CAM NIRL, July 2011
If water levels remain low like they’ve been thus far in year 2011 we can expect our redfish, black drum and gator trout to be extra spooky for the remainder of the summer.
Fishing very early in the day will help the savvy angler in his or her efforts to fool these wary predators while using artificial lures.
Covering the entire water column is important, even in the shallows. I’m starting my days with a top-water plug on one client’s rod and a spoon on the second. This covers the TOP and MIDDLE of the water’s regions very well and will account for savage bites from the more aggressive fish in the immediate area.
I’ll keep two other rods rigged with Exude soft plastic baits. One will be rigged with an RT Slug in a color appropriate for the water clarity we’re fishing. A second rod will have an Exude Shrimp rigged weedless in either Natural Shrimp or the Golden Bream color. We’ll be using these to ply the bottom of the shallows by working them just over the grass and letting them fall into the sand-spots which dot the floor of our most productive fishing areas!
We’ve been having a great deal of luck this season by fishing UNDER and AROUND the schooling mullet, especially the big mullet. Don’t worry if these mullet are too large for the redfish, trout or drum to eat. The predators are feeding on the shrimp, pistol shrimp, crabs, etc. which are stirred up from the bottom as the mullet are rooting around in the grass, feeding! Of course fishing live or dead mullet, pinfish or shrimp on the bottom will work too, but be aware the pinfish may have their way with any “cut” bait sitting still.
It is pigfish season for you who like catching big numbers of seatrout. Floating a frisky pig at just the right depth below a popping float will virtually guarantee lots-o-action for the angler who is knowledgeable in this “simple” art!
Captain Mark Wright
cell - 321-302-3474
home - 321-264-3474
e-mail: CaptMarkWright@earthlink.net
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