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Conditions:
Wind - 5 or 10 SE
Water - off color due to run off from rain
Pressure - not sure and who cares
Water temp - 83 (because of the rain)
Tide - incoming and high
time of day - 3:00 to 5:30
Was having a stressful day at work, so I made the decision to hit Chocolate since the tides were above normal. Started off around Halls and worked my way up the east shoreline with trolling motor. Lots of bait and some of it was nervous. Started with tops, no takers, moved to tails, no takers. Switched to popping cork and gulp, no takers. Switched to the Donna special (1/4 oz gig head and new penny shrimp gulp) and got my first hook up within a few cast. 15" trout. Kept moving north along the east shoreline catching several keeper trout, released all of them. At one area, I could hear the reds up in the marsh chasing bait, I had no way of getting up there, which was frustrating, but OK.
Finally made it to the north shoreline and fished some cuts. Lots of bait, two boats showed up (one I thought was Corndog, but could be wrong). They were throwing croaker for reds. I made my way up one cut and caught a few more keeper trout and 1 rat red. I then met up with a 5ft. Gator. Got a little closer to take a picture. Went home to a pretty sunset.
Wind - 5 or 10 SE
Water - off color due to run off from rain
Pressure - not sure and who cares
Water temp - 83 (because of the rain)
Tide - incoming and high
time of day - 3:00 to 5:30
Was having a stressful day at work, so I made the decision to hit Chocolate since the tides were above normal. Started off around Halls and worked my way up the east shoreline with trolling motor. Lots of bait and some of it was nervous. Started with tops, no takers, moved to tails, no takers. Switched to popping cork and gulp, no takers. Switched to the Donna special (1/4 oz gig head and new penny shrimp gulp) and got my first hook up within a few cast. 15" trout. Kept moving north along the east shoreline catching several keeper trout, released all of them. At one area, I could hear the reds up in the marsh chasing bait, I had no way of getting up there, which was frustrating, but OK.
Finally made it to the north shoreline and fished some cuts. Lots of bait, two boats showed up (one I thought was Corndog, but could be wrong). They were throwing croaker for reds. I made my way up one cut and caught a few more keeper trout and 1 rat red. I then met up with a 5ft. Gator. Got a little closer to take a picture. Went home to a pretty sunset.
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