Raymond and I went fishing yesterday morning for the first time since last Thursday. Not much to report other than the water is still extremely high and the redfish are way back in the grass. Finding redfish wasn’t very hard. We found plenty of reds deep the spartina, but getting a bait to them without spooking them first was the tricky part. Many times we would spot a red outside of casting range down a shoreline deep in the grass rooting with its nose down and tail up, but by the time we made my way into the area the redfish was nowhere to be found.
We had a few shots at mid to upper slot redfish but could never get a bait presented properly because of the thickness of the grass and how far back the redfish were in the grass. We did have some success locating some trout and redfish fishing a marsh drain on the outgoing tide around the middle of the day. We were throwing a TTF Flats Minnow in mumpy glow on 1/8oz jighead along the drop-offs of the drain in 5′ of water. The bite was fast and furious for about 30 minutes.
We were catching trout and the occasional redfish nearly every cast then the grey ghost (shark) showed up and joined in on the buffet. The aerial show was an awesome sight. The shark cleared the water in the middle of the drain only a few yards away from a friend who had his back turned to the fish at the time. He caught the show in the corner of his eye and heard the explosion as the shark made its way back into the water. After that experience the bite slowed down considerably and we call it a day.
On a side note I somehow managed to ruin my four month old “waterproof” Sanyo Xacti HD video camera today, so I won’t be able to shoot any more video until I either get it fixed or replaced. I still have another waterproof point and shoot but the video capabilities are not very good. The camera fell in about 2′ of water and stayed in water no longer than 15 seconds. I recovered the camera and thought nothing of it until I tried to shoot some video later in the day while catching some trout.
I noticed some fog under the lenses so I opened the battery compartment and noticed that water had got inside. I removed the battery immediately and clean it as best as I could. When I got home I dried it our completely but there’s still water under the lenses and it won’t power on at all. I’m currently in the process of contacting Sanyo trying to remedy the situation. I will let everyone my experience and outcome with working with Sanyo’s customer service.
I can now add a broken camera to the list of things I’ve lost (fly box, 2 Buffs, Ego Net, and XTools Pliers) or broken (fly rod) as of late. My luck is running a little bad lately, but things are bound to turn around. I’m due for an epic day of fishing, especially now that I broke my camera.
