With high tide around noon starting my low tide fishing isn't going to happen for a few days but I wanted to fish so I did. That put me there around high tide. I did poke around in the skinny gin clear water but there was nothing to see. With all the steps I took I only found one micro, and
cold, fiddler crab out on the mud. It will be interesting to see if they're done for the winter or will come out during the next warm-up after this cold snap. When we were here in January the temps got down into the low 50's, but now were in the 40's at night. Last night we had to hit Savannah
for a FBM pick-up and hit our favorite Irish bar, Wexfords, in the City Market section of the city. I did a quick check and it was 48 degrees, while back in Titusville it was 41. By Wednesday things should warm up a bit with 55 degree nights and 75 degree days.
On Saturday November 21st low tide will be at noon, which I think will be better at far as time of day, tide, and moon phase. But I'll stick poke around before then. They say trout fishing is best at first and last light, but boy blind casting, like I did yesterday, for me, is torture. But I wasn't alone.
For the first time I was joined by 8 guys in kayaks and one of foot. I watched to see what they were throwing and most had a popping/ shrimp bait setup. They would toss it along the shore and do a series of retrieves with the bobber acting as an attention getter. For the hour I was there I didn't see anyone hook up. I think the first cold spell shocks the fish at first, before they settle into the new temperature normal.
I managed to get one of those "How did that happen" knots in my fly line that took about 10 minutes to get undone. Either my line is due to be stretched out or it to was in shock from the cooler temps. I don't think the time I missed untangling it had anything to do with my lack of success.
The river pushed out with the northwest wind and it was boring to look at. No birds. No fish. But I did see some bait go by as the crew started to empty out. I'm anticipating that Clouser-type
flies will work pretty good for both the trout and the redfish, when I find them. It looks like trout on the higher tides and reds on the lower, but we'll see. Today a days off from fishing as it's Sunday which means church, the grits for breakfast, then settling in on the recliner for a long day of NFL games. Rather than just sitting there watching I might grab a bin out of the garage and start going through the stuff we lugged down, but should have left in New Jersey.