Launched at the Keaton public ramp at 0625 this morning. Ran north to the Yates Creek area. The water was slick, stained, 70 degrees, and no wind early. I stuck with hard baits most of the day. The first fish came at 0715 in 2.5 feet of water. A 23" trout caught on a rattling jerk minnow. I stayed in the area until 0815, and started moving out, as the tide was falling. I caught a few shorts along the way. What low tide there was happened about 1130. I didn't land another keeper until the tide started moving in. During the low tide I ran south to meet up with a friend and his son. I was going to speak to Redmann and Wet Jet, but they heard me say I was headed their way, and left. I guess they didn't want to be around me today.
I fished the rest of the day in the Piney area. The water was near gin clear and 73 degrees. The next keeper came at 1215 in 4.5 feet of water. A 16" trout, released to be caught another day. Occasionally I would pick up a Cajun Thunder for a few casts. The CT never produced a solid keeper for me, today. I threw a Catch 2000 and a Catch Jr. most of the afternoon. At 1700 I had a limit of keeper trout, all over 18", and one 23" spanish. I also missed several fish, and had numerous fish follow the bait to the boat, and not take it.The bite was slow for me today. I never found any concentration of fish. But I'm now thoroughly convinced tht even on a slow day a hard bait will produce larger fish than soft plastics.
, sounds like a good time on the water. 
I'm glad to see the water temp improving 
. I caught very few fish under this size yesterday. Today, I had one 22incher, and a dozen or so between 15-18. Almost completly opposite results as the day before, aside from the one nice trout .
