Back to the basin

I got out for a quick fish this evening at 5:30. I drove over to the Vinoy Basin and opting for free parking, chose to fish the north side of the basin.

As I've done nothing but lose my precious Yo-zuri's lately, I decided to tie on a Rapala that has yet to catch any fish, but that fishes just like the Yo-zuri, except that it runs deeper. There were a few guys fishing out on the edge of the neck when I started out, so I opted to cast around the docks a bit first.

Not a bite.

After thirty minutes, I walked back to my car and tied on a 1/4oz red jig head with a white/green Berkely Gulp shrimp. I tried the docks again and nothing was doing, so I walked further to the neck and started to cast out into the current. Immediately, I started getting some light bites; most likely pinfish.

I continued up the neck, twice hooking a small fish, only to have it self-release. Just past the channel marker, I cast out and got an immediate hook-up. The fight was lazy and loose, so I assumed I had a trout on the other end of the line. When I landed the fish, I could see in the waning light that I had indeed caught a silver trout, 9" or so. I unhooked him as gently as possible, which he rewarded me with a nice bite on my thumb. I laughed and tossed him back in to the water.

The sun set, I walked back to my car in the dark, smiling and happy.

I don't know if it is the fish, my fishing, or both, but I've been doing a lot of catching lately, and I have to say that I like it.