Fishing With Friends

by Lee Padrick, October 9, 2013

I had been telling some friends that as soon as October rolls around, we're going trout fishing.  But there is no greater pressure than having to put your family and friends on fish.  So when Stephen E. Smith agreed to go fishing with me and Dwayne Smith, I felt the pressure.  

When I met Stephen at the dock, I asked him if he wanted the good news or the bad news.  He chose the good.  I told him, "We're going to catch some fish."  

When he asks about the bad news, I said "The trout bite may be slow.  The water temperature is still over 75 degrees, and its unlikely we're going to come across a solid bite today."  


So we launched and fished the first spot, a marsh point with a big oyster bed guarding it.  We fished with topwaters and popping corks for about 30 minutes without a bite.

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We moved on to our next stop, fished a couple of nearby spots, and still we haven't put a fish in the boat (except for a tiny undersized flounder).  There were at least 15 other boats in sight, so we decided a change in venue was needed.

Ran the boat about 6 miles to a another series of marsh islands, and there were no other boats around.  This was already a better call.  After a few minutes, Stephen hooked up on a redfish that fell for a soft plastic under a popping cork.  After boating that fish, he hooked up again soon afterward with another fish, this one was a little bigger.

No more redfish at this spot, so we moved over to a nearby flat and found some small speckled trout.  We caught 4 of them, the biggest was 16".  After catching the small trout, Dwayne took us over to one of his favorite redfish bays.  The tide was up and about a foot higher than average.  Fished for about an hour and didn't get a bite.  I think the fish were scattered deep in the grass, taking advantage of having access to food sources they don't normally get to eat.

Our last stop was a oyster-laden tidal creek near the inlet.  No trout, just a handful of lizard fish.  We moved further up the creek toward the back of it, and Stephen caught a keeper flounder on a jig/soft plastic.  The wind was picking up, so we called it a day and headed back to the boat ramp.

A fun day of fishing with a good friend.  
  

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