Trout, redfish and flounder complement family, fish and fun

On Saturday, Conrad Edler (my nephew) arrived for a short visit from Colorado. While at dinner that night, Conrad, Elliott, and I decided to go fishing the next day. Our plan was to fish the last half of the falling tide, targeting trout first then switching to redfish near dead low tide.  

 

Sunday, we met for a quick lunch at Ali Baba. The gyro platter was delicious. Afterwards we headed home to launch the skiff.  

 

As we pulled away from the dock, the water temperature was 68 degrees, and the barometer was rising. After a brief discussion, we agreed that the trout would be holding in deeper water adjacent to big depth transitions.  

 

On the way to our first fishing spot, we each picked out our favorite Z-Man Finesse TRD lure colors. Conrad selected The Deal. Elliott selected Bubble Gum. I selected Hot Snakes. As we were planning to fish deeper, in 10 to 15 feet of water, we paired the lures with 1/5-ounce NedLockZ jigs.

 

Upon arrival at an oyster bar that dropped off into a creek channel, we cast our lures up current of the bar and worked them into deeper water with a twitch and pause retrieve. Boom! All three of us hooked up with trout. 

 

For the next 30 minutes, we caught and released trout two and three at a time. When the bite trailed off, we moved to another location with identical characteristics. Replicating this pattern, we stayed on the trout until it was time to target redfish.

 

At dead low tide, we moved to a set of docks that had shallow oyster bars that dropped off into 4 to 6 feet of water. It took a bit of looking but we eventually found a large school of redfish between the docks in 6 feet of water. The fish were mixed in size and very hungry. We released a bunch of redfish.  

 

Conrad and I each released a flounder to complete our inshore slams (trout, redfish, flounder). Then, immediately began giving Elliott a hard time for not having one. Elliott endured our barbs until he completed his inshore slam as well.

 

It was great to be on the water with Conrad and Elliott. We released lots of fish and had countless laughs.  

 

Family. Fish. Fun. It was a good afternoon.

 

Contact Captain Greg Peralta at captgregp@gmail.com or call (843) 224-0099.