Boat traffic was pretty heavy, so we decided to ease on to the west hoping for better reds. We found more pups, though a couple inches bigger than the earlier ones. After another 5, we moved further west.
Picked up a couple of good trout then as the tide bottomed out the bite stopped. Very little action during the low. A small trout here and there.
Once the water turned, the trout bite got hot. We had 10 , 19" trout in the box by 12:45-1:00. We threw back another 10, then went looking for better reds.
Saw 1 school of reds with lockjaw. Must've been 75 fish in the school. Continued on. Seemed the trout had either eaten or run off all the bigger redfish.
Finally found a good school of mullet with some nice reds mixed in and talked 1, 25"er into biting. With that 1 in the box and an earlier 20"er, we had a full limit of trout and reds. Ending on a high note we headed in.
Caught 'em on spoons and soft jerkbaits.
Beautiful day out there, though the wind blew a gale.
I had a great time, James.
Can't wait til next time.
A few pics:







The kill shot



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