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Econfina 10/15

Posted: October 18th, 2011, 4:44 pm
by MuleTrainGA
This past saturday i took my pops out to econfina to chase after some trout and reds. I had heard reports form other fisherman that fish were everywhere and that cut bait was the way to go.... However, my adventurous spirit told me to go artificial all day. After getting out before sunlight, I pulled up into the first open creek mouth I saw. After a few cast with my skitterwalk i caught a nice red and with a few more cast caught a nice trout. It seems that every cast a fish would short strike the plug. After a few drifts i decided that we should head on out a little deeper and try for some trout. I threw a jighead with a new penny gulp and my dad had threw a CT with a new penny gulp. Both of us had a lot of success but it seemed that the bigger fish were more prone to bite my jig. The most startling thing during the day was at dead tide we caught more fish than we did the rest of the day. It seemed as if the big fish turned on for about 20 minutes and after they nearly stopped completely. With the lull I decided to make the run out to rock island. Once there i decided to throw my skitterwalk for a while and see if i couldnt entice the bigger trout to bite. After many casts and a few huge strikes, I finally had a good hookup. After a couple of good runs i got the fish close enough to see the size, it was MASSIVE :o . In a last ditch effort the fish made another run and came unhooked :smt011 . I reckon thats why we call it fishing. After a few more trout we headed on in. Great trip and me and dad had a blast. No pics but as soon as i figure out how ill post.

TDM

Re: Econfina 10/15

Posted: October 18th, 2011, 4:56 pm
by Harmsway
Thank for the great report, MuleTrain. That's gitten'er done. :smt038

Re: Econfina 10/15

Posted: October 18th, 2011, 6:18 pm
by Jumptrout51
In a last ditch effort the fish made another run and came unhooked :smt011
Was it a trout or red?

Re: Econfina 10/15

Posted: October 18th, 2011, 6:34 pm
by MuleTrainGA
Big trout. Probably around 23 24". Broke my heart man.. ha

Re: Econfina 10/15

Posted: October 18th, 2011, 7:18 pm
by fishinfool
MuleTrainGA wrote:Big trout. Probably around 23 24". Broke my heart man.. ha
JT knows exactly how you feel. ;-)

Re: Econfina 10/15

Posted: October 19th, 2011, 6:09 am
by SS-342
A good report.

Can't wait to get on the water again!

Re: Econfina 10/15

Posted: October 22nd, 2011, 4:22 pm
by Hammer
:( MT you not gonna tell about leaving your cousin and friend broke down by the road in the dark :smt010

Re: Econfina 10/15

Posted: October 23rd, 2011, 9:28 am
by MuleTrainGA
Naw... they shouldve been prepared. :D You cant decide that your gonna go fishing at 5 in the mornin then expect everything to go right.. ha they got to do what they wanted to do anyways... :sleep: :sleep: :sleep: