I should have known when I caught a keeper trout in the first half hour of casting that another downpour was right around the corner. The fact that the sky was already black was a pretty good indicator that may happen. What I did not expect was catching eight more keepers in the next twenty minutes! The rain and lightning then got far too close and I ran.
The bite only lasted about an hour the next day as well, but I will take it. The one thing that did not change was that the fish were holding in very small areas I fished a number of spots with the same structure and depth when they quit and never caught another trout. i found those fish in 2 to 3 feet of badly off-colored water fishing a bone Top Dog,Jr. The majority of the lake was much clearer, but I never caught another trout. The wind was blowing pretty good and I was fishing an incoming tide.
I did see some redfish blowing up on shad in the mid-lake area, but got there a little too late and couldn't find them again. They were really nice fish that were herding huge mullet.
I received three heads-ups from readers last week that I have never met and all three proved to be very helpful. They eliminated running to two spots that later proved to be a waste of time and the third put me in the right depth of water which I haven't been fishing. He had been catching redfish, but the trout were there as well. Thanks again for all good and bad information!
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