
Decided to change things up and check out the conditions out of Holiday.
Arrived at 0 dark thirty, unloaded, and off I went into the darkness.
My focus today was specific transition areas. With the high water conditions, these specific spots were the only areas I was going to have a chance to catch anything.
Reached my first spot at about sunrise. Fish were busting all over. My challenge was figuring out what they wanted. Tried several lures. Boyo, 1 little peacock. Prop bait: Zero. Swimbait: a couple. Jerkbait, a few. Fluke none.
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After a couple of hours, I moved to another spot. Focused my attention on 3 lures. Jerkbait, Swimbait, and fluke.
Caught my first nice peacock around 9am. The fish smoked my jerkbait as it was coming out of an outflow. A while later, I caught a nice bass to boot.
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I kept working the area for a couple of more hours. I decided to change to a fluke and threw it far into a little channel, when it suddenly disappeared inside a huge boil. I reared back and caught a beautiful peacock. Biggest of the outing.
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I worked a couple more areas, but they were nothing like like spot #2.
I called the trip at 1:30pm.
All in all, considering the conditions, I managed to put together a productive pattern.
Thanks for reading.
Nice.
How the heck do you always show up at zero dark thirty and what time is that anyway?? ~roflmao
Nice job! Glad you caught em.
Nice going Lou! Liked the "zero dark thirty" Flats, I think it's when you get there!! LOL
Quote from: FlatsNBay on November 10, 2023, 07:34:41 PMHow the heck do you always show up at zero dark thirty and what time is that anyway?? ~roflmao
Nice job! Glad you caught em.
lo Zero dark thirty, is before dawn when its still very dark outside. lo If I don't reach the ramp by zero dark thirty, I'm late! ~roflmao
Quote from: JHAB on November 11, 2023, 06:38:28 AMNice going Lou! Liked the "zero dark thirty" Flats, I think it's when you get there!! LOL
Thanks Jim!