Saturday, April 19, 2008

Big Red !



Thanks to a coworker who didn't mind sharing his "secret spot", I landed this 26'' tailing spot friday night. I havent had that much fun in years, great company, great fishing, just an all around awesome time. I understand the reasons people closely gaurd their prized fishing spots, but for those of us lucky enough to be included in the circle of trust, the rewards are tremendous. I'd love to tell you where this is, but I wan't to fish this spot again and revealing its location just wouldn't be right. I'm sure you'll understand! Four fish in all, two trout and two big reds. As you can see from the rather grainy cell phone photo, I'm standing in knee deep water in a flooded cordgrass marsh. We were using light spinning tackle, and this cow was caught with a Berkley inshore tube jig like this: