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West Bay trout...
Man am I sunburned. I picked up my fishing partner in the boat at 11:00 and got to our spot 10 minutes later. First cast and we both hooked up on topwaters. Light sprinkles and an hour later and we had caught 15 - 20 solid trout, all released. Decided we'd keep some and ended up at 4:00 with two limits 18" - 24". Five hours of some of the best topwater fishing we've enjoyed in a long time. All the fish came from the same stretch of water which we drifted and trolled(no wind). At first I was on with a ch/silver/ch skitterwalk and my partner was hooking up some with a ch/pearl/ch Shedog. I said try the "guides choice" and gave him a ch/pearl/ch/ red head Shedog. Mistake! He then was hooking up two for my one. It was a hoot. Some of the fish just slammed it, but many would hit two and three times and we had to trick***k 'em into jumping on it. Can't wait till tomorrow, going to wear long sleeves and my sombrero. The sun came out on our way back to clean fish and we had a gorgeous evening here.
Man am I sunburned. I picked up my fishing partner in the boat at 11:00 and got to our spot 10 minutes later. First cast and we both hooked up on topwaters. Light sprinkles and an hour later and we had caught 15 - 20 solid trout, all released. Decided we'd keep some and ended up at 4:00 with two limits 18" - 24". Five hours of some of the best topwater fishing we've enjoyed in a long time. All the fish came from the same stretch of water which we drifted and trolled(no wind). At first I was on with a ch/silver/ch skitterwalk and my partner was hooking up some with a ch/pearl/ch Shedog. I said try the "guides choice" and gave him a ch/pearl/ch/ red head Shedog. Mistake! He then was hooking up two for my one. It was a hoot. Some of the fish just slammed it, but many would hit two and three times and we had to trick***k 'em into jumping on it. Can't wait till tomorrow, going to wear long sleeves and my sombrero. The sun came out on our way back to clean fish and we had a gorgeous evening here.