Hey Y'all! If you messaged me the past few days give me a while to get back to you. My inbox has been loaded up on the various fishing forums. Happens every time I have a good trout day. You think I would learn by now. General information questions are cool but its the "Where exactly do you go! I want a big trout too!" messages that bug me. I had nobody to show me around Baffin and learned it myself so put the time in.
I had been in talks with Glenn (prof.salt) about draggin him down to baffin to show him the waters and how to fish them. Finally a nice day opened up and we made the trip to my favorite bay system.
It started out a little rocky and cold since I forgot my wade boots-socks-buff and other things at the apartment. Nothing like a little barefoot launch in the early morning to wake you up!
We get to Jurassic park and start casting around. Winds were a little higher than expected so I took off my topwater plug and tied on the tried and true paddle tail! Letting it fall to the bottom and a slow raise of the rod tip then reeling the slack was the ticket. It didnt take long for the first *THUMP*. Knew right away it was a heavy fish! She didnt put on a big show but after some tense anchor rope moments I finally had the first trout of the day in the kayak. She went 29.5".
I could already tell it was going to be a killer day! I switch lures a few different times and gave glenn the paddle tail. He started to go to work on the slot trout. I wasnt getting anything so I moved over to the other side of him and tried for some slots. I tied back on another paddle tail and kept the same retrieve. *Thump* ...
The headshakes started up as another big trout hit the surface. This one was heavier and had a lot more fight. I finally got her in the kayak and put her on the board. My second trout of the day was another 29" big girl. She was THICK! Didnt have a belly but she had a big body for her size.
Two trophies to start the day! Not too shabby! The trout bite died down and I picked up one more red on a live shrimp tossed behind me. We bounced around from spot to spot trying to find some kind of bite but the conditions werent having it. Not enough wind for a drum bite but too much for a trout at mid day. We beached up to eat and relax for a while. The sun finally came out and winds died so we jumped back in the yaks to try another spot I like with shell in 3' of water. We can spot birds sitting and slicks forming as we got closer to it. First cast into the slick pulls a nice 18" trout but that was all. We barely missed the bite.
The east wind started kicking up and I knew where we had to be. After a short paddle we hit the wind blown shoreline and anchored up. It didnt take long for the drum bite to pick up. I had my work cut out for me with 4 fishing rods going off at the same time in the kayak. In the mix was a NICE 27 3/4 tournament redfish. In the barrage of the affternoon bite I landed around 40 keeper drum and another redfish. Glenn did just as well with a limit of drum himself.
We start packing up to paddle back when one of glenns rods starts taking off. It was a bit better than previous fish. I pulled anchor and went over to see what it was and we both though it was a nice redfish until a big 28" trout floated into the net. It was a NICE trout on fishbites strips. We have caught big trout on them before but this was the biggest so far.
On that note we tried to end the day but found ourselves some feeding trout in the dark! A steady retrieved morning glory swimbait pulled in a few more slots for both of us and we finally called it a night with some heavy stringers.
Fishing had been great recently! Trout are feeding in short 30 minutes periods but its worth it if you can time it just right. Drum are thick as fleas on windy days. Reds are running back into the bays. I really cant wait for summer...maybe I can...just a bit...
Till next time
Life is good!
