The question was asked somewhere about how the fish would react after the storm passed us by, whether they would eat good or not. Well, I got my answer yesterday afternoon.
Went to a low tide spot and watched redfish absolutely destroy huge schools of mullet all around me. They were tailing and thrashing all around and eating anything I threw at them. Mullet, shrimp, and fresh blue crabs produced a dozen over slot fish with two pushing the 30" mark. Water was so shallow where I was, I litterally had to get out of the boat and walk through the mud to get to the fish that I was landing several times. Boat kept getting hung up on the bottom, but I was determined to have a good day and I did. I drug the boat around behind me in the mud. I’m sure it was a sight to see at times.
The big fish wanted finger mullet, dead or alive didn’t matter. The smaller ones (slot fish) kept picking up the chunks of crab and running with it. I pulled the crab out of four fishes’ mouths, so finally I let one eat it for five or six seconds and then he was hooked good. He ended up swallowing the hook, so after I cut the line and released that 22" fish, I quit using the crab and switched back over to the mullet.
Easily saw 150 fish in the two hours I was there. Smallest fish I caught was 21", with 12 in the 26"-29" range and all fat and healthy. All fish released to fight another day.
Also saw an awesome display by a large blacktip in the shallows. I guess he was there for the redfish buffet like flipper was, but in two foot of water that shark was incredible to watch eat.
The reds really weren’t schooled up tight, they were all over the place mostly chasing the big schools of mullet. There were litterally blowups every 20 seconds or so. It was one of my most fun and visually stimulating redfishing days I’ve had.
