October....Gone?? November Fronts Here!

We've had some good , fair, and bad days on the bay in October. There was more bait in the bay then I have ever seen, but the trout were not always with them. We did numerous wade trips not only north, both on the bars near the jetties and Mexiquito. South Bay was also on our list, but it,as usual, didn't seem to be on the days we fished it.
We discovered or should I say rediscovered a bar up near Cullen off of Stover's Point that has yielded some great trout action. To find the bar, you need  GPS. It is near deep water. I think if we catch those calm days this November after a front and the water clears, this bar may produce some trophy trout. Its got it all, grass, deep water, mud both deep and shallow, and is hard to locate.
One morning last month, I hit it alone at daybreak. Shortly after I stepped in, I hooked up with a nice 26 and two casts later was onto a 28. That was it for the rest of the morning. Great start, great day, but a little of a let down in not be able to put a few keeper fish on the stringer.
Mexiquito and the Old Causeway have been consistent in producing some good reds and lots of keeper trout. The topwater bite is still on and will continue through December. The soft plastics are also producing.
Lately we've been taking some "not so frequent"species of fish from our LLM. In early October on one trip to Mexiquito, Lee Flick took a 15" barracuda. Then just last week while I hosted friends from East Texas, my buddy, Charles Rushing, snagged two in one morning. The largest was around 17". Are we going to see these predators more and more, and are they going to grow to Florida size? I think they eat trout!!

                                                David Wood takes on a Mexiquito red!!

Tom Wineman w/his first ever red!

Charles Rushing w/ barracuda #1

Lee Flick w/ Mexiquito barracuda!

Several interesting happenings. During the winds of Halloween, I fished three days with some buds from east Texas. We really hit it hard and managed limits of trout each day even with the winds blowing at 25+. We fished behind the convention center and found fish. During the latter part of the week, on an off day we ventured over to the convention center board walk and noticed lots of reds working the grass and mangroves. After everyone had left I decided to hop over there and try my luck. Using the trolling motor I managed to snag four undersize reds while some visitors watched from the boardwalk. Fun!!

Shortly after that I headed back, but decided to drift the sandholes just north of the pasture. I started having some massive blowups. Thinking they were big trout, I anchored down, and started hitting the area heavy. I got a great surprise when a 3 ft tarpon erupted on the topdog. I managed 5 jumps and thought for sure I'd land that baby, but that's fishing!! Next time!