Went out this evening at about 3:00 to see if the fish were in their normal winter deep hole creek locations. First 3 casts, 3 slot reds. Worked similar holes and ended up with 4 more reds and 25ish trout, all in 6-12 feet of water over live bottom. All trout 13-18 inches. Water temps were in the mid 50’s, and it seems they are starting to bunch up as they should have over a month ago. I will try again in the morning in several different locations. All fish were caught on TroutEye jigheads with Strike King Caffeine Shad jrs. in the watermelon/pearl color.
Thanks for the report RAD. Going tmrw am armed with this advice
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thanks for this.
re:live bottom
any tips on finding this? i’ve got some spots that i’ve located visually on big negative tides and others where i brought up pieces on my line. I don’t have a depthfinder. thanks
Nice report! I am very jealous of those who are fishing today…water is calm as can be…
Aren’t those little yellow stringy twig looking things concidered ‘live bottom’?
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Yeah, it was gorgeous – I was out about the same time as you. Got a bit windy towards the end of the day, though.
Where did you fish? I was in the Wando checking a few low tide flats and pockets, but only saw 2 fish all day (right after I spooked them, of course). I’m trying to get started with fly fishing, but I’m having a lot of trouble finding fish to sight cast to. Did you see any schools, or were you just fishing areas that you thought would be productive?
Thanks for the report!
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I can confirm that trout are transitioning to their winter patterns. Thanks RADDADDY
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I went out on Monday and I can tell you where they ain’t. Lol!!!
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Went out today and found LOTS of places where they weren’t. Picked at a few trout during the mid incoming then resorted to catching reds on the main river grass edges. Slow trout day for me.
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Originally posted by archerI went out on Monday and I can tell you where they ain’t. Lol!!!
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Yeah, we managed two smaller slot reds and one trout (all released). Monday was post front and I think that paired with the dirty water we couldn’t seem to get out of stacked the odds too high against us.
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My trout catching is somewhat slow this year and I guess I need to venture in other areas to do better with the trouts.
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