Delacroix 10-23/24 Kayak Fishing

My buddy and I went out Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.

Thursday we would get bites, but no takers. I was fishing a white with green tail Vudu shrimp about 2 1/2 to 3 feet under a cork. I decided to try tipping the hook with a little piece of dead shrimp and that was the ticket. I only ended up with one black drum and six specks, but the specks were all nice. They were more aggressive when biting and fighting than I've seen before (maybe I just got used to bream and crappie over the summer). I only had one undersized trout, most were 13 inches or bigger.

Friday we went out to the same spot expecting to do a little better with a falling tide rather than a rising tide, but nothing was there. I tried a myriad of different things from live shrimp to spoons, nothing. So I went over to a small bay and tried the mouth, nothing. I noticed some action deeper into the bay and went and tried. I caught two reds, six bass (no wall hangers, but they all filleted nicely) and three trout. All of them (except one bass I caught on a surface walker) were caught with live shrimp.

I tied into one red that I fought for at least five minutes. I got him to the boat and I had ahold of my line to pull him into my lap. He was fighting so hard at that time and I couldn't find my net (need to clean my shed) that I decided to wear him out a little more before trying to land him. He went and found a grass bed and worked the hook out. I never saw him and doubt I'd have kept him if he were as big as he felt, but I sure would like to have feasted my eyes on him. Like I tell my daughter, it's not the ones you catch that bring you back, it's the ones that get away.