Back from NC and ready to for some saltwater action
This was a little disappointing since October/November are favorite time of year to fish. The redfish are schooled up before they move offshore in winter and the snook are moving back inshore to find their warm water haunts. The 2nd week of November I did manage a couple scouting trips to Charlotte Harbor. One with my buddy Captain Ed Hurst. Ed is a die hard fly fisherman and even though he will use spin tackle with clients he is strictly fly fish. his motto is "Bait fishing is like sleeping in the same bed as your sister. It is okay when you are a kid" It was blowing 20 knots which for me that is when I go to spin gear. On the low tide we fished the bar edges and deep grass flats catching large seatrout to 20 inches, pompano, flounder and ladyfish on clouser minnows and top water popping flies. When the tide came in and wind picked we headed to the back country where we could get out of the wind hiding behind mangrove islands and caught at least 25 snook on DT specials, chartreuse predator pounders and other bait fish patterns. I find it very gratifying when I am next to live bait fisherman chumming and fishing with white bait with very little luck and we are catching one after another on fly rods. I have nothing against live bait but just goes to show that if you can cast a fly or artificial on spinning gear you can catch a lot of fish. When the fish are spread out you can cover a lot more ground with fly or artificial getting the bait in front of the fish.
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