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Spring Fishing; Be Ready To Think
Outside the Box
I do love the spring, but I’ll trade this wind for some
afternoon thunder showers. It’s been tuff just to get
out on most days. Top off the shifting winds with
temperatures going up and down associated with
fast moving fronts and that makes the barometer
go berserk. Oh, did I mention the 9 foot tides? Did
I say that I love spring fishing? When it’s good it’s
real good and when it’s bad it’s real bad.
Good days have produced lots of huge sea trout,
two pound plus fish have been the norm. Red’s
have been some what more predictable, 16’’ to 18’’
fish in the slot and then jumping to 26’’ to 32’’ over
the slot. I’m not seeing a lot of fish around 22 to 23
inches at all. Don’t know why? Sharks and whiting
have been a good way to save a slow day with
some action.
To sum it all up, Spring is unpredictable. I can go
from hero to goat on any spring day. So I’ve
learned to go prepared and be open-minded and to
think outside the box.
Location, location, location, that’s an old retail
saying and it applies to fishing also. If you’re not at
the right place in the tide you may not catch fish.
Let’s say you’ve spent two hours in your favorite
sound, river or creek, nothings working.
Sometimes all it takes is a 30 minute boat ride and
you’re on fish. Seen it happen a hundred times.
Move, move, move, move, move, got it.
Now that I’ve got ya moving please stop at that
point with the feeder creek right beside it, you
know, the one with all the oysters on it. The one
you’ve been telling your self that looks so fishy.
For Pete’s sake man, give it a try!
Now that I’ve got you off that same old beaten
path, what exactly do we have on board for bait?
Blue crab, fresh cut mullet, dead shrimp, fiddlers,
minnows, finger mullet, live shrimp, pogies,
artificial, pinfish, who said pinfish? While it’s not
practical to carry all these baits, it is a good idea to
have a couple on board. I always carry one type of
live bait and one dead. Oh yeah, where’s your cast
net on the dock or in the boat?
This just happened last week, nothing is biting,
we’re half way through this short four hour trip and
I’ve got to make something happen. So I give up on
my trusty minnows and cast for some mullet.
Redfish love cut mullet. That was all it took, cut
mullet on bottom and we caught reds one after
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