Lanark 9/3/05

Post by **noleflyfisher** » September 3rd, 2005, 8:13 pm

Whew, what a day. Hit the water at 7:30 and ran right to Dog Island to check water conditions. Cleanest I've seen it since Dennis. That was a surprise. Next issue, redtide. None. No sign of redtide all day. Fished Dog Island for an hour with a chug bug. Three or four 18 inch trout, lots o' shorts, bluefish and Spanish. Sun got right and I went in search of Mr. Spot Tail. Five minutes into my shallow water jaunt I spy a couple of decent reds easing on top of a bar that left them pretty naked. I led them by a couple feet and slowly stripped the fly away from them. They both charged the fly and the winner came to the boat. I pressed down the flat and caught six more reds (20-25 inches). The water was coming up nicely and I made a move to a high water spot. All hell broke loose here. A conveyor belt of fish (easy fish) pressed toward my boat for an hour and a half. I released probably 15 or more and left them chewing. Man, all this on a day that I expected to see gloom and doom at the coast. Here are some pics of the early fish (I didn't have time to snap any shots during the high water blitz):

dave7 · Post by **dave7** » September 3rd, 2005, 8:18 pm

holy cow - sounds like one of those days that'll last for a long time. Thanks for the report and the GREAT pics!

If you don't mind - what fly or spoon were you using?

Post by **birddog** » September 3rd, 2005, 8:19 pm

Real nice! You've got it together, Nole.

Post by **wevans** » September 3rd, 2005, 8:33 pm

Sweet spots on that last one

Yer just gonna have to start guiding on the side now

Post by **noleflyfisher** » September 3rd, 2005, 9:02 pm

dave7 wrote: If you don't mind - what fly or spoon were you using?

Don't mind at all. A chartreuse over white clouser.

Post by **tin can** » September 3rd, 2005, 10:29 pm

Man, what a day. And on a fly rod at that. Nice catch, Nole.

Post by **Eerman** » September 4th, 2005, 6:25 pm

Sounds like an awesome day.

Post by **Aucilla** » September 4th, 2005, 7:24 pm

Awesome........

Post by **rocket** » September 4th, 2005, 7:28 pm

Good job on them reds!!

Post by **Reel Slow** » September 4th, 2005, 9:00 pm

That is awesome! Talk about a good day.

Post by **Chalk** » September 9th, 2005, 5:56 pm

Your the man....How have the sheepies been to you...Thanks for the report, you suck

Post by **mjsigns** » September 9th, 2005, 11:38 pm

Pig

Good pics