The boss called work off early for fishing Friday. The plan was to hit the water at 4ish for the incoming. I got off at a little after 2 so i had plenty of time to hit the closet store that had slim swims then my house and get my gear and lunch. Hadderals point west Ashley was the place. I went in asked where the slim swims are and was showed them and the guy working showed me the zman minnows and said the green lantern color was a good one. I pay and go to get in my car and see my keys on the center console next to my phone and wallet. What a fiasco. About 2 hrs of fun. I paired the Minnowz with a 1/16th ounce lucky strike jig head and fished about 3ft or less most cast in rocky oyster bottom with 6lb seagar red label flouro line. I threw the 1 bait from about 530 to 7 and had a lot of short strike tail grabben paints pullers and caught 1 trout, 1 red and missed 2 good hits that i halfway hooked up, probably 20 inch class fish. I got slammed when i wasn’t paying attention but missed with a poor hook set. I felt the Zman stretch and recoil when it popped out the fishes mouth. I knew it never felt a hook so i threw back and it hit it again and i missed it. I threw a third cast in the same area and feel a hit but its more of a bump instead of a yank but i was ready prepared for it. I set the hook ferousicly, it was perfect, a instant hookup guaranteed not to pull the hook. No movement, i caught a rock and broke off, the first 2 hits were fish though. I left because i couldnt take the nats any more.
