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Largest TSL - Grasswalker Trout to this point

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Got a text Saturday from one of my customers.. Clayton Thomas. He caught this trout in the rockport area on a point of a reef working the grass walker with a worm style retrieve with a couple twitches at the top. Had it rigged with a 1/8th oz belly weighted owner twistlock in 4/0. Clayton said that he likes fishing the grasswalker weightless for redfish and weighted for trout so he can work it a little deeper. He was letting it fall 3' and then working it slowly in. Trout were in a spawning pattern on a hard point of a reef on the main bay and the fish were still in 2-3 feet of water.

Trout went almost 30" and nearly 9lbs... see his test below.

Congrats to Clayton for catching a really great fish!
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Way to go Tobin! Very hefty lady there!
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Thanks Charlie it is super cool to see the success of the Anglers that are continuing to use it. I do remember a customer last year that reported catching some 28-29 inch trout in the surf on it as well but this is the longest to date.
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That's a pig!

Good tips from him on the rigging.
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Now that's a very nice spec Tobin! FYI - The specs we've been catching in west bay have been fat and full of eggs.
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Drifting Yak wrote:Now that's a very nice spec Tobin! FYI - The specs we've been catching in west bay have been fat and full of eggs.
Yes sir, this next full moon will be a big spawn event. But chasing the spawning pattern has never really resulted in higher catch rate for me and I've talked to guides with similar results. They move to spawning areas and leave before dawn... it's not a sure fire way to catch a big trout... and I know my customer he was also utilizing some other fine tuning to make sure he was in the right place to catch a big fish.
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Nice
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