UPGRADE!

                              
                                                                                                  By Frank Cruze



 The weather looked good so me and the wife decided to head out to CRB to paddle around and see if we could scare up some fish. We launched around 10am and the weather was nice as forecasted with a north wind that wasn't too bad.
 
 I spent most of the day throwing the DOA sad tail that netted me my first red last Monday. Around 1:30 I was sick of casting that thing so I switched to the mirrodine. First cast and BAM FISH ON! I managed to land this nice 25 inch red. What a great day. I hope tomorrow is just as nice out.




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 Well another Mason Creek Monday. The morning started out with a low incoming all good. the first fish 19.5 Trout (no photo) . Now off for some Red's. 

  I spotted many but no takers just spooked fish and boils of mud, then the sun hit its peak in the sky and they began to feed.The first was this 28" and the 2nd was this 24" with 3 followers . The day ended with this 20.5" Trout. Still a great day.

Later bri






 

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                        Saturday!

                                                                                           By Mark Knowles



ChrisK, HellOnReels, & Ridgeback launched at approx 7:30 a.m. Saturday for what we hoped was a HardCore Redfish catching session. Don'tcha know.....there's an upcoming HCKAC/3-2-1fish.com Redfish TX starting next Saturday 3/13 and we needed all the practice we could get. Conditions were predicted to be sunny & 64F with mild winds from the North at 7-8 mph. Low tide at 9:15, decent water movement, and a minor solunar at 10:45. Not too Gawd awful bad compared with the lousy, cold, & windy weather we've had all winter, huh?

Conditions were even better than expected as we launched....NO WIND !!!! When has that happened in recent Tampa weather history???? As we floated across the open water flats towards our intended destination......dust clouds in the water....and an occasional tail popping up ! Caught sight of a several nice Reds and saw many ripples, but no takers at this location. It's almost as if they were napping and we spooked them.



The wind started picking up from the North. We kept on the move and soon enough HellOnReels entices one of them to eat. A nIce 26" fatty. Within a few minutes, ChrisK and Ridgeback get doubled up. Chris lands a 27" and Mark a 23" Red. All of them very healthy and tenacious fighters.






Instead of staking out, we kept letting the North breeze blow us south. BAD MOVE ! We continued to see Reds sporadically, but never got any more to the boat. Moral of the story is : Never leave fish to find more fish.

To top it all off....the North wind increased to what felt like 20 mph and the 3 mile paddle home was a pretty solid challenge. If Windfinder were only accurate 10% of the time....I'd be happy.


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