Got out and hour or so before low.
Noticed these poor guys:
Went over to check on them and they said they were waiting on the tide. It was gonna be a long wait so asked if they needed anything and i ended up taking one of the guys back to his truck at the dock. My first boater assist!
Hit a couple of spots before getting to a flat Ive fished a few times but with not a lot of luck. Was trolling slowly along the flat, mixing up throwing mix of topwater, mudminnow and paddle tail.Nothing at all, but after 10 mins of slow trolling along the bank I noticed some disturbance in the water, swirls and ripples.
First time ive found schooling reds on a flat on my own, and im thinking im going have a great day!. Well, i could not get a bite, I had them swirking round the mud minnow, nothing, threw my trued and trusted Vudu, nothing, tried a smaller vudu, nothing, Topwater, different plastics, not a touch. It was super frustrating as the school was there, lots of fish, and they wernt getting spooked or moving.
So i tried this weedless rig:
I fished it by barley twitching it along the bottom, and got my first bite :
I had another kinda tentative knock, so to me it seemed like they were very shy, so i replaced my leader with 8# and made it a lot longer. I also changed the weedless hook to a lighter one. By the way, its so much easier rigging a weedless rig with the hooks that have the lure retaining screw at the eye.
That change seemed to do the trick, I had another 7 or 8. Once i started catching them i did experiment and throw out a minnow, shrimp and topwater again, but it was the same thing. no bites.
Feel like i learned a lot today and found it very rewarding to figure out a way to get
