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Post by beesting on Mar 20, 2014 20:10:15 GMT -5
This probably won't excite most of you but I'm not a saltwater guy and I am just recently a kayak guy. I wanted to show off the 31" Redfish I caught today. out of my PA14 in 12 inches of water. I caught a 26" yesterday. Right before I came in today I caught an 18" slot fish to clean and we had that along with a trout from yesterday for dinner. Why am I just now learning about this kayak thing!?!  |
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Post by bayoubuck12 on Mar 20, 2014 20:22:10 GMT -5
That is a beautiful red my friend! Great catch!
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Post by gabreamyaker on Mar 20, 2014 20:38:02 GMT -5
nice catches bet those put up a good fight
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Post by 3spots on Mar 20, 2014 21:20:03 GMT -5
Great looking fish! Someone's an addict now! Lol. Congrats
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Post by nubby on Mar 21, 2014 9:44:17 GMT -5
Great looking red. Now you are addicted. Have a great time.
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Post by Sharkattack on Mar 21, 2014 11:18:36 GMT -5
Nice looking red, glad we have another redfish addict. It's super great to see that the reds tails are turning blue again. Means warmer waters and the blue crabs are running around. Means the big feed has begun or is going to shortly
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Post by tradbow on Mar 21, 2014 14:20:30 GMT -5
Awesome. Nothing beats fishing out of a yak. Esepcially big reds!!
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Post by battleyak on Mar 22, 2014 9:57:07 GMT -5
Man, I'm still in the hunt for my first red of the year. Or first salt water fish of the year. Awesome catch man!!
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Post by beesting on Mar 23, 2014 19:17:28 GMT -5
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Post by Sharkattack on Mar 23, 2014 20:35:42 GMT -5
Nice fish. What baits are you using?
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Post by beesting on Mar 24, 2014 1:08:07 GMT -5
I caught every red this week on a new penny Gulp Shrimp. I think it was a smaller one like a 4".
Anyway, I took some advice from a guy on another board and started fishing with a 1/8 oz weighted 4/0 wide gap hook with the screw-in keeper in the eye.
I can throw in around Spartina and shell bars without getting hung up like jigs. Plus I think it casts a little better. The lure not me. 15 years ago I could cast and flip with both hands with just about any amateur but boy am I rusty. I suck now. But I've parked the clubs since I bought that kayak and I'm sure a lot of it will come back with practice.
Does anyone know where I can catch slot fish? My wife is from Louisiana and loves Redfish but she can't get a grasp on the slot limit. I send her a picture of these nice fish and her reply is always, are we having Redfish for dinner?
I mean, are these tailing fish on the high tide always going to be monsters? I realize you don't know about where I'm fishing but in general, where will the smaller fish schools be relative to these bruisers?
Thanks
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Post by 3spots on Mar 24, 2014 5:29:22 GMT -5
Mid tides around structure is where I find most of my slots.
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Post by Sharkattack on Mar 24, 2014 5:37:18 GMT -5
3 spots is right. I fish 1 hr before and 1hr after low tide for my slots In tidal creeks or structure.
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Post by beesting on Mar 26, 2014 11:45:28 GMT -5
I went out yesterday on a low tide to map out a creek I'd been studying on Google Earth. Got distracted by the fish jumping and it turned into a fishing trip of course.
I was searching for some slot Reds and caught another 32" Redfish in less than 2' of water on a mud minnow. This was in an 8' wide funnel connecting a good sized mud flat with the main creek channel near the mouth.
It is FUN but I am still looking for a pattern to find the slot reds.
I did find a relatively deep hole or depression though. I saw it on Google Earth on a low tide photo and checked it out with the Elite 4 HDI. I was going from an average depth of 3-6 feet and it dropped off to a little over 14' just about 90 minutes after dead low tide. Should be about 20' of so on high tide. I marked it with the GPS and even fished it a little while but the WIND yesterday afternoon was horrible and I needed to get going anyway.
Can anyone tell me the best time and method to fish this place? I anchored up wind (and down current) of it in about 4-5 feet of water. I am guessing maybe a bottom rig? I tried a slip cork set with a mud minnow at about 7' with no luck. Again, the water was low and coming in so I don't know when this place would be best to try.
Thanks
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Post by Sharkattack on Mar 26, 2014 17:22:01 GMT -5
Work a jig on the bottom. Live bait or artificial and just work it off the bottom in whatever method of retrieve you prefer
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Post by 3spots on Mar 26, 2014 21:00:53 GMT -5
You'd have to show me this spot for me to give an informed method. Lol
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Post by battleyak on Mar 26, 2014 21:44:25 GMT -5
Ok all this talk about catching these nice reds is making me jealous. I feel like I'm in kindergarten listening to a grown ups conversation lol! I need to step up my game to hang with you boys! Nice catches man
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