I put in at 3 and fished till seven. I threw a line out and started trolling from the landing. First fish on in about two minutes and another in about 5 minutes in. Lots of dinks today and a few nice ones. Probably about 6 or more in the 13 to 16 range and probably a dozen or more in the 9 to 13 range and a fat 19 incher, my pb on the troll. I threw lures some but only had a few hits and no fish landed. I probably had 40 hits or more and landed about 20 or so total on the troll. A lot of short strikes likely dinks and a few good fish pulled off. Had a double on as I turned a corner and they both ran in the marsh and I had to double back without tangling my lines in the motor or slacking the line and losing the fish. Tougher than it sounds and it took a solid five minutes but i landed the littler one but the of course the one that was big pulled off. I had several hits while fighting other fish and but didn’t pull off the double today. I figured out I can fish three rods If I hold on out flat in my hand. So I trolled a hard bait with the rod in my hand and that’s the one the 19incher hit. He hit it and broke the surface and rolled. The line wrapped around him and I pretty sure that’s why I landed him because the hook was just sitting in its mouth. I saw a piece of marsh grass laid over about 3ft off the edge into the creek and it looked like the tip was a little odd looking and waving different than it should be in the current. After a better look I noticed it was a 25 to 30 inch trout. A couple passes and that’s where I got the 19 incher. The bite shut down at like 6 and that was when dead high came, I think I had 1 hit after 6. Mostly trolled the doa Cal’s and mirror lure catch 2000, I had a z man paddlers on but it were getting short struck and out fished by the cals. All fished released.
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Well done again… have you ever trolled rattle traps? Maybe a blue and silver one? Maybe if you lightened up the drag you might get a few of the ones that are short strikes and misses.
Most importantly, how well did you get the boat back on the trailer?
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What speed are you trolling?
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I keep a light drag but I missed 1 or two from forgetting to loosen the drag after catching one and pulled hooks on a couple from trying to pull them in like they were little guys. The trout fight a lot longer when trolling because there is more line out then when casting and with there mouths and the way they fight there are bound to be pulled hooks. I think the short strikes were 6 to 9 inch trout, little tail pullers. No trailer issues this time, except my lights went out. Lol. I tightened up my bunks and it was high tide so I didn’t have to back into the trouble zone.
One of the small ones but I had several tiny taps on the hard bait that seemed like 6inchers.
No electronics so i couldn’t tell you an actual speed. I’ll GPS my speed on my phone next time but generally when with the current I go about twice as fast as the current and when going against the current I go at about the speed you would drift with the current if you were drifting with it. I think it’s less of a speed issue and more of where your bait is in the water column. I try for about a ft off the bottom to 3ft depending the bottom contours, some parts of this creek jump up and down a ft and there are some areas with debris on the bottom. A lot of fish are caught by creek mouths, marsh points and around the debri piles and channels in the smaller areas. I keep going when I catch one, though I know there are more fish in some of the spots I get hit at. I’m in the early stages of dialing it in and I’m not going for numbers I’m looking for patterns so I can apply these tactics when im ready to try new areas. I got four areas I want to try that seem promising. The area I’ve been fishing gets a decent amount of pressure.
Your reports are really good. I always enjoy reading them and they are informative as well. I have not trolled for trout since I was a kid, but guess what I am about to do?
Nice looking trouts. I’m now motivated to get that trout bitegoing
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