Tough day

[imhammer]

Keith (Hogie 70) and I hit it early this am. Conditions were perfect:
Air temp - 52 degrees
Water Temp - 45 degrees
Wind - 15 up to mid 20s SSE
Skies - Drizzling to medium hard rain
Water Clarity - green to 3'

We started fishing shell and mud 1-4' around deeper holes, guts and drop offs. We made several long wades and saw 0 bait and no bites.
Saw a nice mud streak with quite a few birds (Loons, Gulls and Pelicans, but none feeding) and made a few drifts without a bite and 0 bait.
Drifted another deep channel without a bite and 0 bait and decided to call it a day when the rain started coming down pretty hard and the wind switched to the SE at about 25 and the rod tip broke off of the new rod that I bought at the boat show last night.

Gonna have to find some somewhere else on Sunday.

[reeltime]

tough indeed .chip which brand of rod that the tip broke off........maybe they will replace it..i would wish you good luck sunday .....but

[dbarham]

good report thanks better luck next outing

[Nwilkins]

If you can't find 'em, uh oh.
Sorry about your new rod, sounds defective

[imhammer]

The rod is a Woodee and has a lifetime warranty. It is a great Rod with the IM10 blank....extremely sensitive.
We will find em Sunday!

[troutchaser213]

i just bought one of those rods at the boat show and they are great i love it. going to get another and they handle redfish great but thats the only fish ive caught with it so far. did you get the titanium or pro series? i have the 6'6 ball handle medium fast titanium series

[Ibtsoom]

Sounds like it was a tough day -- Chip you usually catch at least a few when nobody else can. Thanks for the report. I'm gonna try this weekend -- not sure where to start though.

[extremewaderdude88]

yall will get them sunday..goodluck!!

[gsb]

Well, now you know where they are not. I happen to know where the largest trout of the tournament will be on Sunday, but you all probably know it too.

Sunday will be a different day. Go get em!

[michelle]

The rod is a Woodee and has a lifetime warranty. It is a great Rod with the IM10 blank....extremely sensitive.
We will find em Sunday!

gary will replace it. i broke a rod he gave me 2 years ago and he told me last week to bring it back and he'd replace it??lol nice guy. good rods.
michelle

[TTU Wader]

Thanks for the report, I haven't done too well this winter when the water is 46 deg. or less.

[imhammer]

i just bought one of those rods at the boat show and they are great i love it. going to get another and they handle redfish great but thats the only fish ive caught with it so far. did you get the titanium or pro series? i have the 6'6 ball handle medium fast titanium series

6'9" Pro w/ball handle.

[txwhaler 22]

sorry big guy...i think Jeremy has a chip voodoo doll....LOL

[Explorer21]

Chip, sorry to hear about your trip. Sounds like the conditions are not right. Not sure what all the rain will do for the tourny, but we will see what happens.

[nokatchin]

tough day for sure.bummer on the new rod