Well anglers the fishing has been steady for the past week. With the lack of live bait we have now started fishing artificials and wouldn't ya know it the size of our trout has increased!!
We have been fishing Lake Amadee, Lake Robin and Round Lake for our trout lately and the bite has been good. We are catching limits or just under our limits but the size of our fish has been great. Many fish are in the 14-18inch range.
Now for you anglers that love to fish hardbaits like the MirrOlure Catch 5's or MirrOdine XLs this is your time to fish. I know many of you have been fishing around Bartolo and the adjacent lakes, on your next trip use these baits. The Catch 5's are producing fish over 3lbs and the MirrOdine XLs are working on the medium sized trout.
These baits are to be worked with slow steady retrieves with the occational twitch. These are not baits that catch numbers, they catch quality!!! Hands down this is the time of year that many anglers will catch a trophy trout. The larger females that have stayed inside for the winter are feeding and gaining fat to produce those eggs for the spring. Majority of these fish will be caught on shallow flats 2-4ft, that have oysters covering the bottom. With the daylight getting longer by the day, female trout are instinctivly pushed to feed on fin fish for there high fat content. This high fat is used to produce and develop strong egg batches for the year.
Our trophy trout will be holding in large coves amongst major bayous or passes. These coves are shallow and are prime feeding areas for big fish. These coves offer moving water, bait and higher salinity levels that help bigger fish to survive. With this in mind you should be on the lookout for small schools of mullet just off main passes or bayous.
This weekend looks to be a great weekend to fish, so if you are out, try some of these areas and I can bet that you will catch some really nice fish.
Now for reds, they are everywhere!!! If your boat drafts 15inches or less you should try and get as shallow as you can then start looking for slicks on the water. This is one of the only times that slicks work in our area for feeding redfish. In the shallows feeding redfish will turn the waters surface "Slick" due to their tails pushing water up to the surface as they mill on the bottom for crabs and shrimp. These slicks are not very large and will only last for a half minute. But if you notice two or three of these small slicks just off the bank in about 2ft of water then you have found the schools. Reds are schooled up now and will be until the end of June so start looking for those slicks!!!!
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