This warm weather has been a real blessing compared to this time last year. I have seen all kinds of behavior that I should be seeing this time of year and things that I can not remember seeing this late in the season. I have seen schools of reds out on the ICW, groups of tailing fish on the flats, reds hitting topwater, a good trout bite, and fiddler crabs. I even checked the belly of a red a client kept to see what they were eating and to my surprise it had a ton of fiddlers in its stomach!!! I have yet to see reds schooling on the Wando but they are still holding to their fall patterns for the most part. The only differnce is the water has been extremely clear for how warm its been and the fish are a little spooky. As much as I like chasing the big schools I hope this winter stays warm. After two straight years of fish kill it would be nice if most of the trout made it through the winter.
Here are a few pics from the last couple of weeks.
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