Just wondering what everyone else was seeing. It appears to me that the extremely warm water is having a major impact on the redfish tailing. When I have seen fish they have been in deeper water, if on the flat at all right on the edge and then only when there is 1.5’ of water or higher. Some of the flats that I fish have been very warm, the water almost as hot as bath water. I did manage to catch one fish on Saturday the 24th, but luck played a major role.
I had found a flat with cooler water, but the fish still did not show till the water was deeper, and did not tail well. The one I ended up catching showed itself really close…I only had about 5-6 feet of flyline out and was able to make a quick cast before he disappeared. It was a smaller fish about 16".
Seems like that has been going on for the last couple of tides. Usually this time of year there would be more posts in the FF section. Either the fishing has been slow or people are becoming more guarded with posting reports. The flats that I’ve been on have had lots of cruisers, not many tailers, usually with deeper water. Additionally, the pressure on the fish has increased substantially. That can be viewed as good or bad. My recommendation is that everyone move to FL.
Seems like that has been going on for the last couple of tides. Usually this time of year there would be more posts in the FF section. Either the fishing has been slow or people are becoming more guarded with posting reports. The flats that I’ve been on have had lots of cruisers, not many tailers, usually with deeper water. Additionally, the pressure on the fish has increased substantially. That can be viewed as good or bad. My recommendation is that everyone move to FL.
If you want to see pressure on fish... go to Florida.
don’t know what’s going on…the flat I’ve fished for a few years and always produces has yet to give me a hookup this year. I’ve been 3 or 4 times and only seen 2 or 3 fish…prior years a bad day was only seeing 6 or 8 tails per trip…
Man, I was beginning to think I was just bad luck! This is my second year fly fishing for reds, and last year was a blast. So far this year, only had 1 good night, where I saw about 5 tails (even that is not many). Every other time, its just been exploring the flats hoping to see something!
John, give me a buzz man…evening tides through this weekend are looking pretty good, I wanna get out there!
I think it may, but am not sure. I know that higher temperature in mountain streams means lower oxygen levels for trout, so I would assume that warmer water is less able to have disolved oxygen in it.
The last 2 weeks have been great for tailers and the water is just as warm. Not sure why they were not there earlier this year, but the flats that I have been fishing are full of fish.
I am going to give it a go tonight and she what I can.
chris.
I’ve been seeing the same thing last several weeks. No doubt the fish are there in the high grass but not coming on to the flat, except for a straggler or two. I can hear them popping stuff in the tall stuff and sometimes a one time splash out on the edge but not tailing like when they’re seriously rooting for crabs (of which there are plenty).
This last tide cycle with the higher tides brought in the fish with a passion for me. On one evening I caught 5 and broke 3 off in a 45 minute period. The fishing for the past couple of weeks has been pretty good, but looking at the tides will probably slow up until the next good series of tides brings in some cooler water.
