Looking at the reports I knew the surf would be horrible once again, this was my last weekend to fish for a while. Thought conditions would be good, but once again I struck out:
Fishing Time: 600 am - 1100 am
Tide: Tail end of incoming tide(800 high) and then slack
Wind: SSW 7-11 mph
Water Clarity: 2 feet over grass, 1 ft over sand bottoms
Locations fished: East Side of Danas cove in between shorline and grass islands in Knee deep water w/ grass, and then inside of the geotubes
Bait used: topwater early over grass, then soft plastics around geo tubes
I started off seeing some surface action around sunup so I thought i'd try some topwaters(I've never caught a fish on topwater). Tied on a white ss jr w/ red head. Proceeded on a medium retrieve. Had one gulp but not hooked, also had 2 bumps, in about 1.5 hours of trying. Switched to bone and nothing. Then around 9 the action shut down on top. Took the kayak over to the geotubes and jigged a new penny gulp shrimp for some flounder w/ no success. Moved a little away from the geotubes and fished w/ soft plastics and some more tops to no success. I'd love to know what i'm doing wrong, although I didn't see a whole lot of fish being caught. Now that I'm using my yak, I find myself paddling around looking for signs of bait, but not knowing what to do or where to fish when the signs aren't their. I saw spots of what appeared to be fish hitting bait on top, but not the telltale bait scattering. Any advice would be appreciated.
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