We caught several shorts around the birdrack...no keepers. Lost a pile of shrimp to pins before we went toward shore about 1 mile...angling toward Rock Island. The tide had built up a bit and we stayed in 3-5 feet of water.
There was no wind at all. Tried a topwater mirrorlure off and on as the morning progressed. Much to my delite....I got the largest trout of the day....an 18 inch-er.
We went on to catch 5 keeper trout ... one 2 1/2 lb drum...about 30 cats (keep 2 sailcats...they're good to eat you know), one quite large black bass.
I can't imagine you guys saying, "we picked up 200 shrimp on the way"....as I hear you often say.
Our luck was about average for the reports I hear from this area.
The water was dark everywhere we went.....out over 4 miles...in to shore. The river was completely full of dark water. Looked like coffee.
The Dixie Reb caught his only keeper trout on a bait rig while trying to catch small shiners. There was 3 of us.
.....Try that tannic water, you might be suprised.... 
