Monday morning at St. Marks
Posted: February 9th, 2016, 8:44 am
Me and my wife dropped the new boat (new to us anyway) in at the Fort yesterday morning at low tide for a shake down run. Didn't have a lot of time but figured as long as we were there, might as well throw a couple of rods in the rod holders I mounted and do some trolling (my favorite way to fish the river in the winter time).
Ran across another couple in a small aluminum boat that we have chatted with in the past. They were also trolling and they were putting on a clinic on trolling for trout. While we were trolling gulp paddle tails on jig heads and having no success, these folks were trolling the same path and hooking up right and left and pulling in BIG trout. After about three trips up the path we were trolling I asked them what they were using. They said they were fishing rattle traps off a long line to get the bait down really deep. Just want to say "Thank You" to those folks that will share what works when you come across them while out on the water!
Ran across another couple in a small aluminum boat that we have chatted with in the past. They were also trolling and they were putting on a clinic on trolling for trout. While we were trolling gulp paddle tails on jig heads and having no success, these folks were trolling the same path and hooking up right and left and pulling in BIG trout. After about three trips up the path we were trolling I asked them what they were using. They said they were fishing rattle traps off a long line to get the bait down really deep. Just want to say "Thank You" to those folks that will share what works when you come across them while out on the water!
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