Very light wind this morning at the dock and small seas as we hit Breton Sound. Smooth sailing back to the rigs and the pattern I have been on. Someone must have told the fish that I was coming, because the first stop was slow on trout 18-20" and ended completely after a school of bull reds made a pass through. We had 3 rods bent with bulls at once, with the fish pulling the fishermen all around the boat. Chinese firedrill! We were lucky to be able to land all three with the biggest around 32 lbs. The slow bite on trout died as well as the tide. We hit another closeby rig and got the trout going after a quick tide turnaround. We were using carolina rigged live croakers for the best action. These fish were a little smaller 16-20" but were hard fighters. The action continued even as the winds picked up. We ran out of croakers and picked up a few on live shrimp, but got more trash fish than trout. Shark, gaftopsail catfish and hardhead catfish became a menace. Decided to try for a few redfish in the marsh. We ended up with a few slot fish for the grill. These fish wanted live shrimp 1-2' under corks working outer windward coves. Thursday looks like a good tidal range, but a 50% chance of rain and SE wind 8-15 mph. Could get a little bouncy in the sound. Good luck out there!
Captain Jeff J. Dauzat
Fin and Feather Guides Service
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