Alligator Point 2/10/08

[captkeyser]

Perfect ending to a hard days work.

[Mook!]

Good job!

[Littoral]

Wadley, thanks for the thoughts.
Trying to put the puzzle together is what I like most about fishing. The pieces fit together so many ways but of the variables moving water is the trickiest for me to get consistently. Wind direction and topography together really confound water movement but if I think about it enough it usually pays off. I haven't really focused much on redfish until recently because I can usually find trout -so that's what I do.
You asked about temps and this winter has been different. The fall was gradual and I think the fish (especially trout) acclimated slow enough to stay on the flats. The key is to locate dark bottom or shallow turbid water that will radiate heat more quickly. But these areas can’t have much water exchange or there won’t be enough rise in temp. This pattern works well in the opposite direction in the summer . Bait will respond to the same conditions and that will make it even more likely to find what we’re looking for.
Look back a few weeks and you'll see I got skunked, by the way.

[Wadey]

Wadley, thanks for the thoughts.
Trying to put the puzzle together is what I like most about fishing. The pieces fit together so many ways but of the variables moving water is the trickiest for me to get consistently. Wind direction and topography together really confound water movement but if I think about it enough it usually pays off. I haven't really focused much on redfish until recently because I can usually find trout -so that's what I do.
You asked about temps and this winter has been different. The fall was gradual and I think the fish (especially trout) acclimated slow enough to stay on the flats. The key is to locate dark bottom or shallow turbid water that will radiate heat more quickly. But these areas can’t have much water exchange or there won’t be enough rise in temp. This pattern works well in the opposite direction in the summer . Bait will respond to the same conditions and that will make it even more likely to find what we’re looking for.
Look back a few weeks and you'll see I got skunked, by the way.

This is the sort of post and advice that makes this forum such a great helpful one, I appreciate the ideas and experience that you guys are prepared to share, it makes the targeting of fish so much more interesting and enjoyable, this sport of ours is second to none in the camaraderie that is shared.
tight lines Littoral I look forward to reading more of your posts.

[Supa Fly]

Good job Lit. There's something really satisfying about taking a day that you think is going to end up terrible and pulling a good trip out of it right at the end.