By the time I got to Coffee Pot this morning, the air temp was 45 degrees and the tide was dead low. I parked on the eastern side by the bridge to Snell Isle. It was beautiful out.
As soon as I pulled out my gear and turned around, I saw a fish break the water. I tossed out my Yo-zuri and had a fish on in just a few seconds. It was a ladyfish, and it self-released when it jumped, but hey, one fish on one cast was a good sign.
In the excitement, I forgot to get my camera out of the car, which was unfortunate because moments later I hooked a very large ladyfish which peeled off my line and made my reel sing. I counted five jumps before the monster gave up and I got him close enough to measure: 24", my new personal best. I have to tell you, I was thrilled at how well my knot held against such a large fish.
I fished the eastern side for about thirty minutes and caught three more ladyfish. Here are two of the three, all of which were 14".
I didn't take a picture of the third because it was the same size as the other three.
Though the ladyfish bite was good, I really wanted to try to catch a keeper trout today, so I drove over to the Vinoy Basin and switched over to a 1/8oz red jig head with a new penny color Gulp shrimp.
The bite was furious. I landed four trout within about 45 minutes. Three of them measured about 11", and one was near 15", but somehow I had misplaced my tape measure and couldn't confirm that it met the minimum length for a keeper. I was pretty bummed, but hey, the fishing was great:
The Starlite Princess went by.
I ended my fishing day with a feisty lizard fish:
In total, I landed 9 fish, which is a hell of a day. I was disappointed at not catching a keeper trout, especially when I thought I had one in my hands, but that just gives me another reason to get back out on the water.
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