Mark caught a big spotted seatrout on a recent trip with Capt. Mark Wright. The Z-Man Pop Shadz hanging from the trophy’s mouth truly excels in choppy water fishing!
Sunday I joined Capt. Tom Carver as a second boat. One of my anglers was only an occasional fisherman who was “new” to the mechanics of spinning reels. I’ll give the gent credit; he learned fast and as a result he caught several trout. His experienced partner had much better results with a bunch of trout and a respectable redfish.
I spent a Monday and Tuesday with Top Water Tony and his buddy Mark.
Our first day was relatively uneventful as we worked through a couple of miles of backwater areas. It was a day of “ones” as they seemingly caught one of everything including a flounder. The bumpy ride back to the ramp proved to portend Tuesday’s weather conditions.
Tuesday we launched into a stiff northwest breeze of about twelve mph. As we were heading across the choppy open water to spot one I made the snap decision to go elsewhere. While we’ll never know if I made the best call by deviating from our original plan this decision was well rewarded.
Our first thirty minutes or so resulted in no bent rods though Tony’s top water plug was routinely “slapped” at by little trout. Once I was able to maneuver the boat into a favorite location the bite was on!
Here Mark struck gold using a Z-Man Pop Shadz. His first trout was near “Gator” status though we did not measure or weight it. As we were taking Mark’s photo Tony hooks up again after losing his first three hook-ups. This fish was respectable though not even close in size to two of the three monsters he briefly hooked!
The rest of their morning was slower paced with a more sporadic pace. Still each of them caught several more trout. No redfish were caught on this windy day.
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