Fenholloway River - 4-14-2018
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:57 am
My Fenholloway trips will probably start reducing as the water gets warmer and the fish move out on the flats in the grass beds. When that happens all the other launches in the Gulf will get fished more. Hickory Mounds should be seeing trips in the future.
The only day to remotely think about fishing was Saturday since Sunday's weather was terrible. My plan was to make it in one of the creeks before low tide and the higher winds. Tim met me at Rocky's for a first light launch. He headed to a back creek area hoping to freshwater fish first and then maybe find some saltwater afterwards. I made it to my creek entrance while the winds were still 6 mph. Caught my first red by 7:35 am. Then the winds started picking up and the casting, let alone keeping the kayak the direction you wanted, became a little more challenging.
I managed to catch 3 reds and 5 trout. Hooked a large alligator gar that I got halfway in before the jig head came loose. Around noon I got tired of fighting the wind and headed to find Tim. He was parked in a back creek area sheltered from the wind and catching catfish and bluegills. Tim also caught an released a nice red in the same area he was freshwater fishing. Hooked it on one of his panfish rigs...lol!
Not a lot of pictures. The sunrise, my biggest red and trout, Tim's cooler and red.
The only day to remotely think about fishing was Saturday since Sunday's weather was terrible. My plan was to make it in one of the creeks before low tide and the higher winds. Tim met me at Rocky's for a first light launch. He headed to a back creek area hoping to freshwater fish first and then maybe find some saltwater afterwards. I made it to my creek entrance while the winds were still 6 mph. Caught my first red by 7:35 am. Then the winds started picking up and the casting, let alone keeping the kayak the direction you wanted, became a little more challenging.
I managed to catch 3 reds and 5 trout. Hooked a large alligator gar that I got halfway in before the jig head came loose. Around noon I got tired of fighting the wind and headed to find Tim. He was parked in a back creek area sheltered from the wind and catching catfish and bluegills. Tim also caught an released a nice red in the same area he was freshwater fishing. Hooked it on one of his panfish rigs...lol!
Not a lot of pictures. The sunrise, my biggest red and trout, Tim's cooler and red.