Fishing Report 1/1-1/8
Happy New Year!January is currently taking revenge on us as we experience our first cold front....or should I say "REAL" cold front. Today at my house we didn't get out of the 30s' until noon.
The fishing is about to change. When the water drops below 65 degrees all of the mullet move out of the creeks and into the river. Bait shops will no longer carry fresh live shrimp. Fish become sluggish.
No this isn't the fish-apocalypse, just a change of tactics!
On sunny days the mud flats will warm up significantly more than the areas around them, causing redfish to move onto them to get warm. When casting to them it is important to present the bait slowly and to be patient.
Redfish warming up on the flats won't be able to say no to mud minnows as well as quartered crab. My "go to" for artificial this time of year is a D.O.A. shrimp with glitter pattern worked slowly.
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| Quartered Crab |
Yesterday morning I met up with a buddy and we fished in hellacious conditions- 25 mph winds/mid 40s. The water temp was right around 62 when we started but had dropped to the mid 50s' when we were done.
The fish were surprisingly aggressive. My guess is that they were having a "last supper" feast before the water temp dropped.
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| A Surprise Sheep. A first for us. 8lb 9oz Trophy! |
As the cold fronts come and go hopefully we will get a few warm days where the fish get feisty. Until then tight lines!
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