First, I want acknowledge Penny’s post about her Daddy. I never met him, but I saw him at the landing from time to time, and I learned who he was from your posts, Penny. I wish I had, and I think about him every time I fish out of the Village.
I also want to pose a question, one I probably have before! I have caught a bunch of trout since I re-started fishing for them in the north Bull Bay area at the end of September. Thirty or forty a trip has been the norm, all on DOA shrimp under a popping cork. Gold Flake has been my go-to color. I average two to four keeper trout a trip, and I can’t figure out why I can’t catch more legal fish. I do switch baits to other colors, and I’ve done the jig thing some, to no avail.
Have others experienced this, and how have you solved the problem?
Caveat: It’s good to see so many small trout after the cold water scare last winter!
Flyinghigh, Thank you for your response. It’s tough to leave fish to find fish, but I gather you believe larger trout do not mix with little ones. How would you find the larger ones? We typically try 8 or 10 tried and true places before we find the smaller ones.
Trout really seem to do the mantra that bigger bait means bigger fish. Small trout eat shrimp, the bigger ones eat fish. I’ve been catching a good deal of keeper sized trout on topwater. I’ve also found them in schools at high tide fishing banks near a steep drop off. I do notice after catching some, the big ones seem to move on and will leave you with a good number of smaller ones. Just gotta move in.
Trout really seem to do the mantra that bigger bait means bigger fish. Small trout eat shrimp, the bigger ones eat fish. I’ve been catching a good deal of keeper sized trout on topwater. I’ve also found them in schools at high tide fishing banks near a steep drop off. I do notice after catching some, the big ones seem to move on and will leave you with a good number of smaller ones. Just gotta move in.
That’s been my experience as well. When I fished Wednesday had some nice keeper size trout fishing clean water with flow near a decent drop off. For trout, in my limited experience, clean water is Very key.
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As stated move. You will find fish up to ab 19 inches schooled up. Like you may catch 40 and they are all 16-18 inch fish. You will not find really big fish schooled up like 23 plus inches. There may be one mixed w a school but you won’t catch 40 fish all 23+ inches. The biggest ones I have every caught are all loners. Like 25+ inches. They aren’t in a school and you only catch that one big female
Thank you to those who responded. I am certainly not a "trophy " fisherman, but I do like to catch a few to eat. The gist of what I’m reading is keep moving to clear, flowing water, near a drop off. And use larger, fish-like lures. How about trolling? How about the ICW?
Thank you to those who responded. I am certainly not a "trophy " fisherman, but I do like to catch a few to eat. The gist of what I’m reading is keep moving to clear, flowing water, near a drop off. And use larger, fish-like lures. How about trolling? How about the ICW?
I use trolling if I’m really struggling to locate fish. I throw a lure of the back and fish another rod regularly. You can cover a lot of water that way. Most of my fishing the last 2 years has been on and around the waterway, except when hitting jetties or nearshore reefs. It’s taken me a couple of years to even start to feel like I know what I’m doing to be honest. I have a few spots now, I also keep a record of where I catch fish, time of year, tide etc. so now when I go out I can look at where I caught fish this time last year. I would say for me getting the GPS TM made fishing a lot easier. You can move up and down a bank on auto pilot, and when you get something or want to stay in a spot just hit the lock. When I first started I spent too long in one spot, and part of that was due to it being a PITA to keeping bringing up the anchor. Good luck.
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