I went towards the river and couldn't get into the bayou as the tide was still too low. I started fishing the oyster bars and sand bars just east of the river and hooked 2 bigguns back to back, again on that crazy jerkbait rig, didn't measure but they were both maybe 22 to 24. The wind had picked up significantly so I threw into the wind and just let the drift carry the bait, me twitching every 5 to 10 seconds or so, very slow fishing. After those 2, nothing, I was seeing fish hit the surface everywhere, just couldn't get them to eat my lure again. Also saw some pompano skipping on the surface, very cool.
The tide finally came in enough for me to cross into the east bayou. There's redfish everywhere, in like 6 inches of water. I could see their backs clean out of the water, again couldn't get one to chew on my lure. I switch to a gold AD spoon, and fish the hell out of it, I'm starting to think I'll never catch a fish on that spoon. I cross the Carrabelle river and go into Jordan Bayou, caught a few short trout and decide to head back, I'm a ways away from my car now.
I troll a Rapala floating minnow on the way back, several hits, 1 small trout pulled in, but very poor hook up ratios (smaller hooks). I have a little blue Bomber Long A with larger hooks and start pulling in... more short trout. All along the flats on the way back, maybe 5 or 6 12 inch trout. I get back to my car at like 4:00 pm. I can sit on my kayak for 8 hrs a day but sit me in front of a computer and all of a sudden it's work.
