11/ 25 - Reel slow those Trout - Oak Island Side

Man! talk about a slow reel needed for the retrieve. I was so slow you think I was reeling backwards. Took 7 nice trout and one was 21 inches. Thru 5 back and even managed a flounder, but too small.
Started 8:00 AM with popping court and artificial shrimp (not a voo doo), brown with specks. Folks pulled up across from me with live shrimp and cork. They caught some pretty quickly. Took my cork off and tried the bottom before I was going to leave and go get shrimp also.
No luck in 20 cast. THEN I remembered to SLOW DOWN from reading post here and when I thought I was slow enough to go slower.

BINGO! 2nd cast nice fat trout.
It was crazy because I am so use to bass fishing. But sure enough with in an hour I caught 13 and kept 7.
Sometimes. I would miss the set and let it fall back and start again and then bam.
I actually got to see the 21 inch take the bait just about 8 feet off the bank. When I just missed the 1st bite. I pulled and a soon as it started to settle back down. I saw the flash
and a good fight.
Thanks to the board and much talk about slowing down the retrieve.

Great report and glad you picked up something here that helped you have a successful trip

Nice work man!

Fishing Nerd

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