Molasses Creek 11/17/15

Saltwater Kayak Fishing
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Went out on Tuesday around 3pm and fished until dark. I was hell bent on catching some trout/reds on a popping cork with a gold DOA shrimp. I have caught zero fish on a DOA shrimp. I think my problem has been that I had the shrimp too high in the water column. This time, I switched it up and made the leader off the cork about 4 ft. The trout loved it. Caught 5 or 6 on it. One slob that shook the hook as I was bringing it in the kayak. I knew it was larger than most trout, because the width of the gill plates when open was quite large.

Side note: When the cork was 10 yards away from the kayak, I stopped popping it and did a slow retrieve, simulating a shrimp leaving the bottom and swimming to the top. Two trout hit the shrimp as it was rising to the top water. At this point the DOA shrimp was no more than 6 feet from where I was sitting. I guess the lesson here is: the fish are always watching. Don’t stop fishing until the bait is in the boat.

Caught another 3 or 4 trolling a trout eye jig with a root beer/chartreuse paddle tail.

I threw a photo on Instagram: @gas__can is the handle. Posting photos here are always trouble for me.

Thanks guys

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Congrats!

-Lewis

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Thanks. Hope to get out again tomorrow.

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I have the same result with DOA shrimp. Goose egg all summer. I burried it at the bottom of my tackle box.

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Flywatt- I went back out yesterday for about 2 hours before I had to do some work. Crushed 10 trout on it. Still expecting a red to hit it, but I may be working it too fast. I think I am headed up to Paradise Landing or Buck Hall tomorrow. Just want to explore some new ground. BTW, in my kayak, I mainly fish last of the out going and first of the in coming. Caught a couple trolling too. It is amazing how many trout I catch trolling at dead low. I always thought it was a higher tide technique.

I mentioned it in my first post, but the last 10 yards of my retrieve I seem to have figured out. Its fun watching the trout try to hit the shrimp top water, or just a few inches below surface. These big swirls would appear. I knew they were watching, then I would see flashes of silver following the DOA.

Be safe out there.