- Sat Sep 07, 2019 3:41 pm
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Went out yesterday afternoon about 1:30. This would be Bryan Beach. A reconnaissance mission. Water was early September, midday hot, to be expected, clarity good, foot and a half. Big rollers coming in, not really any chop, and the rollers kept me off balance as I stood on the second bar just outside the break in high waist deep water. Tossed the shrimp pattern out into the second gut along the bar and got a little jack first cast. Had some other hits, needle fish, other little jacks. Got a good thump and this fish had some power. Fish stayed low, decidedly un-trout like and I decided to walk it in. I get shallow and see that it’s a big sub slot/barely slot type of redfish. That hardly ever happens in the surf for me, but it pops off before I could put my hands on it. One more fish I get after that, a plus sized gulf whiting.
My instincts/educated guess was things would be good the following morning. So I went this morning, same beach, almost the same spot. Tide was up 1/2 a foot from yesterday. Zero chop, but those same rollers were coming in. Water was about the same clarity wise. Wind was almost nonexistent. Current was minimal, up the shore, if any.
Today, I fished the first gut exclusively. From the time I waded in at 7:30, it was pretty much non stop fish on until about 8:15 or so. Mostly trout. Tan borski slider was the pattern I started with and the one that caught all the fish. I put in a shrimp pattern during the lull after, but got nothing. Moved down the beach some and tried the borski again and got a few more.
Trout ran from 12-17” or so. Several right at 15” Kept the 4 that ran at least 16”. Caught a couple ladyfish, one really big one, a bluefish, a few tiny jacks, and a whiting. Last trout came at 9:15, off the water by 9:30.
My instincts/educated guess was things would be good the following morning. So I went this morning, same beach, almost the same spot. Tide was up 1/2 a foot from yesterday. Zero chop, but those same rollers were coming in. Water was about the same clarity wise. Wind was almost nonexistent. Current was minimal, up the shore, if any.
Today, I fished the first gut exclusively. From the time I waded in at 7:30, it was pretty much non stop fish on until about 8:15 or so. Mostly trout. Tan borski slider was the pattern I started with and the one that caught all the fish. I put in a shrimp pattern during the lull after, but got nothing. Moved down the beach some and tried the borski again and got a few more.
Trout ran from 12-17” or so. Several right at 15” Kept the 4 that ran at least 16”. Caught a couple ladyfish, one really big one, a bluefish, a few tiny jacks, and a whiting. Last trout came at 9:15, off the water by 9:30.
