I took my brother fishing this morning. We were pretty excited to see the solar eclipse, and so were a bunch of people at the landing. There were quite a few people out there taking pictures and observing it. The pictures I took with my phone didn’t come out well at all, but it was really neat to see.
We started off with some topwater and I hooked up with a beast! 30" and 10 1/2 lbs! Woo-wee was that fun! It was drumming like crazy when I got him out of the water. My brother had never heard one drumming before, so that was cool to show him. Hopefully nobody figures out the secret spot where I caught him.
We tried another spot out in the river for a topwater bite, but it shut down once the tide peaked. We ran to another spot and worked some paddlers on 1/4 oz jigheads. We got a lot of short strikes.
I realized by 9 o’clock that it was going to be a run-and-gun kind of day. We spent a lot of time running from spot to spot looking for clearer water and shelter from the gusty wind. I hit more creeks today than I ever have, and it was a LOT of fun with my “baby” brother.
The big redfish and an undersized trout was what I ended the day with. My brother landed two redfish, one trout, and one bluefish. He had a blast, and I did too.
The water was cloudier today in more places than it was yesterday. I didn’t pay attention to the water temperature again.
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