5/23 Mid-bay LTJ

[Hillbilly Boater]

Yesterday the regular crew and I headed out of CB on Phil's Grady. We headed south to an area that I have done well in the spring for the last five years. When we got to the area there was a lot of life. Only the life was about 40 charters trolling. Not good because this is not a big area. In the past I usually had the area to myself. I guess the word got out. We waded in anyway and after a little looking found a few birds on the water with a nice school of fish under it. Right away we hooked up with some nice fish to 30"s. It didn't last long however. Soon we had trollers all around us and no chance to find the school again.

Well, what to do? On to plan B. Try for some flounder. Off to the flounder area and after two hours nothing there. Shallow, deep nothing. So back to the first area. It was after 12 and most of the charters had pulled out. We started cruising around and after an hour of looking found some birds and fish. Unfortunately we couldn't stay on them for long and they disappeared. We did, however, have a good hour on them with a bunch of fish caught on topwater.

All and all a good day with all the fish we wanted to eat and enough caught to make it fun. Of course the fun we had as friends can't be measured. The jigging bite is on, so if that's your thing get out there.