Looking out my window at work, I noticed how overcast it was all day long and day dreamed about how awesome the topwater bite must of been. So, when I got home I immediately went out and started casting my favorite topwater lures, like the rapala skitter walk, to see if I could get a bite.

I saw action right away and missed what was probably a big snook or speckled trout. A few casts later, a smaller trout took a swipe at my topwater. An hour later a couple of redfish short strike my lure. I notice this was becoming a trend, no real second follow ups, which usually happens when the miss the first time. All the fish seemed to be short striking, although they were being very aggressive early in the evening. Finally, I hooked up on a nice 20 inch red after a second cast and a couple of pauses. I was able to get the fish boat side where unfortunately it came off.

At this point I’ve missed about 5 fish, and was starting to feel like I might not be able put it together. I ended up missing another nice redfish before I caught a really nice 26 inch snook. I noticed by the end of the day, my issues was that I was casting perpendicular to the wind. Which you can hear in this video was pretty strong, about 16mph. When you cast perpendicular to the wind, a big D loop forms, which adds a lot of slack to your line. You always want to keep a direct connection from rod tip to lure for the best hook up chances. Overall it was a pretty tough day execution wise for me but I’m glad a I stuck it out and caught my first snook in a while.