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[Prof. Salt]

The problem with fishing on Spring Break is the traffic. Finding a quiet place to fish can be difficult, so I decided to give the river a try. I launched behind the veteran's cemetery and worked upriver where there was less chance of encountering traffic. Now that ship channel dredge has ruined the flats I knew I wouldn't be able to paddle there, but I gave the river itself a try. There was more than a fair share of winds, but the river offers a bit of protection so I paddled Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings. Monday I found fish feeding around a drain that emptied a long ditch that was loaded with hatchling menhaden. The tide was slowly dropping and emptying the tiny fish into the river for a feast. I just hung around and casted to the fish as they crashed the surface. By the time I hit 13 reds and a drum, I was ready to head home to work on other projects. Wednesday morning the air was still but reds were shy. I paddled eight miles of river edge and found six reds making barely visible wakes ...and behind the kayak six trout and a flounder fell to swim baits that were following behind. The river is ideal for trolling while stalking reds. I paddle 30 or 40 feet from the shoreline watching for me shallow friends, while the baits behind me thumped along near the bottom in 4-8 feet of water. Saturday I returned, worried about weekend traffic, but there were only a couple of boats moving through so it worked pretty well. Fish were staying quiet, but I found four barely perceptible reds and trolled up five trout so no complaints here. Three trips gave me 24 miles of paddling, 22 reds, a dozen trout and a flounder and drum. Now it's back to work to catch up on emails and meetings.

[awesum]

Nice bait. I've seen them at Roy's.

[Prof. Salt]

[awesum]

Have you tried it for red snapper?

[Prof. Salt]

[awesum]

It sure looks like you could thread it onto a 2 oz jig head

[Prof. Salt]