Headed out with a buddy, Fly Rods in hand to hunt for some docklight trout. Rode out to a dock and waited for the trout to crush the surface. As soon as they started breaking the surface we started casting. Started off with a gummy minnow, he landed one, then I did. So I switched over to a small baitfish I had tied the night before. Ended with 6 landed trout 2 bluefish. I also found out why I tie my own flies. Toothy critters those bluefish are.
The baitfish on the right was the one I caught the majority of my fish on
Nice work on the trout! When I was a kid (about 50 yrs ago), my Dad and I would catch tons of trout under the lights on our dock. The preferred tackle was a cane pole baited with a strip of white pig skin, I think it was Uncle Josh’s. They came in a little glass jar. Anyhow, we would see the fish crashing the glass minnows under the light, cast out and jig that bait across the surface. Awesome topwater action!
I have tried over the years to re-create this with limited success. Lots of blues but few trout.
