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| Mark and Jenny Nichols fushin' at the tarpon hole |
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| Casting and trying to catch fish out of the mangroves |
At daybreak on Day Two of the annual outdoors writers festival we could tell immediately that the wind has switched around, causing the surface of the water to be rough and not conducive for a topwater bite. Several boats sat tight looking for a tarpon at Big Mud Creek by the power plant, and while the tarpon were present and rolling, they were not biting. A school of jacks pushed up the edge of the nearby mangroves and we caught a couple of these eager beavers on our
DOA Lures, and then everyone pushed on searching for some new water to look at.
After an hour or so with no luck at all while casting towards the mangroves, we decided to make a run back to where we found some fish the day before where the pelicans were diving on bait. Boy were we glad we switched locations because before long we caught some decent trout and I caught my only snook of the trip. All of the bites came when the CAL jerk baits were falling or either on the bottom, since the opportunistic fish were feasting on injured baitfish, and the pelicans continued to pound the water right next to the boat. How we didn't catch a flounder in this set up I don't know!
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| Day Two jack crevalle |
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