Friday fishing report

I got out of work a bit early this afternoon, so I had about thirty minutes to fish before heading home so that Shawn could go to yoga. To maximize the possibility of catching a fish, I opted to head over to the Snell Isle Secret Spot. This would be the second day in a row fishing there, and I was hesitant to fish there on consecutive days--I don't want to draw too much attention to the spot. The lure of a successful day yesterday was too much to resist, however, and I drove over there as fast as was legally possible.

I still had my DOA shrimp tied on from yesterday, so I started fishing with it right away. It was on about my fourth cast that I hooked up with a fish, a fish that ended up being a 12.5" inch speckled trout.

Why the half-inch accuracy? you might ask. I actually remembered my tape measure today, so was able to get a quick reading instead of measuring the fish against my pole.

I should note that the three trout I've caught at the secret spot over the last two days have all totally swallowed the lure to the point where I can barely see the eye of the hook. Fortunately, all three have also shaken loose upon my landing them, therefore avoiding any gory de-hooking.

After about ten minutes of unsuccessful fishing, I decided to tie on a Rapala that I've been fishing unsuccessfully with over several fishing trips. My first cast produced a vicious hit from a ladyfish, which I missed, and which coincidentally fouled up my hook with my line, much to my frustration as three large ladyfish were following it.

Somehow I ended up with a knot around my treble hook, so it took me a few minutes to untangle. When the lure was loose, I tossed it back to the same spot, ready to hook the waiting ladyfish and...nothing. I tried the spot a few more times and...nothing.

Frustrating.

I tried to cast the other direction for a bit and quiet down the area where they were biting, and after a few minutes of not catching anything in that direction either, I switched back to where the previous ladyfish action was.

First cast and I had a fish on, which leaped high and tossed my lure back into the water.

Newman!

I checked my phone and saw I had just a few minutes left, so made one last cast, deciding to hurl the lure as far as I could. I succeeded in my cast, launching the Rapala far into the sky. Unfortunately, I had cast it so hard that the lure had become disconnected to my line.

I wasn't sure whether to be angry at losing another $10 lure, or happy that I wouldn't have to fish with that blasted thing again. Back to the Yozuri's.

P.S. Fished the Hillsborough for about 20 minutes today with a DOA shrimp. Nothing doing there either.