After about 45 minutes, we couldn’t stand idling anymore, so we decided to fish in a spot near the mouth of the river. We both threw topwaters, but JB had the hot hand early. He was throwing a gold Super Spook Jr. and was having a blowup practically every cast. He caught some small trout and a keeper Spanish and I picked up a 15.5” trout on the Super Spook as well.
We made a move East and fished some spotty bottom in about 3.5’ of water. The small trout bite continued and JB lost a smallish red at the boat. I decided that small trout were for the birds and so we decided to head in and check on the pets. I hadn’t been out of the Aucilla in about 6 weeks due to a boat on the DL and so it was nice to find fish on the old honey holes. At the first stop in shallow, the first cast with the Bite A Bait topwalker resulted in a monster blow-up…five minutes later and a 26.5” red was in the boat.
We power-poled down after the hit and made a few casts to the area once it settled down. JB hooked up on the jig and I had another big blow-up on the topwater. I was able to get my trout to the boat…a nice 24” pig, but in the process of netting my fish and fighting his fish, JB lost his red.
We picked the PP up and continued drifting and didn’t get sixty feet before I had another big blowup. This time it was a fat 22” trout.
We left the area to let it settle down some and moved to the West. In area #2, I had another big blowup and was able to bring in a 24.5” trout. Unfortunately, I’d taken the Boga grip out of the boat while it was in the shop and had left it sitting in the garage. While trying to get the big girl ready for a picture, I “mooked” it and she flopped out of my hands and back into the water.
We continued moving in towards the grass line shore and again had another big hit on the TW. I brought a nice fat 21” trout to the boat and again “mooked” it while JB was getting the camera out. Trout are some slippery buggers.
And finally, the Magazine Cover shot...and don't hate on the lucky fishing "Dukes".
It was a fun way with a good friend. Enjoyed it Wade.
We only fished for two hours and caught 7 trout to 24.5” with four over 20” and two reds to 26.5”. The idle home took an hour, but we were off the water by 12:30.
T – 70 ; R - 45
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