Gulfcoastrods
08-06-2006, 09:50 AM
My malibu kayak and I went to west bay today with a couple of fellow yakers and had great results on the reds. we hit the grass banks and looked for tails early.
easy and i were watching this 1 area when the flounder started leaping out of the water. i was thinking you could land 1 on topwater but easy said i am gunna fly rod his butt. and started the stalk. i have never seen a flounder completely leave the water busting bait. got a couple pics of easy fly fishing and i moved on to another grass bank. i watched the grass till i saw some nervous bait then the tail popped up. i landed a cast about 4 ft. in front of him and waited till he was close and twitch , twitch. boom. redfish on. it was a nice size red and put up a good battle but was no match. realeased him and started the stalk again. i rounded a point and saw a tail pop up again,so i sent the top sailing to him and whammo fish on it was another 1 i did not see that was closer. this was a much nicer fish and drug me around and scared the others away. 25.5 and on the stringer for some half shell delight. it balled my line up on the reel so the next cast the topwater went and went and went i saw the re entry point and retrieved it later. switched to a spook jr. and i continued on the QUEST and caught 1 more at about 20 to 21 inches and released him to grow up some. it got real hot and decided to call it a day of good fishing. Easy will post up pics to.
RANDALL
easy and i were watching this 1 area when the flounder started leaping out of the water. i was thinking you could land 1 on topwater but easy said i am gunna fly rod his butt. and started the stalk. i have never seen a flounder completely leave the water busting bait. got a couple pics of easy fly fishing and i moved on to another grass bank. i watched the grass till i saw some nervous bait then the tail popped up. i landed a cast about 4 ft. in front of him and waited till he was close and twitch , twitch. boom. redfish on. it was a nice size red and put up a good battle but was no match. realeased him and started the stalk again. i rounded a point and saw a tail pop up again,so i sent the top sailing to him and whammo fish on it was another 1 i did not see that was closer. this was a much nicer fish and drug me around and scared the others away. 25.5 and on the stringer for some half shell delight. it balled my line up on the reel so the next cast the topwater went and went and went i saw the re entry point and retrieved it later. switched to a spook jr. and i continued on the QUEST and caught 1 more at about 20 to 21 inches and released him to grow up some. it got real hot and decided to call it a day of good fishing. Easy will post up pics to.
RANDALL
