Tuesday was only the 5th time out in the kayak despite owning it for 3 weeks. That’s how often the winds have dropped to safe levels for this old man. The water has really warmed up in that time, and now the flats are heavy with fish, but I’ve mostly been seeing mullet, with only one legit redfish sighting each outing. Tuesday I spotted 5 reds and 4 sheepshead… but all were within 15 feet or so and we spotted each other at the same time, 9 fish spooked.
One of those reds showed himself as I was stepping closer to cast to a spot of nervous water 50 feet away, the fish appeared inside a rod’s length, then booked it right out of there. No wake, no boil in the water, just gone in 16 inches of water. I’m spotting fish as far as 30 or 40 feet out, but I can’t tell if they are mullet, trout, or drum.
At one point I was about to pickup and recast to some fish I was targeting, and I saw a gold flash right near my fly… I stripped two more times and the fish grabbed it! So I trout set. 🤣🤣🤣 Yesterday it blew 30 mph all day and today it’s flat, but cloudy. I’ll paddle out this afternoon to see if the sun comes out as predicted. I’ve got to luck into some tailing fish eventually. #kayakfishing //
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