Had a fantastic time in East Matty on Friday!
Since wind had been fairly steady from the East over the last few days, I opted to put in at Paddlesports Park Rudasill’s Cut around 7 AM. Water was high as reported elsewhere and bay had 2 foot swells until about 9 AM, so I opted to stay in the marsh.
- High water
Not a bite until about 10 AM I noticed birds working nearby and went to investigate. Landed a 24" red, a couple of 18/19 inch reds, and then started into a school of spec trouts. Kept a 17 and a 16, and then caught about 15 little 10-12" trout. Had a blast!
- 24 red
red
- 17 Trout
I was primarily using a Gulp pink mullet, but at one point I was just catching the little guys, so started changing up my lures so see what weird stuff they would bite. Came to the conclusion, that they were in a feeding frenzy and probably would have gone after a block of wood. I did notice that one of the fish coughed up these little silver fish.
Go Texans!
Was hitting this school at the point where the bayou from the launch meets the drain. When another fellow kayaker was about to pass through, I invited him to stay. Plenty of fish for everyone! Great guy from Simonton and enjoyed his company for an hour or so and then headed in.
