January 13th, 2012

Kelly and I went back to the scene of the crime today on an unseasonably warm January morning. As we paddled out to DTB's secret spot, I was concerned that the heat would make the snook move out of the area.

My concerns were mostly confirmed a half-hour later when we were fishing the usual spots as hard as we could, but no snook could be found. I finally got the skunk off with a trout caught on a jig head/shad tail combo, and Kelly did the same with a jig head/paddle tail combo.

We fished mostly with those two lures. Mine tended to catch trout, while Kelly's was bringing in more snook. By the time we were ready to paddle out, he had caught five snook to my two, though I held an edge on him with the trout, at five.

We paddled out and fished some of the bay outside of Bishop's Harbor. At one point I tossed my jig into a distant sand hole, and after one pop, got a nice trout on the line at 21".

Ultimately, it wasn't nearly as epic as our last trip out, but considering the warm weather, we did fairly well.

(No photos again. This time I couldn't find my camera.)

Sunday, December 23rd, 2012

Kelly and I launched on a good high tide and paddled straight out to DTB's secret spot. From the very first cast, the bite was on. I caught snook after snook on the Flat Rap, and in a few hours,  had brought in 30 snook. Unfortunately, I don't think any of them were over 15", but it was good catching nonetheless.

Kelly was at it as well, opting (as he is wont to do) to throw mostly his topwater Spook. His dedication to that lure almost paid off with a big snook catch, but after several attempts the fish just couldn't get the lure squarely in its mouth. Kelly managed to pick up a half-dozen snook with other lures once he gave up on the topwater.

It felt good to finally have the epic snook day that I had known was possible in this spot. Looking forward to getting back.

If you are wondering where the photos are...I didn't take any. I was too busy catching fish!